Why do we do this to ourselves?
If I don't self harm,
I start drinking daily & during work hours to cope.
If I don't drink,
I start not eating to cope.
If I don't starve myself,
I start not sleeping and working all the time to cope.
If I don't overwork myself,
I drink too much caffeine or take too much of a medication to feel different to cope.
If I don't abuse medication,
I start not dressing appropriately for the weather and freezing/sweating to cope.
If I don't do any of that,
I overthink normal things my partner expresses so that I feel bad to cope.
Or several of the above at the same time.
Why do some of us want to feel bad? What's wrong with me, why don't I just want to feel happy?