I harm myself on purpose. I never do it because I need to cope, I do it because I like the pain and like to have something on my body. I know I should stop, but I don't want to. Why is that?

The pain is an ability for yourself to forget everything else that is happening around you even if it is for just a moment. It is important to remember though, you are not fighting things by self harm you are distracting yourself and trying to get attention. I know how it feels to get attention verse being ignored but getting getting attention in this manner is not healthy for your body.

You probably feel like it is something you must do, your body has become accustomed to being harmed, it's almost like you can't stop.

Maybe it's because the pain gives you an ignition, and makes you feel alive. You may think that you are harming for no reason, but it seems as if you're harming because it's the only pain you can manage and control

There are multiple reasons why we harm ourselves the top on the list is self pity and care a damn attitude. Why you don't want to stop is because this shows you in power and no one can take that away from you. You will when you find a way to love yourself and not depend on others to love you.

Self Harm is dangerous on itself as everytime you do it you may experience a feel of relieve/joy, therefore the need to repeat it grows everytime. One way to cope with the need to selfharm is to consider, do I need to sel harm? and, Do I need to self harm right now? Can I wait to do it 10 minutes, 15 minutes? Try to hold the need to do it a little longer each time and it's really useful to not put yourself in places/situations that could get you in a situation to more likely do it.

In my experience, wanting that pain was a distraction from my real life issues. I also knew that I "should" stop, but I didn't think I "needed" to stop. I didn't/couldn't admit that I had A Lot of underlying issues that needed to be dealt with before I could even try stopping.

Although you might feel that you are not harming yourself to cope with current situations in your life, your desire to hurt yourself might still have a reason, at least in my experience, although this reason might be a much harder to perceive underlying psychological or mental health issue that you are coping with by hurting yourself. Alternatively, your experience might also stem from a possible addiction that can be caused by the rush of endorphins after a physical injury.

When you harm yourself and its not to cope, it may be because you feel the emotional need to, like maybe people at school or work make you feel that way, a good way to stop is drawing or painting

it is addictive and psychologically calms you even if you don't feel like so. another alternative for some people could be getting many tattoos or piercings, also drugs. things like sleep deprivation have similar effects. even if one knows it is bad, they feel lured into it, maybe even trapped or it could just be satisfying

The act of self-harm works like taking drugs. We temporarily suspend reality when we do it and when we anticipate doing it. We compartmentalise the reality in which we don't want to do it and the one in which self-harm provides solace. There's nothing more to it really..