what's the point..., of cutting yourself? Options

[hpsm2]

Does it make you feel better? Hurting yourself?

[Looow]

There are millions and millions topics made about this.

& to answer your question, i wouldn't know .. I've never cut before

[aznxdreamer]

too many topics on this already.

and yes...cutting releases blood which releases endorphines which makes you happy. its a fact.

[YourSuperior]

I don't really know, but I have a friend and she cuts. She told me that when she does it, it makes her feel happy, but afterwards the cuts get infected if she doesn't put something on them, like alcohol, or peroxide. Most people who cut don't wear short sleeves or any thing, so no one will see their cuts and ask them about it.

[tinababy143]

it releases the pain from inside..or so i`ve heard..it makes them feel better cos they feel like its releasing the pain inside..even tho its really not..

[jennyjenny]

Some people prefer physical pain rather than emotional pain so they try to cover it up with physical.

[lolthissiteisfun...]

So, if endorphins are what makes u happy while cutting yourself, wouldn't exercising have the same effect??

[inthemudhole]

*sighs*
Is it necessary to have so many threads related to cutting?

I'll explain it the best that I can from my experiences...

Once you've broken down to the point of cutting, it doesn't hurt you while you're doing it. It gives you a rush. It makes you feel alive for a few minutes. It helps you feel better after you think you've hit rock bottom.

After doing it for a while, it becomes almost an addiction. It becomes a habit. It becomes part of your daily rituals.

It's hard to quit.

Most people cut because the physical pain feels better than the emotional pain they're currently going through. Some people cut for the hell or it and some people cut for attention. The people I'm talking about in my post are people that have broken down to the point of it. I'm not talking about attention whores or people that like blood.

Each situation is slightly different from another.
People have their own personal reasons for doing so.
Examples: family issues, friend issues, dating issues, grades, death, sexual relationships gone wrong, etc., etc.

It's really hard to explain.
I don't even know why I chose to start.
There was a lot of shit building up in my life and I seemed to think it would be a way out. It's usually a spur of the moment type of choice.

I'll stop boring you. *end of post*

[bravodancer04]

Cutting, I`ve heard, only saying secondhand, makes you feel better, because it makes it like you can control your pain.

[Jasminluvsu]

Some people prefer physical pain rather than emotional pain so they try to cover it up with physical.

thats wat i was goin 2 say

[Teesa]

some people need to cut to help them deal with their problems in a negative way by cutting. just a way for them to deal with emotions and by making little cuts they can easily cut themselves.

[Chii]

i honestly have no idea...

once my boyfriend and i were fighting and i was really upset, my tooth was loose and hurt like hell whenever i touched it. so i was like hmm let me try this...it didn't do sh*t for me, i was still hurt inside and my tooth was killing me too

it didn't help me deal with emotion, everything just hurt twice as much

[CUTEBUNNY160]

some people need to cut to help them deal with their problems in a negative way by cutting. just a way for them to deal with emotions and by making little cuts they can easily cut themselves.

ditto...

[brand0n]

PPL CUT THEMSELVES BECAUSE IGHIWEGHWEIPHEIPWN

[angelrevelation]

who knows... i never have. but despise's post is probably pretty accurate

[tainted_faerie]

thinking about it psychologically, people who do it are in pain/depressed and can't get control of that pain/depression. So, they cut themselves because they CAN control that pain. So, one motivator is control (im not saying that this is the only motivator). x_X I love Psychology.

[Angel_Cece]

why dont you try and see...? no just kidding. cutting makes you feel better about things for like what, 1 second? its reverse physcology. you wanna hurt everyone who hurt you, but you cant... you just do it on yourself. i dunno.

[*salcha*]

i asked my friend this same thing a long time ago.
she said it relieved the pain that she's been holding inside for a long time.
and when i asked her if if it made her feel better, she said it did. and that it was addictive. she cut herself three times already, all deep.
then i asked her if she cared enough for herself and others around her to not cut.
after that conversation, she stopped.

[mistaken_identit...]

It does relieve pain. Really, I felt like I could breathe for the first time when i did it. I feel so much better afterwards.

[yukichan]

it releases the pain from inside..or so i`ve heard..it makes them feel better cos they feel like its releasing the pain inside..even tho its really not..

thats what i was thinking...
ppl sometimes cut so they get attention...

[ohh_so_elektrikk...]

hah this attention whore at my school cut her legs all up and shit, and the next day she wore a mini skirt to show off her scars to everyone. it was so wrong...

i cut.. like once, it didnt help at all. it made me feel all dizzy, so i never did it again... but i cant understand why people cut themselves, it doesnt feel good, well to me it didnt...

