自殺しないための自傷行為

自殺しないための自傷行為

書いた人 : nyalra nyalra


 大衆は「死ぬよりマシ」だという綺麗事が大好きで、死ぬわけじゃないと説得をする。死なないために自傷行為をしたら、なんでそんな事するんだ、死にたいのかと距離を置く。そんなのもう百回言われているように生きたいからそうしている訳で。


 今すぐ屋上から飛び降りたくて堪らない、一秒でも早くこの不安から逃れたいと空に焦がれた時、誤魔化すように手首を切ったとする。太ももをめちゃくちゃに殴るとかでもいいけれど。ちなみに僕はそのせいで脚がめっちゃ痛い。最近、睡眠薬と向精神薬が切れて不安が止まらない。


 痛みの信号は身体の反応でも優先度があまりに高い。動物は総じて痛がり屋だ。たとえば、「今すぐ飛び降りたい!」とパニックで仕方なくても、手首がサクッと切れて切り口から赤黒い液体が流れたとしたら、それに伴う痛覚の方が思考を支配する。痛みに対する反応が優先される。結果的に、死にたくて死にたくて恐ろしい不安よりもリスカの痛みで冷静になります。アドレナリンが出て集中できるしね。


 つまるところ、今すぐ死なないために自傷をする。または薬を多量に服用し、意識を飛ばす。このまま一人で起きてると死んじゃうから。僕は3階以上に住まない。ふらっとベランダから飛んだら楽になれる誘惑に抗える気がしない。


 死ぬのは最も痛いから嫌だよ。


 なんで自分で自分を傷つけるのか、「死にたいのか?」という質問はあまりにズレていて本質的でない。自傷またはオーバードーズは「生きたい」の変形であり、正しくは「なぜ死にたいのか」を訊くべきでないか。もしパニック状態が収まり、多少は理屈だって話せたら、死にたい理由を一つ一つ解消できるかもしれない。その過程にリスカや過剰摂取がある。


 もっと単純に「孤独に押しつぶされる」かもしれない。その際、自らが血を流すことで「こんなに傷ついている」と感情を伝えている。誰だって共感をされたいがすべてを言葉にできない。とにかく自分がいっぱいいっぱいであること、このままでは孤独か希死念慮で潰れてしまうことを、会話でなく行動で端的に伝えるために自分の血を見せることは、もちろん倫理的に間違っているとしても、追い詰められた人間の思考としては合理的に思える。


 眠れないからこうなる訳で、枕の上ですやすやと眠っていられるなら全部解決する問題だ。


 追い詰められている人間に対して、「追い詰められるな!」と叱るのも変ではないか? 助けてって気持ちを上手く声にできない。または、その瞬間はどうしていいのかわからない。それが恐怖やトラウマと呼ばれるものだ。死という根源的な恐怖から逃れるため、生きるために自傷をする。たとえば太ももを激しく殴打するとかでもね。別に、その行為を肯定する訳じゃない。できれば僕も知り合いには自分を傷つけて欲しくないし、自暴自棄な自分が後悔することも知っているし自身でもできればしたくない。


 しかし、真に追い込まれている際にその行動しか選択肢しかない原理を理解している。


 迫り来る大きな痛みを、それなりの痛みで中和できるなら、そうする。


 そんなことをしても救われないことくらい分かっている。でも、その場をまず生き残るためならせざるを得ない。大衆の言う「まずは生きていればいい」「生きればいいことある」を信じて、苦痛の夜を乗り越えるための生存戦略に必死なのですね。



