I didn't mean punishing masochism in a BDSM way. I meant it the way you interpreted it to mean. I meant you self-punish because you feel you need to be hurt.

Like you are a bad person.

And ^ I am not what I call an empath. Although I can read people pretty well. And I can place myself in their shoes. I think it is because I am bipolar and have felt a lot of different moods.