As a granddad in despair over my grand daughter, I look at this lot and see some very desperate young and not so young people. My granddaughter is also desperate for help too. This blog site serves I suppose, those looking for better ways to self harm without offering very much help to those who really want to stop themselves from continuing this alarming behavior. If dopamine is to blame then surely it's an addiction to dopamine or maybe just an addiction per say? Like any other addiction it will take an enormous amount of will power to stop one's self from continuing in the lonesome hours. After giving up smoking for forty years, I know that much anyway. There is lots of help for smokers as it saves the health service money. What I don't understand is "self harm" and why any youngster and those not so young is able to simply forget how much this hurts those who love and care deeply about them. Think of the hurt, consider your future especially if you want children without interference by an outside professional worried that you may harm your child. Think of the stress that this causes your parents/grand parents which could lead them to a heart condition. Think how you will explain the scars once you recover. Every life is important especially yours. Surely your destiny is to live long and try to change things about you for the better, including mental health issues. When we all leave this World but leave at the correct time, the really big question will inevitably be "how shall we be remembered". From an old man who cares,please get yourself some help and never give up.

I don't cut, I fucking slam shit. Like metal doors, windows, walls, not usually people, I'm not that aggressive but I broke every knuckle in my right hand and one in my left.

I'm a cutter. I started months ago, but I just want to die. I hate myself.