I was just thinking over my journey this past week. I came to a new realisation. Even though I have not self harmed in any way, in well over a year now, I always wondered what the significance of it was, and during an evening of tears during the week, I realised it was due to the fact that for years, I couldn't cry. I now realise that the self harm, was my way of releasing the tears inside of me. If I couldn't cry, well at least my body was, in an obscure kind of way - that being through the release of blood. I remember saying in therapy on a couple of occasions, that it was the release of blood that I needed - none of the other methods of trying to stop would work (eg ice cubes, elastic bands etc).
Just wondering what your opinion on this is?
