why do people starve/harm themselves?

[Princess Vespa]

You don't understand them because you haven't been in there shoes. I used to say I didn't understand why anyone would get addicted to drugs when I was a teenager. I have still never been addicted to drugs but I have seen it ruin other peoples lives. I get it though, everything we do that is destructive is a coping mechanism for emotional pain. When you see someone with scars you can bet that at some point that person was abused, or bullied in some way. You have lived a peachy life without problems, you parents did a good job. Not everyone is as blessed as you are. People who starve themselves most likely feel like they don't have control over their lives. What they eat is one of the only things they can control so they don't eat. People who Cut have so much emotional pain that at some point they cut themselves to numb the emotional pain and feel real pain, it also releases endorphins.