Originally posted by lilpixieofterror
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People cut themselves and do all sorts of painful things to themselves, despite it being a very unpleasant and painful experience.
1) I am so depressed that I feel dead/numb to the world, and cutting myself makes me feel alive again.
2) I am so depressed that I can't bring myself to talk to anyone about it, but cutting myself could serve as a cry for help.
In regard to 1), the issue seems to be that the cutting carries a positive feeling alongside the physical pain. With 2), the issue seems to be that the person is undergoing a temporary, lesser pain as a cry for relief from a longer-lasting, deeper pain. But how do these apply to someone who "looks for excuses to be offended?" What is the positive feeling that accompanies the unpleasant experience and makes it worthwhile? Or what is the deeper pain that's so intense that it drives people to emotionally hurt themselves as a cry for help?
And besides, as I already noted, such people seem to be rare, whereas Adrift and others have implied that the "looking to be offended" phenomenon is somewhat common.
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