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No. its often a sexual act, receiving pleasure in pain,

and allowing someone else to infect that pain is often in itself a release.

masochism are consenting adults who willingly surrender control to another.

its just how some people get their rocks off, its not a mental illness like depression nor do all those who take part in the act have a mental illness.

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