People generally view self harm as a "very bad" thing that they will try to help you stop if they find out you do it. Can someone explain to me why it's bad? If it's done safely, with no lasting damage, and is an effective method of stress relief, why is it so bad?
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
Because people who self-harm frequently are not doing it safely, it has lasting damage, and it’s typically indicative of an individual who lacks outside resources to help them. Particularly for teens, ignored self-harm can escalate into even riskier behaviors.
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Replying to @KHicksEfficient
I wonder if this also applies to other damaging behaviors that we don't treat in the same way? Like if someone says they do cocaine semiregularly they don't get the same reaction that someone does if they say they cut themselves.
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Replying to @Aella_Girl @KHicksEfficient
And if you are a raging alcoholic in the UK that's just called Papa. In Roman times, the rich and powerful men would casually have sex with an 11 year old boy while discussing business in the bathhouse. Societal norms under constant flux. Body injury seems negative throughout
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There have definitely been cultures that condoned certain types of severe bodily harm: foot-binding, teeth-filing, FGM, scarification, etc. Mayan elites regularly *shoved stingray spines through their penises* or tongues. Humans are *weird*.
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There's also damage being done today that we're chill with. Circumcision is literally slicing off an important section of the human body and we're like 'yeah, seems aesthetic, do that to my infant son." Also lots of current drug use (alcohol, nicotine) is normalized.
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