How some people get addicted to self-mutilation?
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How some people get addicted to self-mutilation?
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Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry
In brief: It fills a need.
Someone who feels empty inside may cut to feel "something".
Someone who is hurting emotionally may cut so that the physical pain will distract them. Some cut to punish themselves. One may cut in the belief that they will let out negativity or evil.
In brief: It fills a need.
Someone who feels empty inside may cut to feel "something".
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Dr. Miroslava Fox
Clinical Psychology
In brief: See Below
When people self-mutilate that might experience the rush, "high" similar to the "high" from substances.
Oftentimes, self-mutilators experience relief after the act and they're looking for relieve every single time they self-mutilate. The reasons for self-mutilations are different.
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When people self-mutilate that might experience the rush, "high" similar to the "high" from substances.
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