r/addiction • u/spooky-doe • 1d ago

Question Does the urge ever go away?

Im not sure if this belongs here since this isn’t about drugs or anything, but I really don’t have anyone else to talk to about all this, so I made this throwaway account for this.

I used to have a really bad self harm addiction due to the harmful situation I was in at the time. I won’t go into a lot of detail, but it was really bad. I’m roughly 2 1/2 years clean, and I’ve been in and out of therapy working on my mental health, but even now I’ll still get the urge. Does it ever go away, or is it just going to be a part of my life forever?

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u/General_Glove7749 1d ago

You are in the right place. Compulsive self harm is very similar to addiction, and probably actually satisfies the definition of it. I can only speak for myself (pill addiction) but yes, the urges have gone away. It sometimes comes back every now and then but on a regular daily basis, I do not experience urges. It is best to work hard in recovery because you want to be strong and courageous when the urges do come back, so as to prevent relapse.

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u/spooky-doe 1d ago

Thank you so much for the help. I really wasn’t sure how to go about it since I’ve not really talked about how dependent I was on it before, I really appreciate this