Benign Massocism

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We seek out pain because it scratches certain itches. It's escape from the self, where this is one theory. For a lot of us, consciousness weighs heavily. The first time i ever did a brazilian jugezo and and spardoga afterwards. Whow while that was happening, i was nd those situations. We both mentioned our love of the book flow. I was just thinkn of that ad and and we we really liked to get into situations where you think about nothing else. But under the right circumstances, all of that can go il. If you could talk a little bit about benign massocism? Because when i read that chapter, especially the part

Paul Bloom is a professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. He was also the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale University . Paul studies how children and adults make sense of the world, with a focus on pleasure, morality, religion, fiction, and art.

Paul's newest book is The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning.

Read more about Paul at his website: paulbloom.net.

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