Hello Morghana, I'm sorry you feel that the advice given is not helpful to you.
Self injury/self harm is when you purposely injure yourself for some reason, and it's not by accident.
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This isn't an absent-minded habit like nail-biting, because the object is definitely blood. I want myself to bleed, and sometimes, I run my lips over paper until the whole page is full of blood. If I don't have paper, I'll use the back of my hand...
But seeing the blood and feeling the little tingle of pain gives me an acute sense of pleasure that I can't quite understand.
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Many people self harm and the reasons can be varied. It can be for any of these reasons below.
a) A form of punishment.
b) A way to cope with psychological pain. That is to say some people prefer to feel physical pain rather than deal with emotional pain.
c) Boredom
d) With blood-letting people release endorphins and some people become addicted to that feeling when blood appears. (A rush.) Which is one of the reasons that some people will continue to self harm even though it may leave scars and it can be like an addiction.
I hope this helps you to understand a little better.
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