suspended

because pain after a while turns into pleasure

I followed some guys who practise "supsension" which is the act of suspending a human body from hooks that have been put through body piercing. At the beginning I was shocked because I thought it was just crazy, then talking to these guys I understood their point of view. They practise "suspension" as an art, but not only, they said that pain after a while turns into pleasure.

Originally "suspension" was a ceremony called Okipa followed by the Mandan, a native american tribe residing in North Dakota.