is cutting considered actually addictive, or is it just a informal description?

Question

i mean there's a actually definition of addiction that's a formal diagnosis, but then the word is also used kind of informally like ppl say they're addicted to chocolate or things when they're not 'really' addicted in the formal diagnosis meaning. what i want to know is if cutting can be an actual addiction, like drugs are, or if 'addictive' is more an informal description like it is for chocolate or stuff.

Answer 1

I am not sure of what "just a informal description" means?

Do you speak English?

Yes it is addicting. It is a cry for help. An inappropriate way to deal with stress

Answer 2

Just about any action can be addictive given the proper situation. It does not necessarily create a "chemical" dependency in the same manner that drugs, including alcohol can. However, any addiction can cause biochemical reactions within the brain that can be missed in a similar way as a heroin addict missing a fix. The withdrawal from this type of addiciton is not typically as physically dangerous as a drug withdrawal, but can sometimes be even more difficult because the "craving" does not work out of your system in the same way. Drug habits have underlying causes, but the worst of the physical symptoms go away eventually (of course it is easy for the "need" to return). Cutting, food-related addictions, addiction to pornography, spending-addicts etc. These are all very real addictions.

Of course, there are professionals who disagree. Some would say only something, like a drug, which crosses into and affects the brain can cause an addiction. Others would call any dependency, physical or psychological, an addiction. Still others fall more in line with my personal view which is that a chemical dependency can occur with a psychological addiction because of the brain's response to an action or lack of action.

While oftentimes Wikipedia seems incomplete or questionable in information, they seem to do an alright job of summarizing addictions, and you don't even have to read very far.

On a side note, the workings of the brain are extremely complex. Many diseases are successfully treated with chemicals (like prozac, wellbutrin, etc.) but some people are "dependent" on these items for a semblance of a "normal" life. It sometimes makes me wonder if these chemicals, which are used to treat imbalances in brain chemicals are helping in every case. We tend to think that certain problems are the result of a chemical imbalance, but maybe some chemical imbalances are the result of a prior problem. Maybe this is a chicken/egg sort of question, and without a doubt medication can successfully treat, and even help lead to a cure for certain conditions. However, I think that medications alone are not and can never be enough when it comes to mental health. If you or someone you know are cutting, I would urge you to seek counseling. Some things are not better off if left alone. Cutting does not have to be a compulsive or addictive action; it can be imitative or experimental, too. However, you could be the first step in someone being a healthier person.

Answer 3

Yes cutting can be considered addictive - among many other things. Addicitve It is a description of what cutting can lead to and why some/many people do it. They become addicted to it because it is an outlet for their emotions and can often make them feel relief, therefore they keep doing it, people dont always cut themselves because they want to die, they cut because its like a release (of all their pain) & feel like its the only way to feeling better.

Answer 4

yes it is addictive. you depend on it to release endorphins which sooth various types of pain from a hurt knee or depression. if you are depressed trust me it takes a long time to get over. So within the time of healing you want to find any way to sooth the pain and you feel the only way would be to cut your self. Just to let you know there are other ways to cope with pain. Go to the doctors if you are experiencing stress and depression, he will perscribe something.

Answer 5

Yes, and it is a particularly terrible type of addiction|

I think that something terrible happened to you that you are hurting so much over| That would be the cause of it|


But there is always hope||| ||||

You will rise again to new life|||

It is said that the more terrible the crucifixion, the more glorious the subsequent resurrection that is due in time|||


If you look at the book of Job, there was a man who had everything, and then God allowed the devil to take everything away from him, leaving him absolutely destitute|

But wait! - God had a plan for Job|||

He was eventually restored, but was given twice as much as he had before he lost everything (twice indicating a transcendence over his old self)|

Read the 42nd chapter of Job, and read about his restoration|

He also gained the capability to understand the secret mysteries of God that he had no capacity for, before his loss|


What we have to understand is that Jesus and the devil are not two competing lords| Jesus is the only Lord| satan is merely a ruined creature|

True, God allows satan and his minions to roam the earth to inflict terrible evils| But we have to understand that the devil is *pure instrument* in the hands of God, that he cannot do a thing that God does not allow|

God sometimes allows a terrible trial by fire to enter our lives| This is an ultimate purifying fire in which we are stripped of everything except pure love without any embellishments at all| With that, that love is purified and refined and is made as strong as tempered steel|

At the right time, you are taken out of the fire and restored|

As your love has come to full perfection, everything else is returned to you too - but in superabundance| You are then healed of all traces of trauma, and then realize the great plan of God|

Then you know that what you experienced was nothing but a share in Jesus' Passion|

You have to know that no matter what you have suffered, Jesus has suffered even worse - even worse degradation and humiliation| But He rose triumphant over it all| All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him (Matt. 28:18)|


In the end, there will be full justice|

The persecuted just ones will live with Jesus forever in glory, whereas the detestable one's of the earth will be thrown into the Lake of Fire to be there for all eternity|




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Answer 6

Both....get help