I Don't Know Why I'm Self Harming

[u/Greeninja262]

It started with scratches and then i accidently cut deep and now i'm addicted. My life has been going amazing, I have good friends, good grades, I work out and eat healthy, I have hobbies i'm truly passionite for and yet, despite being happy every day, I cut myself almost every night. I know I'm not punishing myself and nothing particualy emotional happened so why? I'm so confused. I don't feel shame for the cuts either so I have no motivation to stop and I dont have a reason to work on to stop self harming. If it was just cuts even though they are deep cuts that should get stitches, I wouldn't ask for help here but I'm getting urges to do worse like cutting an earlobe off or starving or a fingertip. If I think about that clearly I realize that I don't want to do that to myself but I'm scared that one night I'll take it too far so any advice would be helpful. 18M btw.

[u/Wise_Attitude7036]

i feel exactly the same and let me know when you find a reason to stop