Is this a sign of emotional neglect?

So I thought my childhood was perfectly good. But I’ve been reflecting on some things I did as a kid, and I’m starting to think maybe something was wrong there. Did anyone else have similar behaviours to this: So when i was a kid i used to play ‘the hurty game’ where at school in the playground, i used to try ‘accidentally’ injure myself e.g. by jumping off tall things and hoping i landed wrong. I think for like attention (even though I’ve never been able to talk about my problems or accept attention when I’ve been given it…). I never managed to injure myself, but i just kept trying different ways of jumping/falling/running into things to try. And maybe that’s not as normal as I thought it was?

Posted Jul 9, 2025, 11:10 PM UTC

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