Would you shock yourself to avoid being alone with your thoughts?

Being by themselves in an empty room can feel so unbearable to some people that they willingly self-harmTo be left alone with our thoughts can be torture. Insomniacs who suffer agonies as they lie awake night after night soon learn that it is far better to get up and do something – anything – rather than thrash about with only their restless mind for company. Negative emotions such as guilt, self-doubt and anxiety run amok at night. Daylight, with its promise of mundane tasks and soc