Right here and now, I want to give you five steps out of self-harm. You deserve wellness and to be treated well, even by yourself. You’ve read Know your emotions (last post) and you want out of self-harm.
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Self-harm is a coping mechanism to alleviate emotional distress, right? So the way out means understanding emotional distress, and finding better coping mechanisms. Know your emotions is important groundwork to prepare you to successfully use better coping mechanisms.
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Self-harm is a coping mechanism. It alleviates emotional distress. Physical pain is easier than emotional pain, you feel in control for the moment, and can make you feel alive, like a drug. It becomes a habit or even an addiction as the brain associates self-harm with I’m in control … this feels good. Like drugs, it gratifies short-term only.
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