Why do people get self destructive when they are unhappy? ?

Question

just give me one reason then please

Answer 1

when they are unhappy they have no way of taking it out so they become destructive. if they had an outlet everything would be cool

Answer 2

I'd rather destruct myself than let someone else have the pleasure of it.

Answer 3

From past experience, I've realized that most people get self-destructive because they feel worthless and in a way, the pain gives a sense of relief; instead of focusing on their own problems, the focus on the pain that feel so good but oh so bad.  

Answer 4

i don't think you can really generalize, i'm sure there's more than one reason.

Answer 5

Thoughts of self-destruction, whether conscious or unconscious, usually stem from a feeling of low self worth, toxic shame or toxic guilt.  Although these psychological problems are not one and the same, they often follow circumstances where there's "no one to blame but ones self".

The opposite can also happen - where we look for someone else to blame when things don't go the way we want them to.

Either reaction is indicative of a maladjustment.  Things aren't always that simple, and we don't really have that much control over the outcome of situations.  However, a toxic upbringing can lead one to believe his or her own unhappiness is a result of his being a "bad" person - hence the self-destructive behavior.

Answer 6

I really don't know, maybe they just don't know how to handle all of the frustration that they are feeling and rather than striking out at others and risk hurting someone else, they hurt themselves...

Answer 7

this maybe true in some scenarios...people tend to be self destructive just for them to be noticed so when they got noticed you would asked the reason why and that is the time that they will tell something about their problem...being unhappy

aided by frustration and disappointment people tend to be self destructive because they were thinking that by doing so they would be able to forget their problem or escape from the reality...unhappy people tend to be more pessimistic and always have ill feelings over things..this is due to the fear that they might not get what they wanted and be unhappy again or fail again...

henceforth people who are unhappy are people who have bad experiences in the past that they can't overcome...they have lost they self confidence and become extremely in secured....

Answer 8

I think people do it because it seems like a way out at the time and people just want a bit of respite from the bad times. It is not the answer though and normally leads to getting stuck in negative ways and generally makes things worse.

Answer 9

A traumatic incident when they are young.

Answer 10

Because they figure their life sucks anyway.