18 years
I know someone who likes to be hit on the face by people, he enjoys it. is he a masochist or trying to grab attention or what? he scared me when he asked me to do it
Jul 27, 2014
it depends on the circumstances and the time and the way they ask their harm .
he will have five of these characteristics:
- At least five of the following the major of them is a pleasure in harmful situation and making a happy condition a disaster
>Rejects or renders ineffective the attempts of others to help him of her.
>Following positive personal events (eg.new achievement), responds with depression, guilt, or a behavior that produces pain ( e.g., an accident).
>Incites angry or rejecting responses from others and then feels hurt, defeated, or humiliated (e.g., makes fun of spouse in public, provoking an angry retort, then feels devastated).
>Rejects opportunities for pleasure, or is reluctant to acknowledge enjoying himself or herself (despite having adequate social skills and the capacity for pleasure).
>Fails to accomplish tasks crucial to his or her personal objectives despite demonstrated ability to do so, (e.g., helps fellow students write papers , but is unable to write his or her own).
>Is uninterested in or rejects people who consistently treat him or her well, (e.g., is not attracted to caring sexual partners).
>Engages in excessive self-sacrifice that is unsolicited by the intended recipients of the sacrifice;
>The behaviors do not occur exclusively in response to, or in anticipation of , being physically, sexually, or psychologically abused.
>The behaviors do not occur only when the person is depressed.
>The behaviors do not occur exclusively in response to, or in anticipation of , being physically, sexually, or psychologically abused.
However ,the one you are talking about ,may be masochist but might be a person with weak personality or shy who tries to hide his personality by behaving in this manner ,or he might feel that there's nothing in his personality important so he create an action that makes him special or talked about him as a different person than others,he might be having your attention or specific ones attention in certain place while in other places he is normal.
If the person you are talking about is the same in all situation ,within his family ,his friends ,at home ,at work ,he act in a masochist manner then it is a condition that must be treated to not get worse ,if the person act differently in different places and situations then there is a different cause ,don't depend only on what he told ,you must see actions not what he wants you to see .
in fact some medications may present in behavior disorder as a side effect and some other medical conditions may present similarly .
In conclusion ,this action alone not reliable ,it must be taken with other symptoms and a personality assessment by a doctor.
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