- something strange happened with me recently which brought back up this topic... so in the last few weeks, I've been reflecting and processing... it's a problem I used to have during the years of my life when things were drastically not going well at all... but this has not been part of my life in years now... I know a lot of people don't understand why someone would even do something like that... I've heard a lot say it's for attention... but that doesn't strike true at all from my personal perspective... some thoughts on the topic... 

Nah, you're not getting it at all.

No one does this for attention,

In fact, everyone does it while

Hidden away, and do conceal it.

Attention is just not the driving force,

It's tumultuous psychological distress

That will make a person ignore all

Instincts of self-preservation, or care.

It's being so pained and overtaken

By it, that making a visual and

Physical representation of it is

Actually relieving in the moment.

It's a coping method, although maladaptive,

To make sense of the inner chaos and pain.

Actually seeing it in the form of a wound

Releases some of the high-end tension.

It also provides a semblance of control

Over a situation on its way to derail.

It's certainly a weird solution to the problem,

But you must keep note of the frame of mind:

You don't do that if you're well and happy.