[ItzOnlySydney]

mine was always an alternative to crying

[noe_more]

my friends enjoy it when they are sad...
but i won't do it!

[yellowgurl]

Some people prefer physical pain rather than emotional pain so they try to cover it up with physical.

ya and supposedly it distracts them?

[secretXoshadow]

well i used to cut. i stopped. but like when you cut yourself, it's really hard to describe why you do it. you just do. maybe...um...well because you have a f**ked up life, and that is the only way you can release the pain. but n0w ... i really don't see the point in it anymore.

xoxO
torrie

[aznxdreamer]

releasing blood = releasing endorphines. so it doesnt really help by just influencing pain on yourself, you gotta let the red water flow.

[xXMomoBubbleTeaX...]

I kno a person who does cut themselves...and I don't get the point of it...yur hurting yurself..it doesn't feel better...it causes pain..and the whole point is for yu to release it...how about yoga...omg?!?!...but for real tho to many topix on this one...

[Shattered_Hope]

My friend cuts and I think it's because she needs an escape from the problems in her life...meh, it's that or she fears life.

[blah1234567]

iv never cut my self on perpose..i still dont want to...it doesnt sound like a good idea to me..coz what would you say if your parents found out? and then for them not to find out you would have to hide the cuts and stuff

[Californication]

It`s a way of getting rid of your emotions. A way of forgetting everything for a moment.

[ohh_so_elektrikk...]

YOU PEOPLE ARE TALKING LIKE CUTTING IS GOOD!! ITS NOT, CUTTING IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. cutting doesnt help any situations, it creates more problems, because not only do you still have the problems in your life, YOU HAVE SCARS TOO

[KbabyLS7]

I haven't cut... too much of a wimp I guess. But I've had a point in my life where I've thought about it and actually tried. (Instead I snapped a rubber band on my wrist... I have extremely low pain tolerance!!) But I guess it just takes your mind of your emotional pain while you're focussing on the physical pain. And a lot of girls that I know who do it totally do it for attention!!!

[HoodieObsessed]

mine was always an alternative to crying

but I love crying...


...I'm deathly afraid of pain, I have got to be the most afraid of pain person out there, except maybe my brother

[lolthissiteisfun...]

^^ augh i'd much rather cry then cut myself. the sight of blood makes me sick but yeah I know a lot of people who just do it for attention

[mouse_3k]

if u havent done it yourself, you will never know

[parallel]

I don't cut myself..but I'm getting the feeling that people do it because they want to take their mind off of the bad things that made them depressed, etc. and instead..focus on the pain..you know..to give them something else to think about..I wonder if people do it for attention though..?

[hollesther]

I am too scared to cut myself.And the fact about you getting happy when endorphine (sp.?) comes out,is really interesting,well at least to me it is.

[littobabiet16]

i dunno... i think it's messed up to cut yourself...

[Secrecy831x2]

i've cut before. i know wat its like...it does make you feel better somehow..its unexplainable...but i quit..honestly, its a bad habit, dont start...its takes a lot of depression to get yourself to cut your own body on purpose

[wordpeace4ever]

i think it stupid hurting yoreuself

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[*lolita kitty*]

*sighs*
Is it necessary to have so many threads related to cutting?

I'll explain it the best that I can from my experiences...

Once you've broken down to the point of cutting, it doesn't hurt you while you're doing it. It gives you a rush. It makes you feel alive for a few minutes. It helps you feel better after you think you've hit rock bottom.

After doing it for a while, it becomes almost an addiction. It becomes a habit. It becomes part of your daily rituals.

It's hard to quit.

Most people cut because the physical pain feels better than the emotional pain they're currently going through. Some people cut for the hell or it and some people cut for attention. The people I'm talking about in my post are people that have broken down to the point of it. I'm not talking about attention whores or people that like blood.

Each situation is slightly different from another.
People have their own personal reasons for doing so.
Examples: family issues, friend issues, dating issues, grades, death, sexual relationships gone wrong, etc., etc.

It's really hard to explain.
I don't even know why I chose to start.
There was a lot of shit building up in my life and I seemed to think it would be a way out. It's usually a spur of the moment type of choice.

I'll stop boring you. *end of post*

actually, i understood that pretty well

[yupimchuck]

*sighs*
Is it necessary to have so many threads related to cutting?

I'll explain it the best that I can from my experiences...

Once you've broken down to the point of cutting, it doesn't hurt you while you're doing it. It gives you a rush. It makes you feel alive for a few minutes. It helps you feel better after you think you've hit rock bottom.

