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I’m sixteen and I’ve been addicted to three things in this life; 1) Cigarettes  2) My boyfriend 3) Self harm Some addictions have been going on for longer than others, for example I’ve only been with my boyfriend for a year and a half, but cutting has been a part of my life since i was eleven. I don’t think it really matters how old you are when you have an addiction, or how long you have had one for, its all the same thing. You find it hard to stop doing it, you think about it all the time, and it becomes a part of your life that you feel you can’t live without.  When somebody on Tumblr, or any other internet site posts about self harm I think it shows that they don’t want it to be a part of their life anymore, they want to get it out of their system. If that’s through sharing it to the masses viraly then so be it, but talking about it, showing other people pictures of it, anything to get it out of your system is a coping mechanism. The irony of that is of course the self harm at the start was the coping mechanism. It was a way of letting the shit out of you, watching all the horrible things inside of you flow out. It is far more relaxing than any cigarette or spliff.  (Source: sepiatonelove)