Why do people cut themselves?

Question

Why do people cut themselves? If you have any experience please tell me. How does it feel like? I am not trying to cut myself I'm just curious.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

i like it when the red water comes out. -salad fingers

Answer 2

They ran out of paper?

Answer 3

It's a mental disorder where they feel by cutting themselves, it takes away the pain of the actualy situation they're in at the time.

If not treated it some times gets worse with the person =/

Answer 4

i cut myself everyday because i feel depress. I cut myself so my parent will pay attention to me. I cut myself to make my parents feel bad. I cut myself becuase emotion hurts

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Answer 5

they do it to release pain ..im guessing it hurts..but they might feel relief once they do it

Answer 6

Most commonly, for attention. Otherwise, it's usually because major depression makes you feel numb, and cutting yourself makes you feel something. Or so I've heard.

Answer 7

becuz of dem turtz dats rite dem turtz ima sayin ehh fro' dem souf.  

Answer 8

Usually people do it because they are obviously hurt, but just want attention. I believe people who cut have a problem, but are too immature to tlak to someone about it.

Answer 9

sometimes people do because the physical pain takes away some of the emotional pain.

Answer 10

Some say to "feel", others say to relieve stress. Personally, I believe it's just completely mad.

Answer 11

because people are to p***y to just kill themselves and get it over with

so they just act stupid and cut themselves... thinking its going to make things better

Answer 12

for the feeling of being in control. my friend used to cut herself, and she felt like she had no control of anything, but when she cut herself that was the only thing she was able to manage.

Answer 13

they feel so emotionally hurt that to get rid of the pain inside they think physical pain is going to take their mind of the emotional pain but it just makes things worse

Answer 14

It's easier to deal with physical pain than emotional pain.

Answer 15

Depends on a lot.

Some people just can't take it anymore.. they're emotionally and mentally unstable and they don't know what to do. They don't know what to do with the pain that they're feeling and dealing with. Which, in return, makes them make rash decisions like cutting themselves.

Others cut themselves for attention (if its just a little scratch, i've seen it before -.-)

Answer 16

low self esteem

Answer 17

because they are depressed

Answer 18

dont have experience, but wtvr i think i can sitll answer the question

first of all cutting actually gives a kind of adrenaline rush, im nto sure why but its a reaction of the body

second of all, phsycial pain is often heasier to deal with than emoithional pain, so its a way of channeling all the emotional or psychologocial or verbal pain into one physical pain, which is easier to handle.

so people that arent emotianlly happy will cut themselves to make the load smaller and to get the adrenaline rush

Answer 19

cause there deprest  and feel unwanted and hate there self (EMO) haha but ya dont do it

Answer 20

i guess they like the pain, or want the experience of how it would feel like to commit suicide or something

Answer 21

There's tons of reasons. Some people like the pain, some people like seeing their blood. Sometimes it's like a ritual, it lets out the bad stuff in them (maybe not for real but its how they feel). Some people do it as a cry for help. Some people fake it for attention (if they tell you about it then thats usually the case). Almost always they are depressed. Basic rules: if it goes across the wrist its a cry for help, if it goes up and down the forearm they tried to kill themselves (most people dont survive that). I cant say I support it but i have a friend who has a history of cutting, we celebrate when she doesnt for a long time, and i try to be there and dont judge her if she does. The reason is never the same, different people think different ways. Hope this helps

Answer 22

a friend of mine used to cut herself when she was around 14-15

And with all honesty, she told me she did it for attention. She said she had a horrible relationship between her parents so wanted to show them how much they've hurt her...so she cut herself.

I also heard it relieves stress for some people