it isn’t natural for a human to self-harm

Hello RealKris,

first of all, I’d say who am I to judge one who self-harm because obviously I’m not them, and I would never be able to fully understand the depth of pain they must have gone through to reach to a point where it feels relieving to inflict pain on themselves.

Secondly, a lot of things around us, like self-harm, are unnatural. The fan or maybe aircond in your room is unnatural, yet we prefer that more than say, bear the heat outside in “the nature”. I can give a lot of examples, but I don’t think I can word it as good as I wanted to.

Note however, that I’m not condoning self-harm in any way. It can perhaps be an effective coping mechanism to alleviate emotional pain but it’s unhealthy and there are other better alternatives in which you can turn the pain into something inspiring and revealing, such as art. That is just one example.

Take care. 🙂