Originally Posted by
Argnotthisagain 
Great post, TG
My T gave the example of someone who compulsively cuts themselves: because it's better than The Emptiness. We cling to pain and crumbs because it's better than infinite loneliness, we think.
This is so true. And many of us can look objectively at a cutter and wonder "HOW on earth does that person think that cutting him/herself is better than feeling nothing?!?" When in fact, we are cutting ourselves, too. Just in a different way, but for the same reason.