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Jan 12, 2013, 04:44 PM
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I want to know if anyone agrees with me that self injury can be addicting. I've done it off and n since I was 11 and I've never stopped for more than a year. I can't afford to see a therapist because my insurance got cancelled, so I am trying to find other people to talk to. I can't talk to my fiancee about it because it sees it as pure choice not an urge or need to feeling. I haven't cut in over a year but I have been doing other things that will not leave scars because I do not want to mess up my relationship. I just wanted to know if anyone had any opinions on whether or not they think it is an addiction. When I am stressed or mad or depressed I get like this teasing burning feeling all up my arms that doesn't go away until I do something...
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Jan 12, 2013, 04:53 PM
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SI is an addiction just like substance abuse, gambling, sex addiction, and emotional eating, etc. People need an addiction to improve their mood. It is a way to cope. In order to get rid of the need for an addiction, you need to work on the issues that are causing your mood to be low and in need of a lift.
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Jan 12, 2013, 04:59 PM
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The things that are causing it are things I have been pushing in the back of my mind for the last 5 years just so I don't have to deal with it. Because I don't have time to deal with it because the feelings it causes would keep me in bed for days maybe even weeks and I just don't have time for that between work and college.
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Jan 13, 2013, 03:34 AM
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It is an addiction yes.
I self harm myself and I can't break the habit. I SI almost everyday. |
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Jan 13, 2013, 09:31 AM
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Research has shown there are chemical changes in the brain; find a program you can afford and go get some help:
http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/se...jury-homepage/
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Jan 13, 2013, 02:16 PM
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Quote:
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Jan 13, 2013, 02:27 PM
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I will be done with school March of 2014 and I'm getting married April of 2014 so i don't really have much time to worry about my emotional problems let alone to deal with something that I havent let myself face the last 5 years. That's 5 years of repressed anger and frustration and guilt and sadness that i'd have to let flow in and I just can't let myself stay down that long because I know if i go ahead and try to deal with it i wont be able to just push it in the back of my mine again.
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Jan 13, 2013, 02:32 PM
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Is it getting harder to repress this stuff as time goes on?
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Jan 13, 2013, 03:38 PM
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yes a lot harder. It's even becoming harder to be intimate with my fiancee and to trust him even though I know he would never hurt me in any way. I don't want this to ruin my relationship or the life im working so hard to create for myself.
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