why is sh actually bad?

[39hatsune]

so like the title says, i dont really get why its such a problem if its in like 'safe' places? or why when people find out you are doing it, they get so upset or angry

its the one thing that actually helps me when im feeling horrible, and im not really cutting my wrists or anything like that, so i dont see why my method of coping is such a big deal to some people

i do understand that there are probably (?) better ways out there, but im not affecting anyone else by harming myself

i just dont get it

 

[Forveleth]

1. Doing physical damage to yourself is never good. Self-harm that breaks the skin always puts you at risk for infection. Injuries cause and inflammation/immune response in your body and repeatedly doing that to yourself is not healthy.
2. It can also become an addiction. I have seen several threads here of people saying the lighter self-harm they used to do is not enough and they start cutting deeper and deeper and deeper, thus increasing the risk in point one above.
3. It does not actually deal with the issues you are going through. It is used to temporarily relieve some sort of emotional pain or distract from a situation but does not provide a way of enabling you move towards the goal of not needing to go through such extreme measures to begin with.
4. A minor note that some people get upset by hearing about self-harm because they either cannot or do not want to imagine that things in this world are so bad and people are so helpless that it is a measure that they need to use. Similar to the topic of suicide, it shows the ugly part of society that no one wants to acknowledge.

 

[spiders.in.my.head]

honestly, i agree with you. im being relatively 'safe' with my sh, cutting in places where there are no major bloodlines, cleaning the cut afterwards etc, and i kind of know its bad, or at least that's what ive been made to feel like, but i don't really understand why.

like you said, even if temporarily, it makes me feel better. and it clears my head enough to not ctb on impulse or smth worse.
yeah, its probably an addiction, but wtf else am i gonna do?

 

[NonEssential]

its the one thing that actually helps me when im feeling horrible, i dont see why my method of coping is such a big deal to some people

I feel the same way whenever I'm drinking alcohol lol