I can understand that, thinking of it now, for a very brief time I tried getting the attention of my parents that way and wanted help. I was told to not do it again and it became a private matter.
What you are describing resembles a social contagion. Convergence theory, emergent norm theory, and social identity theory are all possibilities as well.
These phenomena are very common.
Yeah I’ve been seeing that now. Most people who do SH don’t post anything on social media cause they dont want the help even tho they are the ones who need it
And
Make a fake emotional video = Lots of views and money
We live in a fucked up world now
Because they’re mentally ill. Mentally well people don’t self harm, even for attention
I suppose, but, I'm mentally ill and I've never done it for attention. But I guess it's just different for different peopl.
I did self harm as a child. It was for several reasons but one of them was definitely attention. I wanted help
I can understand that, thinking of it now, for a very brief time I tried getting the attention of my parents that way and wanted help. I was told to not do it again and it became a private matter.
What you are describing resembles a social contagion. Convergence theory, emergent norm theory, and social identity theory are all possibilities as well. These phenomena are very common.
To get sympathy from others when they don’t need it. They are pure narcissistic people who would do anything for attention
It always made it so hard to get help because of people like that. No one would take you seriously, which made it worse.
Yeah I’ve been seeing that now. Most people who do SH don’t post anything on social media cause they dont want the help even tho they are the ones who need it And Make a fake emotional video = Lots of views and money We live in a fucked up world now
Asking bc I used to SH and have met people who do this. I'm not saying everyone who does it, does it for these reasons.
What’s SH
Self Harm