Should I do this and fall to purposely get hurt?

I'm thinking about going roller blading right now. I love roller blading, I'm really good.





I don't know why, but I'm thinking about going to my middle school to roller blade around the parking lot...and purposely fall, to get a big scrape across my arm. No one's there because its late, so no one will see. I don't know why, but I want to do this. I think I will at least try.





Is there some psychological reason behind this?

Should I do this and fall to purposely get hurt?
Well, there could be a lot of motives you may have that you don't realize.





-Perhaps (and this could be totally wrong.. don't worry, I'll give more motives) you wish to do this so you can show off the scrape? It'd make you seem more dedicated and hard core-- could that be it?





-Maybe you want a scrape to prove yourself to yourself. Someone who would get scrapes from any activity (accidentally) is the type who is dedicated enough to go through pain to get better at it.





I'm thinking the second objective for you. It's like this: visualize someone who feels like they've been through a lot, but maybe really hasn't in the big scheme of things. Maybe they want the "chip on the shoulder" of having a tough life to feel like a better person- would you have a greater respect for a man who opened his own ice cream shop and grew up with loving parents, or someone who opened his own shop and grew up with parents who were abusive and threw him out? Most would say the second man, because (although he did the same thing that the other man did), his achievement seems harder to come by because of his hardships. Someone who imagines their life to be worse than it is could be aiming for that same respect- even if it just comes from within.





I think you are looking for the credibility of a person who is dedicated enough to fall and hurt themself while blading- just so, what you do, and how you work, and what your life is like makes you feel better for being you.





But you shouldn't do it! Think about this: you'll feel really good about who you are for you if you start to appreciate what you already do awesome in life and your own hardworking capabilities. You don't need a scrape to prove anything to anyone else- or just yourself.
Reply:I bet you're thinking along the same line that Steven Krane was when he wrote 'Red Badge of Courage'. Not sure of the spelling of Krane.





In "Red Badge.." the main character needs a wound to prove to himself he's the master of the battlefield. No matter that the wound he gets is from being slugged by one of his own army guys.





Anyway, it's a complex emotion.
Reply:Have you ever gotten in an accident like that and in return gotten a lot of attention later on? Maybe that’s what you’re seeking for; the love and attention you get from people when you’re hurt.
Reply:Hurting yourself on purpose would be a psychological problem. Either you don't feel pain properly, or have a strange idea of how to get attention... Neither are good.
Reply:Attention! -- Or you want to see if you still feel?


Or you want to see what its like to get hurt doing that?



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