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Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jan 22, 2016
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Because the twisted chemical mess your brain is in makes it seem like what you're doing truly helps. Self-harm is usually used to gain temporary relief of some kind. When it seems to "work" for the first time, taking the pressure of your mind off the actual issue, it gets normalized by your brain; the action leading to a seemingly positive result is encouraged. You are not at fault for this, you never are. It is your brain not being able to differ between unhealthy and healthy coping. You have the power to take that differenciating into your own hands.
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Profile: lizziecazs
lizziecazs on Jan 30, 2016
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Because it releases endorphins, that make you feel somewhat better at the moment
Profile: Icetealoverr
Icetealoverr on Jan 21, 2016
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I think the fact is, people do it because they feel as if they deserve it. Or everyone is against them.
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Anonymous on Feb 5, 2016
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It's a coping mechanism, and a form of control that become ingrained behaviour over time. Some people play with their hair for comfort, others self harm.
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ibelieve on Sep 17, 2014
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it is addictive because when you start doing it you feel like that is the only way to make it better
Profile: nightingale2808
nightingale2808 on Jan 31, 2016
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It is a type of sublimation that substitutes emotional pain for the physical. When someone is experiencing hardships or stress it can be a sort of relief to self harm, it is a temporary fix, but the problem won't go away until you find a way to deal with your problems rather than substituting.
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Georgieporge on Oct 13, 2014
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Self-harm is very addictive being of the endorphins being released when a person cut's themselves, therefore they want too carry on which this happy feeling and as a result, cut more.
Profile: NyxCain
NyxCain on Oct 27, 2014
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Physically, self harm produces hormones called endorphin which causes a high. This addiction can also be formed psychologically by forming a dependency on the release it causes.
Profile: HumanBeing77
HumanBeing77 on Dec 17, 2015
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when we became so sad and when we didn't find solution of our problems then people start self harming
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jan 28, 2016
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Once you find something that gives you that temporary relief or of feeling it becomes a comfort. Bye.
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