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We get told many ignorant, cruel stories about #SelfInjury & why we do it.
I feel like doing a myth-busting thread, with some of the real reasons from my own life.
Understanding *why* is important.
It can give us power to make the choices that are right for us.
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#selfharm
I feel like doing a myth-busting thread, with some of the real reasons from my own life.
Understanding *why* is important.
It can give us power to make the choices that are right for us.
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#selfharm
Transforming pain
It’s hard to feel two kinds of different pain at once.
So sometimes, if my emotional pain feels unbearable, I create physical pain—like a kind of alchemy. It still hurts but it’s often more bearable.
This kind of SI can help keep me alive.
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It’s hard to feel two kinds of different pain at once.
So sometimes, if my emotional pain feels unbearable, I create physical pain—like a kind of alchemy. It still hurts but it’s often more bearable.
This kind of SI can help keep me alive.
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Shame & punishment
The worst ongoing impact of child abuse for me is shame. It’s insidious. Sometimes my SI is a response to that, a way of trying to feel like a good person.
This is often hidden, very private SI. Sometimes it makes shame worse, sometimes it helps.
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The worst ongoing impact of child abuse for me is shame. It’s insidious. Sometimes my SI is a response to that, a way of trying to feel like a good person.
This is often hidden, very private SI. Sometimes it makes shame worse, sometimes it helps.
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