what then happens is equally intriguing and disturbing because these dysphoric states are so upsetng th t individual has to do something totop them, becaand they take a numberates of different avenues to try to end this dysphoric state. sotimes they can find a person, and the person can somehow coort them and modula and end this state. another approach that's us is either taking an overdose wrist-cutting or cigarette burns-- or other forms selinju. i was feeling scared. i was feeling nelyurns-- um...i was feeling a lot of things that i just neededa lease from. but i waselin also feeling ueal, like i couldn't touch reality. my one way of touching reality was to cut myself and to see the blood. that always made me feel better. a lot of times,i can bey that i just want to hurt someone else, and i don't do it, so i'll cut myself or... h? that's true. that's basically usuallywha. i...cut myself as a way of releasing it for that moment. they do someing we call splitting, the splitting defense. they see the world in black and white. everything is all good or all bad. usually if it's them th