Why is self-harm so addictive?

Well, people who self harm thinks it can make them feel better rather than facing their problems, that's what people think when they self harm, knowing nobody will care and nothing will change but they just self harm to make their pain run away which wont, I never self harmed but I just know how it feels and hurts and you want to self harm.

Self harm is the act of damaging intentionally yourself. It becomes addictive because by feeling bad, you choose to do it, and when you start doing it, it releases some substances that makes us feel good, here is when our brain starts to relate this act with something good, and soon it becomes unstoppable.

for a lot of people it acts as a physical relief from feelings they dont know how to deal with. The feeling of release and letting go is calming and therefore additive. people also find it satisfying to see blood (or whatever effect is caused by whatever they are doing)

Self harm is like a drug. Your mind becomes used to coping through self harm. When you become accustomed to living your life a certain way, any way, that is when it's hard to stop doing bad or even good behaviors.

Self-harm becomes an addiction the way anything can become an addiction. It allows us to feel as if we are in control in one way or another. Just like drinking and doing drugs can allow someone to feel somewhat control of their lives since they are the ones putting the substances in their body, self-harming allows you to be 100% in control of the physical pain that you are feeling. Self-harming, like any form of addiction, can be hard to beat on our own and may need someone to lend a helping hand every once in a while.

its a release, it takes pain awaying on the inside by making pain on the outside, once youve found that release its hard to go back

It's at least in part due to the fact that, every time you hurt yourself (intentionally or otherwise) your body releases endorphins in order to help deal with the pain. The rush of endorphins can become addictive easily, which is why most behaviors become addictions. On the other hand, it also relieves emotional pain to an extent, and it can become a go-to coping mechanism. Therefore every time something adverse happens, that's what your mind thinks of in order to deal with it. If you're suffering from a self harm addiction, I highly recommend seeking professional help if at all possible.

Because they hurt themselves on the outside as a way of coping of what on the inside, to make them feel something

I for one have never Self harmed but everyone around me has. I ask them why and they say well it helps the stress. Its addictive i cant stop. then there is me not understanding and now I understand that its addictive because people use it as leverage for attention but that's not everyone some people do this because it makes them feel better about themselves but then people see the cuts and call them attention whores even though they are just looking for away to distract themselves from the world they live in. Even though i believe self harm shouldn't be done i understand why it is and if anyone would need to talk about how to stop i would love to talk to them and help them through this because i know so many people who were able to stop and now they understand that cutting wasn't the only way to distract themselves

I think it's addictive to those who don't like harming others. So they think it's okay if/when they harm themselves because they are simply not harming anyone else. But if they have people in their life who care about them, in reality they still are harming others by harming themselves. I think it's addictive because of the cycles that one goes through. You have the initial rush, and you feel real pain aside from the pain that you feel in the inside.