Break-ups can hurt, but if you're Marilyn Manson you might take that hurt to some pretty serious extremes. In a recent interview with Spin, the industrial shock rocker reveals he was so torn up over the break-up between he and actress Evan Rachel Wood that he intentionally cut himself 158 times on Christmas Day.

"My lowest point was Christmas Day 2008, because I didn't speak to my family," he reveals. "My walls were covered in scrawlings of the lyrics and cocaine bags nailed to the wall. And I did have an experience where I was struggling to deal with being alone and being forsaken and being betrayed by putting your trust in one person, and making the mistake of that being the wrong person. And that's a mistake that everyone can relate to. I made the mistake of trying to, desperately, grasp on and save that and own it. And every time I called her that day -- I called 158 times -- I took a razorblade and I cut myself on my face or on my hands."

Manson and Wood split in November 2008. While rumors cited Wood's brother living in her guest house as the reason for the break-up, the actress told People it was so they could both work on their career.

However, Mason's violent reaction suggests it wasn't neccessarily that amicable.

"I look back and it was a really stupid thing to do," he continued. "This was intentional, this was a scarification, and this was like a tattoo. I wanted to show her the pain she put me through. It was like, 'I want you to physically see what you've done.' It sounds made up but it's completely true and I don't give a shit if people believe it or not. I've got the scars to prove it."

Manson's latest album, 'The High End of Low,' debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart last month. He says the album title stems from the rough time he was going through during Christmas, when friends asked how he was holding up.

"I didn't want people to ask me every time I did an interview, 'Oh, is this record about your relationship with your ex-girlfriend?' But that damage is part of it, and the song 'I Want to Kill You Like They Do in The Movies' is about my fantasies. I have fantasies every day about smashing her skull in with a sledgehammer. "