Do you think controlled self harm is bad?

Like, actually supervise someone cutting to make sure they don't cut too much/too deep?? Absolutely not. read more

Controlled self harm would make the situation far worse. Self harm is a way of coping, but it’s a bad way of coping. It makes a depressed person operate far better and act like a normal person, but when something triggers them again, they resort to self harm, and in order to feel good, they have to hurt themselves over and over. read more

I think self harm is considered bad do to the fact that you are intentionally harming yourself. Nobody asks why you would do it or how it makes you feel but they simply look at you purposefully harming yourself and they don't understand that. People are always scared of the things they don't understand. read more

I think it provides a substantial distraction. Take cutting for example. The first time you cut yourself, a slight cut will give you the aforementioned distraction. read more