One word for self harm
 

This is kind of a vague question, but I'm sort of curious.
If you had to call self harm something in one word, what would you call it?
So far I'm at "conditional" "destructive" and "binding". thoughts?

It is hard to narrow it down. Maybe 'addictive'.

'relief' 'escape' 'addictive' 'destroying'

Oh and 'consuming'?

For me right now?

'Ineffective'.

It's a blessing and a curse, I suppose.

I'd call it 'release.'

I dissociate quite a bit when I self harm, so I don't remember much if any of it, so I often think of it as: 'magic' (I think referring to it in this way reduces the impact and severity of it for me), 'Consuming' (as said above), 'crippling', 'petrifying'

hell.

For me it would be "control" "trap" "destructive" "release" "survival" "consuming/addictive."

Overbearing

Obsession, Secret, Shameful...This can really change though depending on my mood though...

Confusion, conflict, intoxicating, scary...
I sometimes think of self harm like an abusive partner: you know it's bad for you but you can't stop.

The blessing and curse thing is completely true - so I'd say a curse, or soul-destroying to be all emotional about it. It really wouldn't be on my list of things to recommend so...

I think everyone can agree on this one... addictive/an addiction

Relief... survival... control

Burden.

i don't agree! haha sorry i'm probably the only one but i don't tihnk i'm addicted to self harm, and if the reasons for doing it were gone, the self harm would go. that's just me though