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any1 know the actual definition of a masochist?
if its som1 who enjoys pain, then i am not one.
if it sim1 who intionaly inflicts pain to ones self, then i am one.
the definition or personality disorder of a masochist is:
1. sexual pleasure through humiliation: sexual gratification achieved through humiliation and physical and verbal abuse
2. psychological disorder: the psychological disorder in which somebody needs to be emotionally or physically abused in order to be sexually satisfied
3. search for abusive sexual partners: the active seeking out of sexual partners who will dominate, humiliate, and physically and verbally abuse
4. enjoyment of hardship: the tendency to invite and enjoy misery of any kind, especially in order to be pitied by others or admired for forbearance
which of my definitions of a masochist do u think sums the actual definition up?

btw, i dont mean im a masochist as in cuttr, i mean i know the pain reading and watching many different kinds of tv shows will cause me at some point, yet i still pour myself into all of it, thru the pain and anger, the worry, and sometimes the relief or joy they all bring me eventually.