Self-destruction doesn’t always look like taking too many pills or cutting your skin open. Sometimes it’s drinking coffee when you know caffeine gives you panic attacks. Sometimes it is crossing the street without looking both ways. Sometimes it is showering with the water a little too hot. Sometimes it’s avoiding eye contact with your reflection in the mirror or ridiculing your problems rather than addressing them. Sometimes it’s walking out without sunscreen in scorching heat and not wearing enough when it’s freezing outside. Self destruction isn’t always physical mutilation, mostly it’s masked as little things, so never assume what someone may be going through just because they don’t show you visible signs of suffering.
