Why do people cut ?!


Question: Why do people cut !?
Why do people cut !?
I never really understood cutting!.
One of my best friends cut and I
try and try to get her to stop but she says it's adicting!.
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Answers:
I'm confident most of these people are either guessing or repeating what they hear; but very few actually have the experience!.

Not saying that ALL of the answerers are guessing; just the majority!.

I'm a cutter!. I've been one for 2 years, since I was 13!. There are SO many reasons why I feel the need to cut; mostly, its to relieve stress!.

Most cutters were not given healthy coping skills as they were aging!. Its not putting the blame on anyone for why they're like this; its just a fact!.

Its kind of like how some people use drugs or drinking for their stress; it feels good and it helps!. Because it feels good and you're use to it, you become addicted!.

Another reason (in my experience) is when you feel so dead, you need to feel SOMETHING!. You become so confused you don't know what to do with all these emotions!. The only thing you can really understand is physical pain, because you don't know what to do with your mental pain!.

I also cut as a distraction when I think of suicide!. Whenever I become so confused and unsure of what to do, I begin thinking suicide!. If I cut!.!.!. it can calm me down and get me thinking straight before I do something stupid!.

One of the final reasons in my experiences with and being a cutter is for punishment!. I was raised verbally and physically abused!. Personally, the verbal abuse was MUCH more than the physical!. Theres only so many times your parents can say you're worthless, you're dumb, they hate you, etc!. that you start to believe it!. So I do it to punish myself!. I cut asking myself why do I have to be such a burden on the world, and why do I need to be so worthless!?

Please!.!.!. get your friend help!. I swear, it will save her life!.

And to any ignorant fool who wants to sit here and say "its all for attention"; you're living in the tabooed world of cutting, where its hardly ever heard of!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

maybe its a way to release stress!. other people may use different ways to release stress!. or maybe she wants to attract attention!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I'm throwing out a wild guess here!.!.!. but to feel pain is to know that you're still alive!? It might be a good idea to seek professional help for your friend!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Cutting makes you brain release neurotransmitters that are similar to some addictive drugs!. So yes your friend says that is a addicting and that is exactly what it is!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.this might sound sad and mean!.!.!.!.!.!.!.but chances are that she is more messed up psychologically than you think!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.people like that don't make very good friends!.!.!.!.!.!.!.if you want to stay friends with her you should demand that she doesn't show and tell or discuss cutting until she gets a therapist!. Cutters are usually people who have borderline personality disorder!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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The cut itself is not what your friend is addicted to!. Cutting is a process!. Stress builds up until the person feels they cannot handle it anymore!. they feel they need a release but they don't know how!. When they decide to "cut" it is a deliberate decision!. Alot of thought goes into it!.

Each time they cut they sit down and think about all the things that have been stressing them out, and focus on that!. this builds up trapidation!.!.!.!. sort of a feeling of fear!. The body wants to resist any feeling of pain and its natural instinct is to avoid pain at any cost, so adrinalin starts to pump through the veins!.!.!. much like the pharmones released druing orgasm in sex or the pharmones released when a murderer kills adrinalin is VERY addictave!.!.!. Thus yes, you CAN become addicted!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It is addicting!.

And it's really sad, because we don't want to when we are happy and feel well, but something happens later that triggers the need to cut!.

Something happens later that you can't control!.
That is bad
that you can't control!.

You starve for the control that you lack!.

It's like being hungry, more hungry than you can ever imagine, and the only way to get your perverted "stomach" to shut up & stop growling is to cut it into little pieces!.

So I do!.

And it is SO bad!.

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Different situations that may have happened in her life such as abuse, or some other traumatic event that has occurred!. This can result to a numbing or detachment from there emotional pain which can then result in cutting to cause physical pain to feel normal again!. Your friend does need professional help but even more she needs your support and I think it show a great deal of courage on your part seeking advice for her!Www@Answer-Health@Com

its kinda a way to take the emotional pain you have in the inside and physically feel it!. it distracts you from all the junk floating around in your head and makes you think about the pain and blood for awhile!. That was my experience, Im sure everyone has their reasons!. I think about it now and figure it was a cry for attention but I hid it so well at the time that I didnt get any attention from it!. Just scars that I have to laugh off like a weirdo!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It can be very addicting!.!. I used to cut when I was in high school!.

It can be hard to understand why people cut themselves when you never done it!. Cutting is a way some people try to cope with pain, pressure, upsetting relationships, family issues, sorrow, rejection, depression, anger, emptiness, abuse, etc!.!.

Some cut just so they can call attention to themselves so people will feel sorry for them and to just get attention!. Those seem to be the ones who cut where people can see it!.!.

I used to cut when I was in 9-10 grade!.!. I was soo depressed with family issues and dealing with a abuse with my now ex and a bunch of other things I became numb!. And that's why I used to cut!. I wanted to feel something!.!.!.!.

I hope your friend gets better!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It is a coping 'skill' for those people who do it!. Not a good one either!.
When someone cuts, it is for control and to feel the release of bad emotions!.
It can be addicting because when you hurt yourself, a chemical called endorphins is released in your brain!. You can become addicted to these chemicals, because they make you feel better!. It is kind of like the body's way to make pain hurt less!.

When a person feels out of control and upset, and doesn't know how to cope properly- cutting to them is fine!. It is almost like a craving (sick!.)!. You cut, and you feel immediatly better because

1) you can point to your pain (I hurt because my arm is cut, that kind of thing!. Rather than digging around for the real reason)
2) the chemicals from your brain make you feel better
3) it makes you 'control' the hurt you feel!.

The people who really cut because of how out of control they feel don't do it for attention!. I honestly don't remember wanting to show anyone what I did to myself!.
There are people out there who do it because it's 'cool' or whatever!.!.!.it's not cool though!. It is a serious problem!.

Try to talk to your friend's mom!. Your friend might get angry at you for doing it, but she'll get over it because it's for the better!. She really needs some help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

oh ive been there, its a sign of depression!. sometimes ppl cut to feel something, even if it is pain!.!. others cut because things may be going on in their life that they cant controll, this pain is something they can controll, I did it to feel alive!.!.!. in the military they tell you pain is your friend because when you feel pain it means your alive!.!.!.sometimes you get so caught up with life, it feels like your standing still while everyone else moves at hyperspeed!.!.!.!. and you dont feel anything, you dont feel real!.!.!. its just a reminder that you are real!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

People cut because when they do it causes the brain to release neurotransmitters and other chemicals that can become addicting!. For some this is why they do it, yes its a sad reason but its real!. For others they cut because they are hurting so bad mentally that when they cut, to them it takes away most of, if not all the pain in the brain!. Because we all know when we get hurt our brain tells us we are and by that then their brain is over riding there mental pain and focusing on the physical pain!. Sad thing about this is when the physical pain stops then the mental pain comes back in due time!. Both of these cases indicate severe chemical imbalances or disturbances in the brain!. For which they MUST seek help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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