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When I'm angry, why do I always feel the need to hurt myself?

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Anonymous on Dec 7, 2015
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I cant speak for anyone else besides myself. But a majority of the time Im angry is over something stupid I did, or some mistake I made. "me" is the common theme for my anger. And most of the time I become angry at myself I feel the same way you are.
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Anonymous on Jan 1, 2016
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I used to hurt myself when I was angry too, when I used to do it, it was mainly for a distraction and so I didn't have to focus on what was truly going on around me.
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Gracie8700 on Jan 3, 2016
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You probably like the idea of pain so when you hurt yourself the pain will then take your mind off things
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I am saying this totally from my experience..I might be wrong here..but it's because you need control..or should I say you need your control "back" because when you are angry..you are actually in control of the anger and by hurting yourself...you are finding a way to vent it out..the quickest way actually, which will give you your control back.
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Anonymous on Jan 7, 2016
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Most people believe it gets ride of stress but that is not the case. It just usually makes the person feel relieved. But what your really doing is hurting yourself.
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Anonymous on Jan 8, 2016
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Sometimes when you become angry you start to feel numb and the only way to stop the numbness can maybe be to hurt yourself. It is a way to stop the numbness. A bad way at that too.
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beautifulLight666 on Jan 8, 2016
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because its away to deal with the problem, when you don't have healthy coping mechanisms, you can do different ways to deqal with it
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LoveIsLouderx0x on Jan 9, 2016
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A lot of the times when i am angry and want to hurt myself its because i do not want to hurt anything or anyone else
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Anonymous on Jan 13, 2016
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Sometimes people would rather take out their angry emotions on themselves rather than hurting other people that they care about. .
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corageousSea72 on Jan 13, 2016
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Because it is hard to express your emotions sometimes and can end up blaming yourself for the tricky emotions.
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