Does self-harm cause more problems than you are already dealing with?

I find that yes, it does cause more problems. It's another chore to add to the list, another thing to worry about hiding the next day, and it creates an anxious mood overall.

Self harm surely causes more issues than it resolves. It can give you a sense of control. Maybe you feel a bit better while doing it. It makes you "feel" but what after ? that sense of guilt will follow and makes you feel worse than before. It also highly addicting, not something one should even consider. If you already are involved with it then please reach out for help and support because recovery is possible.

In a sense, self-harm can cause more problems. A lot of people self-harm to deal with their emotions and what is happening in their lives. It can give a false sense of control; because you think you are able to control when you are self-harming. This is however not the case, it can become an addiction and the "control feeling" is most of the time just temporary. It can leave scars, reminding you of bad times. Overall it is better to find something else to do, that can maybe actually make you happy.

Self harm causes more problems as you sometimes fail to see a different perspective to your problems. You feel there is only one solution to your problem but if you stop for a while and talk to someone you feel connected with about your problems you are likely to find an alternative solution and you won't need drastic measures to end your life. Reach out when you feel you are Flipping out. There is thousand different ways to solve your problems. Don't give up and always be positive and hope for the best.

I know that it feels good to self-harm, sometimes, because you feel that the physical pain will distract you from the mental pain, or detract from the mental pain, and that you can see the scars and it might make you feel better that this is something you have control over. I know. I've been there. But self-harm isn't a good solution to your problems. It's a temporary feel-good answer, and though your scars are your battle scars, proof that you survived, self-harm isn't the way to go.

Eventually, you will become dependent on self-harm. Have you ever heard someone say drugs lead to harder drugs? Well, that's basically it. You may think I little cut here or a small burn there is nothing, and in the moment, it actually does make you feel better. But after a while, that little cut isn't going to help anymore. And it WILL lead to worse things. It all starts will a little cut, or a little burn. That one thing that made you feel better in the moment, is going to lead you to harder things, until nothing works anymore. What happens when nothing works anymore? You get hopeless. The pain becomes too overwhelming. And what happens when the pain becomes too overwhelming? Well, that is when you decide that there is no other option other than... something you know will infinity end the pain. This is how self-harm causes more problems than you are dealing with. I never knew this, until I experienced it. I heard how self-harm helped people dull the emotional pain, so I started to do it. It got worse and worse, and eventually, it stopped working. Self-harm didn't ease the pain anymore. The pain got stronger to the point where I absolutely could not take it anymore. That is when I.... attempted suicide. Please, love yourself enough to not put yourself through such torture. You are stronger than you think. You got this.

Self-harm is a unhealthy coping mechanism, so in the moment it will probably feel like its helping. For me, I was so numb all the time and cutting made me feel alive. It was a rush and its addicting and it is dangerous. I always felt great in the moment, because the adrenaline and everything coursing through my body was amazing. But I always felt way worse afterwards, as you come down from that high - it sucks. Its like a drug, and its hard to get away from once you're in. On top of the crash, that always made me feel like garbage, I carried a lot of shame. I was so scared all the time of people seeing my scars, I stopped going anywhere I couldn't wear a hoodie, I had to stop doing a lot of things I loved because of it. I was anxious all the time that someone would find out, that they would be ashamed of me, or hate me. The high was not worth the stress and fallout that it brought. Definitely find healthier coping mechanisms.

Self harm is an unhealthy coping mechanism, this does in the long term cause many more problems. The temporary relief is followed by feelings of regret and disgust, often times caused by seeing the scarring far after the problem has subsided. When you get into the habitual behavior of self harm, it becomes hard to break the cycle. There are an abundance of coping mechanisms to try, that are much healthier. Even just chatting with a listener here to distract yourself can make you forget about the urges you had to begin with. I wish you the absolute best on your mental health journey.