this my first ever time on here and the last time i SH was yesterday night i havent SH all day today but the urge is there i dont no why i keep feeling like this stupid question but can you get addicted to SH. x
Welcome to the boards, I hope you find help here! We're all very friendly and understanding
As hard as it may be for some people to understand, self harm isn't always a release. It can in fact, become an addiction. A horrible addiction at that. But like people get addicted to drugs, we get addicted to harming ourselves.
Yes, you can get addicted to self harm. Very much so.
A few years ago, I'd be sat in my class room at school and I'd start shaking, like physical shaking because I couldn't cut myself, I'd shake so much that it's all I wanted to do, needed to do. I once got to a point of throwing all my tools away, but only a few hours later, found myself again shaking, in a fit of tears, raging, smashing things, because I needed that release. Sometimes, you get to the point where self harm is all you know and all you need.
Sometimes, self harm is a state of being.
You can beat it though. I promise, you'll be okay.
