Can you be an emotional emo?

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Can you be an emotional emo, not cutting of the flesh, but getting so use to emotional pain that you kinda have a feeling or desire to want it? Sounds weird but i know a few people who might have that issue...
 
Emotional self harm is damaging too.

I'm not saying we need some self-centered, narcissistic, "self love".
On the other hand, we shouldn't go around beating ourselves up emotionally either.
This doesn't mean ignore sin in the name of feeling good.
It does mean avoiding negative self talk and thoughts.
 
Yes, it is fully possible.
I guess it is how self- harm starts, when people get that feeling to strongly that they need the actual pain for whatever it is they are dealing with to feel less intense.
 
Some people get used to emotional pain enough that they feel more comfortable in that than they do with being treated good because being treated good is unfamiliar territory to them, something not used to and hence something they dont fully understand.
Ive known people with this type of dilemna which makes it difficult for them to feel and experience Gods love since they have been conditioned not to love themselves so they wonder why anyone else would.
The mistake is reverting back to their safe zone however detrimental it may be as opposed to moving forward and letting God heal their heart.
People are afraid of what they dont understand, and when they dont understand Gods love, of course they are afraid of that too, however much they still desire to experience it.
The only thing that can be done as far as I see is to keep exhibiting Gods love for them until they are convinced its real, be prepared for a rocky ride though, since its hard to love someone who doesnt love themselves.
This is really where Gods love takes over where our own falls short.
 
Yes! This is a very real thing. My husband is a good writer and in college his favorite thing to do was to get really depressed so he could write some really good stuff...at least that's how he looked at it. But it was all dark! Our fallen human nature likes this kind of stuff and it's right from the pit of hell. Leave it quickly and don't look back.

Thank goodness my husband stopped or I wouldn't have been able to live with him.
 
I didn't start typical self-harm until I was about 16, but I realized as I got older that I was self-harming well before that. As young as 8 or 9 years old I remember telling myself things that part of me knew were not true, but that I couldn't make myself believe they weren't true. This is a form of self-harm.
 
I suffered depression for a long time, and can remember having times where i was afraid of NOT feeling depressed because i didn't know what else to feel. Its not always a desire to stay that way, but a lack of knowledge of what else to feel.
 
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