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Originally Posted by Undertoad
When abused in childhood, some people will find pain to be a way to manage deep seated feelings or to feel alive over the emotional and/or physical numbing they learned as a way to adapt when very young.
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This is a literal effect in the brain, as well. A recent study on people who self-harm showed that lighting up the physical pain areas of the brain simultaneously lessened the (over)activity in the emotional pain areas.