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I never really thought of self-harm in relation to CPTSD. I think anyone who feels a lack of control over their life, or anger that they cannot express has a tendency towards self-harm. In a way, I think the strong inner and outer critics in CPTSD are a method of self-harm. I am so hard on myself sometimes. I lash out with the horrible names and self-hate. It's like I mentally torture myself over and over again.
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"Do you know what’s really scary? You want to forget something. Totally wipe it off your mind. But you never can. It can’t go away, you see. And… and it follows you around like a ghost."
~ A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) (2003)
"I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I’ve always felt that I wasn’t a member of any particular group."
~ Anne Rice
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