Quote Originally Posted by WyldWyl View Post
Can you really 'become' a masochist, though? I can understand how one can learn to tolerate more pain, but I'm not sure you can teach yourself beyond a classical conditioning level to become aroused/pleasured by it if that's not your natural response.
I agree with WyldWyld.

I don't believe you can become a masochist either. You either are, or you aren't. Either you have a propensity for it, or you don't. And, even if you do, if you push yourself beyond the threshold of what's pleasurable pain for you, then the best you can hope for is to become is a pain martyr. Certainly I see a few of those too. Men and women who proudly and openly admit that they endure pain for the pleasure of their dom/domme.

I mean, it's like I don't like the look of, the smell of, the idea of, and certainly not the taste of tripe. Sure, I force myself to eat small portions of it over time, I may even get to point where I don't throw up at the mere thought of it but, would I, or could I really reach the point of actually enjoying it in copious quantities? I don't think so.

More to the point, I believe every masochist has point where pain for pleasure become pain for pain. It's a combination of a chemical balance in the the body and a psychological balance in the mind which when tipped too far isn't enjoyable any more, and it's it suppose to be?