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Anonymous 6日前
post so good it struck me on a mental level, we'll all get out of this someday, promise.
Anonymous 6日前
I hope one day you can find different ways to feel alive. I experienced it too. I would hurt myself and it lasted 10 years. I understand what it feels like to feel like it’s the only thing keeping you from going crazy, even now i still have the urge to sometimes or i think back fondly on it. Thank you for always being honest
Anonymous 7日前
hey nyalra, i’ve found myself relating to this text so much. you’ve explained it so well. i’m not gonna say « it gets better » because im sure you’ve already heard that a thousand times (even tho, it does get better). i just wanted you to know that you’re very much not alone in that. expressing your feelings through texts like this can make you feel better, it’s good that you do it sometimes. but also i want you to know this : you matter. we don’t know each other, but im sure you’re an amazing person. the way you write things, it makes other people feel seen and not alone. i really hope that one day you’ll recover. i know it can take time. a lot of time. years. but i think that once you realize how good life is you won’t want to leave this world anymore (i suppose, that’s what i heard). take care of yourself. i mean it, it’s important. just know that there’s so much room at the top.
Anonymous 9日前
This explained how I have felt in the past as well as currently. Thank you.
♡mayatang_chan♡ 9日前
when I read this it remind me of your short essay long time ago 自分がおかしくなる前に ( Before I Go Crazy) to those who have not read that blog it's about three men are aware that they are going crazy, and they hold it in for so long, they turn to violence as a last resort. To those guys, those are the way to get people to know that they are not okay. While the people who SH so they can distract themselves about killing themselves or telling people they are not okay, ofc there are other reason why people do it but those are the main one. My social worker have said this to me, she told me the people who SH most of the time are the kindest cos they would rather take it to themselves than taking it to other people. But ofc no matter what is best to not to SH and get the help you need as SH at the end of the day give you severe injuries, finding alternative way instead of SH is the best way to go about it slowly stop doing it. I wish all the best to yall fight don't end your story yet!
~ Rope ~ 9日前
Self harm is never something to be glorified, and it is a behavior that should be avoided if possible. I've always felt a sense of shame after doing it, but when I'm in a lot of pain, sometimes the act of doing that can take my mind off other things in a way that is not easily replicated. I've never truly wanted to kill myself and I would never do such a thing, life is too beautiful to check out early, even if it's painful in the moment. Thank you for sharing Nyalra, you've expressed something I have never truly understood about myself.
Anonymous 9日前
This is a beautiful post
Anonymous 9日前
Thank you Nyalra for the beautiful post. We love you!
Anonymous 10日前
I really just think you should exercise more if you want the same effects as cutting. Obviously I can't say for certain that it works for everyone but please try it at the very least.
Nikke Pro 10日前
Thanks for being so honest about your pain ☹️it takes bravery and im sure its helpful for people who feel like nobody else feels like they do…but i hope things get better you deserve to be healthy and feel good ☹️if your this productive while feeling this bad i can only imagine how amazing your work would be if you had a proper mental health support plan ☹️so many people are hoping you get better and do good! I hope that with acceptance comes at least some healing, people need to stop pushing away the parts of being a person that is hard for them to grasp. People who reject others for being sad are truly cowards, they fear theyre own sadness and never confront it.
Anonymous 10日前
I never really understood self harm and I’ve done it a for a while and stopped then relapsed but it doesn’t feel good or give any relief. I don’t understand well why I do it or started but I feel i just don’t want to be alive rather than just wanting to die and I’m just waiting until i eventually have enough bad days where I can finally leave. Everyday feels worse than the last and I’m running out of excuses to stop myself
Anonymous 10日前
i understand completely, i feel the same. lately i've been getting more into drugs and people get less mad at me than when i cut. i don't spend much time sober anymore
Anonymous 10日前
yea pls dont do what this guy does hes unstable and not a rolemodel and honestly shouldn't have a platform where minors click on his links
Eversnow 10日前
I used to not understand self-harm at all, but in the last few months, while my suicidal thoughts have been coming back, I've come to understand a bit, and it's just as you say. I won't go in-detail because I'm not stable enough to word things in ways that couldn't encourage anyone, but it feels like everything I thought while coming around to the idea was echoed here. Relief, distraction, a biologically-mandated wake-up, punishment; I hate sounding like I'm justifying it, and just as much as you I don't want anyone to do it, but I can't say I don't understand or want it too sometimes. And the people closest to you can make you feel the worst for it - out of pure love, but it can feel like they just want you to pretend you're okay for them. That's not it, obviously, but if rationality was involved here we wouldn't give it a second thought. Just like you, Nyalra, I don't want you to do any of that. I hope you and everyone else finds ways to live through other means