{{Short description|Form of independently directed sadomasochistic play}} thumb|The photo shows pornographic actress Felicia Fox pouring low-melting-point candle wax over herself in front of an audience (U.S. 2005). '''Autosadism''', or '''automasochism''', is behaviour inflicting pain or humiliation on oneself. It may be related to self-harm<ref>{{cite book | title=Clinical Assessment, Computerized Methods, and Instrumentation | first=Frans J. | last=Maarse| publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2003 | isbn=90-265-1944-3 | page=78 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Autistic barriers in neurotic patients | first=Frances | last=Tustin |publisher=Karnac Books | year=1986 | isbn=0-946439-25-7 | page=60 }}</ref> or a paraphilia involving sexual arousal.<ref>{{Harvnb|Aggrawal|2008|p=371}}</ref> It can be viewed as a form of masochism,<ref>{{Harvnb|Aggrawal|2008|p=168}}</ref> a sublimated form of sadism, or a means to experiencing algolagnia, a sexual tendency which is defined by deriving sexual pleasure and stimulation from physical pain.<ref>{{cite book | first=Havelock | last=Ellis | title=Studies in the Psychology of Sex | volume=3 | author-link=Havelock Ellis | edition=3rd | publisher=Echo Library | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-4068-6282-9 | page=122 }}</ref>
==See also== *Self-defeating personality disorder *Self-destructive behaviour
==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last = Aggrawal|first = Anil|year = 2008|title = Forensic and Medico-Legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uNkNhPZQprcC|publisher = CRC Press|isbn = 978-1-4200-4308-2|access-date = May 7, 2010}} * {{cite journal | last=Faoro-Kreit | first=B. | year=2002 | title=Auto-sadiquement vôtre | journal=Rev. Belg Psychanal. | volume=40 | pages=99–107 | url=http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=rbp.040.0099a }} {{refend}}
Category:Paraphilias Category:Humiliation {{BDSM-stub}}