Why can't I stop self-harming?

Self-harming can be like an addiction, it can give you that rush of endorphins which can be addictive. Though there are other healthy coping skills that can replace it! :)

Short answer: Because you haven't harmed yourself badly enough to scare you into stopping. Long answer: Some people self-harm all their lives, in many different ways. One person might stop drinking only to keep harming, another might turn to drugs, or spending too much time escaping into TV/games/movies/etc. Anything can become an addiction, if it affects every other part of our lives for the worse. At some point, your urge to harm yourself will make you feel that you want to stop. It might be a therapist you need, it might be a good friend listening, it might just be your own conscience saying "Enough." You CAN stop self-harming. You simply have to want to, enough. I hope you reach that point soon, and go from surviving to thriving. Best wishes

because... morality pain harder than phisical

Self harm is often hard. It makes you feel alive and free but once you put that little blade away you feel alone. Then when the pain stops you want to do it again.

Why can’t you stop self-harming? Well it’s more complicated than most people expect. It can be a physical addiction. The feeling can release endorphins into your body making you feel better and you can get addicted to these endorphins, making being clean as hard as giving up cigarettes. As someone who used to self-harm, I know how hard it is, and even when you feel perfectly fine you feel as though you need to hurt yourself simply because your body wants the rush of chemicals that feels good. The same chemical is released when you exorcise or do other activities.

Self harm has been seen as a way to divert your mind to forget the mental harassment and concentrate on the physical pain. It is an addiction because once ypu get used to that sort of relief, you find everything else useless.

Because it is very addictive, it is a way of coping and you're hooked. It is like a drug and you keep on doing it do get the same effect.

it may be a good feeling, but we both know it's only a temporary fix. the answer to your problems are not at the end of that blade but within you

Self harming isn't something you can control. It's this pull that you can't stop, but it will get better. It doesn't define you.

Its totally normal to feel tbis way but you can get help from friends,family,councillors etc to stop