Why does someone cut themselves?!
Question: I think the main reason is for the endorphins (natural pain killer neurotransmitters). People who are depressed feel temporarily better with the rush of endorphins.
I used to cut when I was teenager (1970s). I don't know how anyone can say I was "seeking attention" because I don't think anybody knew about it but me.
I have also worked in mental health since 1987. We had this patient who had cut herself so many times her arms and legs were covered with scars. Somebody asked her why she did that and she said "It's the only time I really feel alive."
Answers: I think the main reason is for the endorphins (natural pain killer neurotransmitters). People who are depressed feel temporarily better with the rush of endorphins.
I used to cut when I was teenager (1970s). I don't know how anyone can say I was "seeking attention" because I don't think anybody knew about it but me.
I have also worked in mental health since 1987. We had this patient who had cut herself so many times her arms and legs were covered with scars. Somebody asked her why she did that and she said "It's the only time I really feel alive."
to get a release. people who self harm usually have problems with their personal life, or issues with themselves.
some ppl believe it takes the pain away cuz they become numb
Obviously they are in mental pain. Cutting takes their mind off the emotional pain and gives them physical pain to focus on. They need love, understanding and counseling.
I had a friend that cut and she said that cutting herself took the emotional pain away.
BECAUSE they can get injured. XD lol. so obvious.
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my best mate used to cut herself her reasons were she felt ugly to distract herself from her pain inside by causing physical pain instead because she deserved to be in pain and to see if she could still feel but i guess they sound kinda lame to me but they r reasons most commonly heard so i gues you dont really know unless u r a cutter
The reason people cut them self because they are deppresed or angry, most of them don't do well in school and they have problems at home.
from what i've heard, cutting is something that was started from one kid a while ago who may have (and probably did) suffer from depression, and people actually copied.
some people cut to release pain, or because they feel that they deserve it. it's a psycological problem and is pretty serious.
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They feel that no one really understands or cares, they do it to feel something because they are not really understanding if they are real or not, they are numb...they want to feel pain so that they can regain their sense of reality.
Most cutters are depressed and/or have mental issues.
The people who say they 'cut' but don't really obviously have no idea what a real self-harmer goes through.
FOR ATTENTION
to get attention or make themselves suffer
they do it because they think they have a bad life but there is allways some one worse off than them and they look down on them selves and all they really need is a true friend that is there for them always im friends with ppl like that and sense then i never seen them cut them selves again...........
to relieve stress
its prooven that cutting yourself releases endorphins that relieve stress.
and because of depression forces them into a state where they think that everything wrong in teh world it their fault.
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It's a way to deal with the pain they are feeling. Also sometimes people who cut themselves do not know how to express it. The reasons I cut was because I was depressed and felt alone. After a while you start thinking this is the way to feel better. It's not.
cutting relieves the emotional pain temporarily because now you have to focus on the physical pain
Clumsy? my dad cuts himself eveytime he picks up a knife, one day I just expect to see his hand go sailing across the room.
because there depressed.
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I think that everyone that cuts themselves do it for attention!!!!