Aceso
June 15th, 2010, 07:50 PM
I know there are many different reasons as to why people do it. I for one, do it as a distraction, to distract myself from everything else and I do it because when things are bad, there is one thing I can controll.
Why do you cut? Here are a few reasons I found listed:
Some Common Reasons Why People Cut Themselves
They find it soothing:
To feel pain on the outside instead of the inside
To cope with feelings
To express anger towards themselves
To feel alive and real
A way of communicating what they can't say with words:
To tell people they need help
To get people's attention
To tell people they should be in hospital
An attempt to get people to react to their actions:
To get people to care for them
To make other people feel guilty
To drive people away
To get away from stress and responsibility
To manipulate situations or people
Triggering Events Reported by Young Adults Who Self-Injure:
Being rejected by someone who is important to them
Being blamed for something over which they had no control
Feeling inadequate
Being "wrong" in some way
Source: http://www.essortment.com/articles/self-injury_100006.htm
Why do you cut? Here are a few reasons I found listed:
Some Common Reasons Why People Cut Themselves
They find it soothing:
To feel pain on the outside instead of the inside
To cope with feelings
To express anger towards themselves
To feel alive and real
A way of communicating what they can't say with words:
To tell people they need help
To get people's attention
To tell people they should be in hospital
An attempt to get people to react to their actions:
To get people to care for them
To make other people feel guilty
To drive people away
To get away from stress and responsibility
To manipulate situations or people
Triggering Events Reported by Young Adults Who Self-Injure:
Being rejected by someone who is important to them
Being blamed for something over which they had no control
Feeling inadequate
Being "wrong" in some way
Source: http://www.essortment.com/articles/self-injury_100006.htm