BDSM Lexicon · Roles

Auto-masochism

Automasochism is a psychological and sexual concept that refers to the experience of pain, humiliation or suffering caused by the person themselves and experienced as meaningful, satisfying or regulating. This can be both physical and emotional in nature and does not always have to have an explicit sexual component.

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Related terms

• Masochism
• Aftercare
• Humiliation
• Punishment

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