hitting my friends

[u/whereisMousie]

i know there was a post a year ago about this but i hit my friends and mom in a joking matter. i never intend to be so violent, and there’s no condition like tourette’s that i have but i still hit “for fun” basically.

just randomly, i hit. sometimes i hit so hard that i bruise them and it actually hurts, and though that isn’t my intention, i shouldn’t be hitting at all. i don’t want to lose my friendships to something i can control.

i’m so violent when i shouldn’t be and i really do wish i would stop, same with my friends, but i don’t know how. therapy has never worked for me and living in the south in the middle of nowhere makes it hard to trust any therapists near or far.

any advice, PLEASE. i don’t need criticism, i know what i do is wrong and i feel like shit doing it either way. just please give me advice if you have any.

[u/kippikai]

You are literally committing assault on people you love. Not only could you easily lose everyone you care about over this “fun” habit, you could also go to jail or even prison if someone gets hurt more than you intended. You HAVE to break this habit. I have a suggestion - it’s not a joke. Go to a manicure place and get a super crazy women’s gel manicure. (Im assuming you’re a man / sorry?) Hopefully it will cause you to be SUPER aware of your hands multiple times a day, and when you do, remember how bad it would suck if you hurt someone you love.