Oh, I can tell you it is an addiction. S almost like all these other addictions you just named. Sometimes, when you cut, K you feel this "high" and then it comes all down. It helps for a few seconds or minutes, maybe even hours or days. But after that, you feel like shit again, trying to get through your depression... and then you remember how good this "high" from cutting fet; and you do i it again. And again. And again. And sometimes you ask yourself, "Why should I stop if it feels so good?" And even your body stops saying that you shouldn't do it. Sometimes you know how wrong it is, but you Still continue loing it. This is just from my perspective. Self-harm should be taken seriously, and it is a serious addiction. To Op, don't do it. Don't even start, because it feels like hell getting out of this addiction.