What is Emotional Masturbation?
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v. 1. Making negative comment about oneself expecting a positive and opposite remark from another;
Jane "I'm fat" Dick "No you aren't"
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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.
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