Why is self-harm so addictive?

Because you feel the urge to hurt more and release the emotional pain that way. Only you feel bad afterwards and its a cycle

In my point of view, its a way to "take away" painful feelings. The pain distracts us from what we are actually feeling. Self harm is not a good way to numb painful feelings, always talk to someone about how you feel towards life.

Its like any other addiction, it gives you a feeling that once you feel it once you crave it again and again. But as you fufil that craving you need more of it to satisfy the need. Its accessible wherever you are aswel which makes it one of the hardest addictions to break.

You can control the pain you feel inside with the flick of a blade. The feeling can numb what you feel inside because you're more focused on the pain you're feeling on the outside

Self harm is addictive because it releases endorphins which make you feel good which ultimately makes you want to cut again.

We become addicted to the pain because it is the one thing that we can control in our lives. When we are going through a lot of pain that we cannot control, we try to find things that we can control, such as self harm. It becomes addicting because we are finally in control of what we feel, after a long time of suffering without feeling a sense of control. I do not endorse self harm, but i can help because i have been through it myself and i know how addictive it can be, even years after it has happened.