Emotional Masturbation Edit Meaning

1.

v. 1. Making negative comment about oneself expecting a positive and opposite remark from another;

Jane "I'm fat" Dick "No you aren't"

2.

Watching extremely sad tv shows or movies, listening to extremely sad music, or thinking terribly sad thoughts to force yourself to cry as a release of built of sadness.

I watched Crash last night and cried for two hours because I had so much shit going on in my life I needed some emotional masturbation.

See masturbation, sadness, music