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Guys, is what I'm doing right?

ByZententa

Hello, in the past, I often sought validation and attention from others, especially from girls. My self-esteem depended heavily on it, and negative things immediately made me feel down. My self-confidence vanished. I realized that this kind of validation only helps in the short term and nothing more. You somehow remain dissatisfied anyway, and the…

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Irvin82
Irvin82
10 months ago

I haven’t done it for a while.

Self-infringement has many reasons and are different from person to person:

  • as punishment for yourself
  • as valve for anger
  • to feel something when you feel deaf due to depression or dissociation
  • for control
  • to distract from mental pain
  • because dopamine is spilled out by the pain and it makes/so feels good
  • sometimes with suicidal intent
  • as a silent help call
  • from hatred to own body
  • etc.

For me it was a seemingly (!) simply solution for all negative feelings: anger, fear, numbness, sadness, uncertainty, loneliness, dysphoria, etc. When I started, I didn’t know what I was doing, and when I learned about it, I had long been dependent. Self-infringement makes you just broken, but honestly, I wouldn’t be here anymore. You shouldn’t start with getting help. But what is often not so easy.

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xjksoex
xjksoex
10 months ago

Actually, I do W14 it when my parents argue and I feel I am guilty or at such things

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