why?

[cody2010]

i'm don't want to sound rude or anything but i want to know why some people hurt themselves. whether it be cutting or burning or what ever. and i don't want you guys to think i'm judging you or anything i'm just curious.

[Malcolm Tucker]

I cut because it's the only way I know to cope with all the crap I go through every day. It bridges the gap between what I'm feeling in my head and what I'm not feeling on the surface. It make the pain real I guess

[Cloud]

It gives an endorphin release
which causes a brief period of stress relief and pain releif
it gives a temporary escape from whatever shit the persons going through
However
its not really the best choice of coping methods
it becomes addictive
and as you progress and get worse smaller and smaller things can cause you to trigger

[DSV-Dan]

I get so confused and mad it just happens...

[cody2010]

that makes sense. thanks!

[munchausen]

Honestly you can't really know unless you experience it yourself some people feel a cleansing feeling from pain, some do it for the endorphin release, others to get over the feelings they face day in day out and others (Like myself) have had horrible experiences and the memory of these cause them to break down and cut.

[Asylum]

i didn't know i was going to cut... i deal with bullying, abuse, sexual abuse, and jut a lot of other stuff.... i had no friends... no one cared about me... i just picked up scissors and cut.... i didn't know what i waz doing.... it felt good... so everytime i felt bad.. it was my guilty pleasure... it sort of distracted me from the mental pain... just for a few seconds... its sort of like a drugs makes u feel good for a few seconds, and you get addicted... i started hallcuinating, and my skin owuld go numb, i'd hear things.... voices telling me to cut, when i didn't want to.. to feel something, to make it all go away, i'd cut... of couse it didn't always go away... but it made me feel sort of better... soemitmes i think i deserve thse scars.. i hate them...

[Mr. Smithers]

Many people do it for attention. To release whatever they are mad about.

Others do it because they want to get rid of all the problems by cutting themselves.

[Fiction]

I never understood when my friend used to cut herself. One night i was straightening my hair and accidentally burnt myself. I started burning myself delibratley up my arms without even really thinking about it. Ever since then i have done. i don't know why. I get cravings and burning makes it better and makes me happier. Its not somehting i can really explain :)

[Amyxoxo]

This is the same as many people. They dont really know why they cut but they feel they have to have an explanation as otherwise they may not be accepted.
I didnt really know why I cut. I sopose I would just do it time to time. Not untill a little while ago I realised why I do it, actually I dont really understand why I didnt realise before but ... It just felt so good. And I know that for anyone, especally people who dont cut it just seems too surreal.
When I was younger I never, never understood why anyone would wnt to hurt themselves and then one day it just happened. Then I sort of knew. As i kept on doing it the feeling grew and grew.
Sorry for all of that i sopose well ... yeah lol :D xx

[BeautifulDisaster]

For me, I've had many reasons.

Abuse, neglect, bullying, fear, anger, anxiety, feeling broken inside, grief & loss, feeling depressed, feeling out of control, cutting on impulse, feeling numb, feeling disconnected, a need for release, an urge to see blood, an urge to see deep, wide wounds, gaping, needing to just get through the day, punishment, quite a lot... the reason(s) varies for everyone.

I've been self harming since I was 7, so the reasons have changed a lot over the years.

[dstnyisurs]

I cut because for at least a moment, it makes everything stand still and stop. I can be happy. It used to be, like CaptianMichael said, a bridge between the pain I felt and what was happening on the surface. I could connect it and find a reason. Then, I discovered it stopped the anger and the endorphine rush quelled the hurt. I became addicted, and now if I need to cut and I'm in a fucked up anxious mood, I start to shake and cry, I become very restless, can't sleep, so on until I cut and it just stops everything and I can just settle into a nice depressed state, which is bucketloads better then being like I am now (very anxious).

[jess_undead]

cutting makes me feel control, happyish and better. I need to stop though.