My own experience and POV is that self-inflicted pain is a gateway of sorts. It either takes one away, helping them detach from their physical body thru psychic numbing, helping one attain an altered state so they can quickly leave and no longer need be present. OR . . . As Kelcey mentioned, if one already feels spacey and a bit untethered from reality, (meaning they have already dissociated to escape some trauma or the intensity of a situation they don't feel capable of handling), any physical discomfort or deliberate painful stimuli can help to GROUND oneself, making it easier to remain fully present in the moment, if that's desired. In sum, my perception is that pain opens a gateway lots of survivors and PTSD folks already learned to access, prob quite by accident at first. They become adept at various techniques which they use to either NUMB themselves so they don't have to deal w/ what's happening ATM, OR . . . It can also work just the OPPOSITE, by opening a 2-way door thru which one may check out (both mentally and emotionally) from situations fraught w/ danger or simply too overwhelming and/or threatening to want to remain there. The REVERSE is that it grants someone control over their physical body, which can keep one fully present in the moment, (here and now, or consensus reality), if that's the objective, so they can have input and remember what transpired. It's either a gainful access or entry point to sustain one during a stressful and trying situation; OR the REVERSE is true. Pain can also represent an invisible passageway which offers a quick and reliable EXIT or EGRESS from intolerable situations when one requires deliverance. Two-way gate: IN or OUT
For me, self-harming was a way to gain control, and also to show God that I accepted the way he viewed me. I was unclean, and self-harming felt almost like a sacred thing between me and God, and a way to try to appease him a little bit.
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My own experience and POV is that self-inflicted pain is a gateway of sorts.
It either takes one away, helping them detach from their physical body thru psychic numbing, helping one attain an altered state so they can quickly leave and no longer need be present.
OR . . .
As Kelcey mentioned, if one already feels spacey and a bit untethered from reality, (meaning they have already dissociated to escape some trauma or the intensity of a situation they don't feel capable of handling), any physical discomfort or deliberate painful stimuli can help to GROUND oneself, making it easier to remain fully present in the moment, if that's desired.
In sum, my perception is that pain opens a gateway lots of survivors and PTSD folks already learned to access, prob quite by accident at first. They become adept at various techniques which they use to either NUMB themselves so they don't have to deal w/ what's happening ATM,
OR . . .
It can also work just the OPPOSITE, by opening a 2-way door thru which one may check out (both mentally and emotionally) from situations fraught w/ danger or simply too overwhelming and/or threatening to want to remain there.
The REVERSE is that it grants someone control over their physical body, which can keep one fully present in the moment, (here and now, or consensus reality), if that's the objective, so they can have input and remember what transpired.
It's either a gainful access or entry point to sustain one during a stressful and trying situation; OR the REVERSE is true.
Pain can also represent an invisible passageway which offers a quick and reliable EXIT or EGRESS from intolerable situations when one requires deliverance.
Two-way gate: IN or OUT
For me, self-harming was a way to gain control, and also to show God that I accepted the way he viewed me. I was unclean, and self-harming felt almost like a sacred thing between me and God, and a way to try to appease him a little bit.
I’m a 27 year old man, and I’m self harming (cutting). I’m very afraid that people see it. I try to hide it as much as possible.
You're not alone♥️
thats an intreating little video
I’m self harming and I’m 41 😳☠️
I'm so sorry!