I have been told for years that I should stop self harming, and so I tried. Again and again. But everytime I went a few months without cutting, I ended up turning to drugs or something else even worse anyway.
I eventually stopped seeing self harm as the problem, but as my solution. I needed to sort out the reasons why I felt I needed to do it before I could even think about stopping it.
So, no. I dont think self harm is all that bad if you know you need it at the time. Long term it is not healthy, but if you are just using it to help calm yourself whilst working through your other issues, I think that is perfectly fine.
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