There are many ways to hurt yourself, from cutting to drinking and drugging. Sexual debasement to overeating to starving oneself. Most people are participating in some form of self harm. Some are just more acceptable in our society than others. I tried cutting and burning myself when I was younger, it did relieve some of the emotional pain, but it was temporary. I found drinking and drugging to forget worked better for me. Not that I am suggesting that, at 57 I'm just now starting to look at the wreckage of my past and starting to clean up the mess I left behind. I hope you guy's can find the words I never had to talk through your problems, not try to bury them.