addicted to sh?

[Pickle]

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???

[Gone.]

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?

[Pickle]

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.

[pea soup]

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*

[Pickle]

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!