Well I wasnt molested, or made unhealthy in any way shape or form prior to my introduction to the wonderful world of bdsm so I have a tendency to think that its not a coping mechinism, or that such an assumption may be a spurious coorelation to make...like the majority of strippers are strippers becuase they were molested etc ( which I may think for the same rasons considering Im also a preformer in that area lol). So maby Im biased.

Can it be used as way to help one recover from being the victum of a traumatic event or being abused who had no previous bdsm desires? Perhaps...I know its helped me get back into the swing of things after I survived my own encounter with a rapist asshole much more rapidly I believe than if I had been totally nilla...but if anything Ive found it takes a special kind of arrangmnet for that to work, especially on the doms part...the average bdsm D/s dynamic isnt enough, additionally I was allready well into bdsm long before my own tramatic event occured.