Why is self-harm so addictive?

It gives you a sense of self control when you feel like you have none. This makes you want to continue over and over .

Self harm is addictive, because it initially provides emotional relief, but then creates more guilt shortly after, therefore making you want to feel that brief moment of relief as much as possible. Sometimes people feel like they are calm afterwards, when infact they tend to feel numb instead. It is a vicious cycle because our emotions are the most powerful tool in our lives.

It can be addictive because it gives you a sense of control. Something that probably lead you to starting in the first place

Because you think it takes the pain away. But let me tell you one thing, it won't help, it didn't help me, so it won't help you

Once it happens, it's hard to stop. Once it happens. you feel how enjoyable it actually is, and when you stop for a while, you feel like there's something wrong. it's very easy to start, but very hard to stop. Why is it addictive? Because it takes the pain away, the emotional pain, you kill the pain from the inside by self-harming. you hurt yourself from the outside, to kill the pain from the inside. the pain is constant, so self-harm becomes addictive.

Self-harm can become an addiction to an individual that wants to release their emotions. Some feel it is an outlet to let the emotions escape thus causing a feeling of relief. However, these feelings are short lived. Self-harm releases the way that an individual feels for a while, causing them to become addicted to cutting themselves, pulling their hair, biting and other actions that make them feel pain. Those who engage in self-harm often are caught in a vicious cycle and may have trouble breaking on their own, so it is crucial to seek help.

I feel from personal experience, it is so addicting because it can become a primary coping mechanism. People may use this to feel something, or to distract themselves when something becomes too much.

From my personal experience, self-harm is a form of relief. It helps you feel alive. And once you stop doing it for a while and if you get in that "dark" place again, you start to feel the need to be "alive" again so your brain remembers that self-harm gave you that kind of feeling.

self harm is an adiction firstly this needs to be realised and it is so addictive as it allows these porr people to feel something it can be a cryout for help

It is a coping mechanism during times of depressive periods, and it provides a very temporary relief. Perhaps the need to feel an immediate burst of relief (in the form of pain, or something else) is what brings a person to self harm more than once.