Stop yourself from hurting yourself farther. Stop.
Its so much easier said than done. I used to think self-preservation was something the mind always turned to, no matter what.
I guess the older you get, the less that kicks in.
Unnecessary pain is no longer cautioned—we go about it, every day wondering why our lives are miserable. Maybe if our minds still protected us like they did when we were little, things wouldn’t be so messed up half the time.
But they are, and everyone pays the consequences.