Did it help to cut yourself?
Only time i can remember cutting myself intentionally, was at age 10 or so, after seeing a Rambo movie.. i thought that the scars on his pecs looked cool..
It helped in the moment. I discovered that you can cover up some pain with different pain
The trick is well known regarding physical pain, but is at best comparable with treating mental problems with medicine and excluding psychotherapy..
The root cause needs treatment, not (just) distraction.
I am aware of the fact that not all problems are easily treated (if at all) with cognitive therapy and the likes, but psychopharmaca (and cutting?) is symptom dampening, not a cure.
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