Psychological torment is the infliction of emotional, mental, or spiritual suffering—often through manipulation, toxic relationships, or internalized pain. It involves deliberate or systemic harm to a person's psychological state rather than physical injury.
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In the Psycheverse
Psyche uses psychological torment as a lens for examining spiritual complicity and emotional self-harm, particularly through the "Sucker" music video. The work interrogates how devotion, obsession, and desire can become mechanisms of self-inflicted suffering, blurring the line between victimhood and willing participation in one's own pain.
Spiritual masochism is the practice of deliberately inflicting emotional, psychological, or spiritual suffering on oneself, often framed as a path to transcendence, purification, or deeper understanding. It can manifest as self-denial, toxic devotion to ideals or figures, or the romanticization of pain as a spiritual tool.