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automasochism

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automasochism

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(Adult / Slang)

Self infliction of pain or injury as a means of stimulating arousal, orgasm, an altered state, or an emotional release that would act as a substitute for orgasm. Synonym: deliberate self-harm syndrome.
See also: apotemnophilia; asphyxiophilia; autoassassinatophilia; autoflagellation; Munchausen's syndrome (reopening a wound); Sergeism (infliction of injury to suppress arousal); stigmatophilia; traumaphilia (arousal from trauma).

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