After doing it for a while, it becomes almost an addiction. It becomes a habit. It becomes part of your daily rituals.

It's hard to quit.

Most people cut because the physical pain feels better than the emotional pain they're currently going through. Some people cut for the hell or it and some people cut for attention. The people I'm talking about in my post are people that have broken down to the point of it. I'm not talking about attention whores or people that like blood.

Each situation is slightly different from another.
People have their own personal reasons for doing so.
Examples: family issues, friend issues, dating issues, grades, death, sexual relationships gone wrong, etc., etc.

It's really hard to explain.
I don't even know why I chose to start.
There was a lot of shit building up in my life and I seemed to think it would be a way out. It's usually a spur of the moment type of choice.

I'll stop boring you. *end of post*

you explain things so well.


it is like, addicting, after a while. sometimes. things jut get so hard. and you dont want to cry. and cutting is a way out.
it doesnt mean youre a bad person if you do it, but, maybe youre having troubles. and it almost gives you a rush.it makes me sad when people do it because ive been thru it, and its hard.
it makes you feel better about yourself

[*islandgirl4eva*]

Have you ever complained that something hurt and someone said "Want me to punch you to divert the pain?" Well, that's what it does...the physical pain diverts whatever emotional pain one might feel.

I did it once...it helped in two ways...diverted the pain and helped me make the decision to not do it again.

[dramaticpotato]

I've heard it's the adrenaline rush. ... And, when you're mad, do you like to clench your teeth? Try doing that when you're happy. Hurts more, doesn't it? There is something about the way pain lets out anger in certain ways that satisfies certain people, however wrong it is.

I've known people who have cut themselves who can't stand to look at the scars because they regret what they did. The real meaning of "scarred for life."

[TheKnell]

Yeah, I used to. Basically, what despise said is true for me. I was extremely depressed from so many things - I don't even want to get into the causes of my depression. Anyways, I cut for a while - just small cuts with scissors on my arms, razor cuts on my thighs, and I'd do it anywhere I could without people getting suspicious. The one night, I was just crying so hard and started cutting up the tops of my fingers. I had 32 small cuts - not too bad or anything but kind of noticable. That morning I decided to OD on some painkiller but chickened out and only took like 4, so I judt ended up being really delirious when I got to school. I felt like such an idiot. All my friends already knew I cut, and I was like showing off my fingers like an attention whore and going, "Haha, I'm such an idiot." They all gave me crazy looks. When I came to my senses, I wanted to run away. Luckily, my friends understood, but yeah...sorry about going off on that little tangent.

Mostly I did it because I felt like I needed to punish myself. I was so critical of myself in my depression. I thought I was such a horrible person, and I felt like I had to punish myself for all the bad things I had done. I guess in a way, I always wanted one of my teachers to notice and ask me if I was okay because I was too scared to ask for help myself, and I just wanted some sort of way out. I don't know how they would have noticed, though, when I always hid my cuts, but that's the way my mind worked. I didn't really know what the heck I was doing.

[katiekatie57]

The thought of cutting myself makes me feel all jittery, personally, but the cutting itself really shouldn't be the primary issue. The causes of why someone feels the need to hurt themselves is the real problem. I know that was stating the obvious, but.. its my opinion so deal.

[Litt0_TeeZy]

geez...people are really into this subject huh? why do you care if you don't do it? *GRR. okay. so i fell off the "no cutting boat" again >.<

why people do it..hmm...i don't even know why i started, i just saw a knife when i was upset and slid it across my wrist. it felt good. it made me feel alive. it made me happy. like all my troubles were gone. it made me stop crying. i don't know. it's hard to explain. like people have said. everyone has their own reasons. it's nothing to be proud of or brag about..there's this girl at my school that does it for attention and it pisses me off...i just wanna kill her! she started cutting when her boyfriend dumped her and she told him if he didn't go back out with her she wouldn't stop. how gay >.< at least have a d*** good reason to. *GRR! but seriously. if you haven't started. DON'T! it's like a drug >.<

[slipknot1098564]

i use to cut and it relieved me from stress and it made me think of all the shit that's been done in my life just leaving me and going somewhere else. just don't try it. it does get addictive and, for me, it was really hard to stop

[Nerve_Agents!]

cutting can ither make u feel alive again or can help u bleed all of ur anger out of you! www.bbc.co.uk/onelife if you want more info!
dont make people who cut feel isolated, my friend did it and i helped her to stop the best thing to do is talk about it with them not disregard it!