Sexual Masochism Disorder

Describe the criteria of the disorder Sexual Masochism Disorder is an example of a paraphilia disorder. Paraphilia Disorders cause distress or impairment to the individual these entails personal harm or risk of harm to others (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The diagnostic criteria for sexual masochism disorder involves two parts they are a) over a period of at least six months where the individual experiences recurrent and intense sexual arousal from being humiliated, beaten, bound, or other things that result in suffering from such fantasies, urges, or behaviors and b) the fantasies, urges, or behavior have caused distress or impairment in their social, occupational, or other areas of their daily functioning (American Psychiatric

However, there is a small portion of people who report this behavior as “emotionally disturbing” (Beech & Harkins, 2012). There are motives to explain why children and adults display masochistic phenomena they include the sensation of pain was a source of pleasure "in itself"; it created excitement; it brought relief of tension; it gave a sense of reality; it avoided a fantasied other pain; it prevented punishment; and it paid for another pleasure, such as sexual gratification (Grossman, 1991) . Additional reasons provided by the author include that it served to manipulate a more powerful person; it was a means of inflicting suffering on others; it maintained magical control; it protected loved objects from destruction; suffering for a valued goal, or at the hands of an admired, feared or loved person, may be a source of great narcissistic satisfaction (Grossman,

Transvestic Fetishism Disorder has two parts in the diagnosis, they are a) over a period of at least 6 months, in a heterosexual male, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing and b) the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (American Psychiatratic Association, 2013). Sexual Sadism Disorder is characterized by intense feeling of sexual excitement when fantasizing about or witnessing another personl receiving physical or psychological suffering of another person (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Prevalance rate of sexual sadism disorder range from 10% of convicted sex offenders in the United States and 37% to 75% of sex offenders who had committed homicide was sexually motivated (American Psychiaratic Association, 2013). A subtype of sexual sadism disorder severe sexual sadism which involves the “sexual perferences that focuses on humilation and subjugation of the victim which can lead to sever injury and/or death” (Nitsche, Blendl, Ottermann, Osterheider, & Mokros, 2009, p. 685). Nitsche et al (2009) admits that is