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Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
Portrait of Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1761). The word sadomasochism is a portmanteau of the words sadism and masochism. [3] These terms originate from the names of two authors whose works explored situations in which individuals experienced or inflicted pain or humiliation.
Algolagnia (/ æ l ɡ ə ˈ l æ ɡ n i ə /; from Greek: ἄλγος, álgos, "pain", and Greek: λαγνεία, lagneía, "lust") is a sexual tendency which is defined by deriving sexual pleasure and stimulation from physical pain, [1] often involving an erogenous zone. Studies conducted indicate differences in how the brains of those with ...
Psychological pain, mental pain, or emotional pain is an unpleasant feeling (a suffering) of a psychological, non-physical origin. A pioneer in the field of suicidology, Edwin S. Shneidman, described it as "how much you hurt as a human being. It is mental suffering; mental torment."
Nipple torture, also called BDSM nipple play, is the application of erotic pain to the nipples. [15] It is a popular element of breast torture. [2] [16] It can include biting, sucking, pinching and roughly touching or rubbing the nipples and the areolae. Submissives who experience it often enjoy it, even though it is painful. [15]
Masochism: Act of receiving pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation. [59] [60] Masochist: Person who enjoys pain, often sexually. [61] [62] Master/slave: A consensual relationship where people enter a D/s dynamic with a focus on service and obedience. [63] This may be part of a 24/7 lifestyle and/or ...
Not only have Siri Leknes and Irene Tracey, two neuroscientists who study pain and pleasure, concluded that pain and reward processing involve many of the same regions of the brain, but also that the functional relationship lies in that pain decreases pleasure and rewards increase analgesia, which is the relief from pain. [8]
Later, Epicurus defined the highest pleasure as aponia (the absence of pain), [41] and pleasure as "freedom from pain in the body and freedom from turmoil in the soul". [42] According to Cicero (or rather his character Torquatus) Epicurus also believed that pleasure was the chief good and pain the chief evil. [ 43 ]