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Neuroscience Explains Why You Get Pleasure From Hurting Yourself

It turns out there is a neurological explanation for why people scratch and cut themselves, and spank each other for pleasure. Inflicting small amounts of physical pain, whether from scratching your skin vigorously or doing something more extreme, deactivates the parts of your brain associated with unpleasant or painful emotions. Though scientists have long speculated that there was some kind of neurological payoff from self-inflicted pain, a study published yesterday demonstrated precisely why your brain gets a reward when you hurt your body. More »

7:30 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Annalee Newitz
8,064 views, 43 comments

Latest by blurey: pleasureble pain is like scratching. it hurts but it releives that urge, somehow making it feel good. eating spicy food is similar, it's "painfull" yet it's good! could it be a some sort of addiciton to the adrenaline rush as more »