Perhaps it should be looked at as a form of self-harm?
That's an interesting insight. I don't know a whole lot about this, but I've read that one factor is that people are so afraid of becoming infected that they'd rather just get it over with. But I wonder if there are associated feelings of wanting to hurt or punish oneself, thinking one "deserves" to be infected. I know that for me there can be feelings of self-hate involved in the urge to hurt myself.
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Date: 2007-05-02 09:05 am (UTC)That's an interesting insight. I don't know a whole lot about this, but I've read that one factor is that people are so afraid of becoming infected that they'd rather just get it over with. But I wonder if there are associated feelings of wanting to hurt or punish oneself, thinking one "deserves" to be infected. I know that for me there can be feelings of self-hate involved in the urge to hurt myself.
Stay negative, mate. *handsqueeze*