Most days, I don’t think I’m addicted to cutting. I can get by without it, but then sometimes, I can’t breathe or think until I let the blood flow. Does anyone else feel like that? We don’t have enough alcohol in our house for me to have an addiction (my mom only drinks wine) but I never want to hang out with my friends unless we can drink or smoke.
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I think it’s just a coping mechanism, I get that too but I don’t cut. Occasionally I cannot be around knives and such because I have the desire to self harm – but not to cope with things, just for fun. Perhaps it’s out of curiosity because I’ve never done it but the laughing that comes with it is strange.. either way it sickens myself to have that sort of interest.
Oh yes, but in terms of addiction, I can get addicted to anything.. whether I initially like it or not.. Do anything long enough and it becomes a habit.
Cutting is more of a compulsion; a distraction to avoid feelings that hurt so deeply that it feels better to counter it with pain you can control rather than feel the feelings you can’t control. IF you search for the thing(s) you are obsessing about you will likely find the source of the compulsion. Cutting is just a symptom – it’s not the problem.