Self Harm Sucks

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Self-Harm, I've been there, done that, have the t-shirt and starred in the musical. I was blessed with some great genetics and never scarred. Something I'm thankful for, most of the time. Sometimes I'm not because the scars would of been an easier door to helping those who struggle with it.

When I was younger, I had my reasons for self-harming. I wanted to feel where I had become numb, I want to feel a physical palatable pain, that'd distract me from my own inner turmoil. Looking back on it as an adult, it was kind of dumb and that's because I see and understand things differently than I did in high school. Maybe because I've grown up a bit and I'm not a textbook case of bouncing hormones.

As I grew older, I realized how empty self-harming made you feel and I'm going to be real with you. Self-Harming was probably the stupidest thing I could of been doing. Cutting is a vice, a vice is something a person latches on to to distract them from whatever is going on in their lives. The problem is with cutting it's a negative distraction that doesn't lead to helping you sort out your problems. If your cutting, it's time to find a new vice and throw away your pencil sharpener blades, razors, compass points whatever you use and find something new.

One of the first things I recommend to people who mention self-harming is picking up boxing, martial arts or dance. All of these things a positive sports that allow you to focus all of your stress, anger and hurt into something positive in a safe environment. They are individual sports that have a friend and family element that will help a person find their footing.

It takes six days form a bad habit and 26 days to break it, quitting self-harming takes a lot of grit, determination and a good set of balls but once you make it to day 27. You'll have a new vice, thats starting to change your life and even a new outlook on life.

Give it a Shot
-H