Why do people cut themselves?

[System of a Down]

Why do people cut themselves?

[Rutherford The Brave]

Because its a way of getting rid of stress. It releases endorphins, and causes adrenaline to flow. Making a person more relaxed.

[System of a Down]

Ah ok, a person who is close to me cut themselves in high school.
I was to shy to ask why, but this is what vt is for. Ty

[MysticalBurrito]

I used to cut because I was anger and confused

[Triceratops]

I hate this question so much.

We cut because we need it.
I find it comforting, stress-relieving and it gives me this self control I can't find anywhere else.

Only fellow cutters can understand, I guess.

[ShatteredGlass]

People cut because it is a way to cope some may say a negative/destructive way which is tru but yeah, some ppl tlak about it some ppl run some ppl smoke.

Ppl cut because subconsiously or conciously they hate themselves, or want to punish themselves. I hope that helps for a more detailed response PM me.

[jma94]

Honestly, it's different for everyone. Maybe because one feels they deserve it.
Maybe because they need to relieve stress, or something along those lines.
There is no one reason, and you usually never understand it unless you yourself have felt the need to do it.

[Eclipse]

Why do you wanna know? No offence but you wouldn't even understand anyway.

[Sapphire]

Honestly, it's different for everyone. Maybe because one feels they deserve it.
Maybe because they need to relieve stress, or something along those lines.
There is no one reason, and you usually never understand it unless you yourself have felt the need to do it.
Completely true.

[SingASadSong4408]

ok, ah, this is a tough one for people who dont understand what we go through....

you know the feeling when you get a bad grade, or a fight with your parents, or a bad breakup, or something like that? you know how bad it feels?

ok, now think of the pain you feel when you are injured. bleeding, scraped knee, paper cut, anything. that stinging feeling.

well, think of what happenes if you get a bad grade and know your rents are gonna be seriously pissed. well you're all upset, then you're walking home from school, and you fall and cut your knee. Immediatley, if hte pain is bad enough, you forget about the bad grade and everything, the only thing you feel is the pain in your knee.

Thats what its like for people who cut, explained in the simplest way possible.


hope this helped

Love Carlie

[triplethreat40]

Well, imagine a balloon. a big, rubber balloon. It's filling up with all sorts of pain. The balloon is stretched to it's max, but it still hasn't burst. There is just so much and it hurts so bad- you just want to pop that balloon, send it over the edge.

Cutting adds that last bit of pain. It's a sharp slice, unlike the continuous throbbing emotional pain, so that is refreshing. With all of the emotional stuff, it kindof comes up around your ears and you feel that you can't feel anything else, numb to the world.

So that is why i cut. did cut, i'm done now.

[scarstarz23]

i love when people ask this, i mean you ask because your curious, well i have to give you props, but i have to say you should just flat out ask your friend. asking on here makes you feel uncomfortable about it. all your friend wants is someone to pay attention to him/her. and no people dont just do it for attention, but mostly cuz they arent gettin it.

and hell yeah it feels good. its a releiver. its my comfort when no one else can give it to me. the blood running down your leg or arm is comforting too, your watching that pain leave you for just a moment.

[Dionysus]

I had many reasons why I did it. The first time was because I was so frustrated with love that I thought hurting myself will give me answers. Other times was because life seemed confusing and it felt that the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel was somehow burned off. Some other times, I thought that doing it would give me some extra attention.

My dad found out one morning when I left my bedroom door unlocked and he decided to see how I was and to drop my allowance on my desk. He noticed I had wrist bands covering my left wrist and took a look at it. The next day I visited him at his office and he talked to me about it. He gave re-assured me that he and mom will always be there for me whenever, whatever and however.

Cutting only left me ugly scars on my arm. It never truly answered any questions I had. The answers were all in front of me, my family, the God that I believe in and friends.

[MusicIsWatILiveFor]

i have been cutting for only two months but i do it because i feel like my life means nothing to some people and i have done it because of love and i felt tht i had no control over my life.

[ackmedsgirl666]

i think that they do it to escap emotional pain
and prefer to feel the pain on the ouside rather then in
this way they bare the scars as a reminder of what caused them to do it
that why i used to use cutting to escape the inner pain

[Wish]

It's good that you are asking the question because otherwise, how are we to eradicate the stereotype that accompanies self-harming? Self-harm is a very complicated set of actions and so there is no simple answer to your question. It can be a coping mechanism, ease loneliness, be a punishment, an addiction, a friend when you feel you have no one in the world on both conscious and subconscious levels... there are so many reasons for self-harming and the majority of these stem from a traumatic experience or coagulation of events. By asking the question you are not automatically jumping to the conclusion that it is 'attention-seeking'. I'm not saying you can ever truly understand it (in the same way we can never truly understand what it was to live through WW2) but you can have a damn good go at it.

I'd ask your friend gently and show the understanding that you have within you.

Take care.

[1_21Guns]

oh deary me.
please don't bump old threads...
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