addicted to sh?
 

Okay so I am 25 and have been self harming for 21 years now. I am trying not to at the moment and I am experiencing an odd thing. Self harming is tempting at the moment not because anything had happened or am thinking things. Much more I think because its an addiction.

Has anyone ever experienced this before or is it just a new weird phenomenon for me???

No, it isn't a weird phenomenon. I know that I suffer from the same feelings that you describe. What, do you think, makes you rely upon it?

I havent done it in about a month which is longer than I have in about 5yrs, just totally getting the urge to do it now but there isnt anything sparking it off.

hi there,

i, personally usually have something to trigger it. ive been harming since i was 11 and now im 33. i havent harmed in months. i dont keep actual count because it makes me nervous, lol.

my SI is just a release mechanism because i cant cry. i was taught not to and it worked. it angers me that i find it so hard to cry because then maybe i wouldnt need the SI.

i do know many people that call it an addiction. i havent figured that out yet. and if it is, should we all go to rehab? lol...maybe...

thats about all i have to add....

*hugs*

Thank you peasoup I usually do have to have something to trigger it off as well so that is why I am having a hard time working out what the urge is for, very weird I think!