Ok, so I know I'm just a teenager and there's still a ton of stuff that I don't fully understand, but one thing I honestly don't think I will ever get is how someone can continue and purposefully harm them self when they know the consequences. I'm not going to use the real situation so let me put it this way:
Say there is a brother and sister, and the brother has been drinking heavily for years. Now everyone knows that alcohol can cause serious damage to a person's body after a certain amount, so why do people continue to indulge in it? Who knows. Anyway, the brother is diagnosed with some horrible disease as a result from drinking most of his life and has to have surgery and what not to fix it. He comes close to dying multiple times but makes it through. The sister has also had some drinking problems in the past. (Nothing serious, just the battle of quitting, starting, quitting, starting and so on.) The moment she hears about her brother's condition and the cause of it, she decides to stop drinking right then and there. Good choice. She does great for a while, but a few months after the surgery, she starts with the drinking again. Fully aware of the effects. No apparent care in the world.
For now that's where the story ends. I don't know where it'll go from here but I hope someone can explain to me why she made the wrong decision to start up again. Needing a stress outlet- I really do understand. Believe me, I do. It's unhealthy for people to keep stuff bottled up with no way to let go, but find a way to do it that doesn't cause harm. Go for a walk. Sing a favorite song. Think of someone special. Write a poem. Do something constructive! No matter what you have going on in your life, I'm pretty certain that slowly killing yourself to feel better is not going to help in the long run.
I'm sorry if I'm rambling on or if none of that made sense. I just need some answers.
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