Why do people cut themselves when they are depressed?

Answer 1

They do it partially for attention, but not always and not all of them. For the most part, they do it to feel something again. Part of depression - the clinical disorder - is the lack of feeling, motivation and emotion. They also tend to blame themselves for the way they are, and concentrate only on the negative things that are happening to them.

Cutting gives them two things - it's a form of punishing themselves, and it's a way to know that they are still alive (because when they feel nothing, and nothing makes them happy or excited anymore, they wonder: am i still here? am i still alive?) seeing themselves bleed and feeling the pain gives them something to feel when they cannot otherwise.

It becomes addicting. They see the scars later and they may regret it, but they can't stop, because they're now dependent on the pain and the sight of the blood to help them feel.

People who cut themselves 95% of the time are not suicidal and do not want to die. They want to live and to feel, but their brain is not letting them.

Answer 2

Well this may sound strange but it makes them feel better. Like when you get so mad you could scream instead of screaming people cut to release anger it is also a way of taking control when you feel out of control you feel like it is your body and you can do what you want. it also becomes addictive once yo u start. Sometimes it is as close to suicide as many people will go they want to die they want to hurt themselves because they feel depressed or guilty. There are alot of reasons and to alot of people they sound stupid but people who cut have a real mental illness and need professional help.

Answer 3

The cutters are different group from the outcast depressives. A cutter has been abused alone and is not allowed to hate the person in her mind that she has to hate. The outcast depressive has been shunned by all friends and family and feels the pain of false expectations in sex and love. The cutters are smart and independent and can find release when they reach twenty years of age.

Answer 4

Depression can cause us to think differently about many things. Sometimes when people cut themselves it is just to FEEL SOMETHING. Sometimes it works as a release for bent up frustation and anger which sometimes is the depression. Anger turned inwards

Answer 5

They do it for several reasons, one can be for attention.

Two- they do it because some people feel that when they cut themselves, they are able to "release the pain". AND when the pain is emotional, they need to associate emotional pain with physical pain and so when they see the blood, they are able to make that association.

Answer 6

Because the pain of cutting them selves is not as bad as the pain they feel. It is also a way of telling others that they want help. Could be from depression.

Answer 7

From what I've heard from old friends, it's like a "release" of hate, anger, all of the bottled up emotions. The "bad blood" gets out and the "good blood" stays.

It's an odd reaction to depression, but it's common.

Answer 8

1.) To punish themselves
2.) To punish others
3.) It helps them focus on the pain of the cuts rather than the personal pain they may be going through
4.) A cry for help
5.) Sometimes attention

Answer 9

first off i did not cut myself because of depression or some ingenious scheme to look like the H in the calendar months, but to show i am not scard of death or pain. my weaknesses are you people that i love.

god is the sum of his parts thus god=7154=17=8=h thus it was said god is in heaven. so draw a body for the h and n in heaven and see its a funeral. the h is god and n is his grandfather with one arm. and god is burying his father. this is a true story.

the only way for this Lamb to be ressurected is to not really have been SLAIN or DIED so those words have come to mean something else to you but in reality they are what they say.

I read bible code also and squish these letters together
Larrib and what do they spell?

Check Rev.17.14
and how does a Lamb who was SLAIN or DIED rise up?
SL A I IV as in SiL A I IV (seal a I IIII cut)
DIED as in to DI (add a DI)
thus it means something different then what you were taught.

Thus a Larri with arm cuts that appear as"IIII I ."

and that answers Rev.19.12 as the Name written is IIII I . and eventually that was why god=DIO.

and as LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS he is living in CANADA thus its true that the U.S.A. is one nation under god.

and why is he also KING of ANGELS?
Abaddon= A b add on not a bad don.
and b=a DI stitched together.

but they rebel against HIM because its too unbelievable that long dead Jesus saw Me in the future.

I II III IIII....
a b c d....

coded to honour god the emperor.

why bcause EMPEROR is the sum of his parts thus add him up till he is represented by one number. 513165181518=45=9 thus coded into numbers EMPEROR=9 so numbers coded to honour god the emperor means

I II III IIII = A EMPEROR thus II III IIII is 9 as the EMPEROR so they describe the emperor as both his wrists. they one on the left shows a I III I pattern and the right is clear.

read the word EMPEROR with understanding the R has a hidden i written on top of it.

one theory of BIBLE and EMPEROR.

As coded to honour god.

and prove of god over time is Ceasar's calendar. search for the h and see a description of god who is h. its the same forward or reverse.

and why does don=6 and loser=6 because bible states all praise reserved for the LORD.

and WINNER=b
and b=a DI stitched together.

and that man is Me. one soul apeice because bible explains each living thing has a soul.

so to answer your question for Me heaven was a time and place where he a V (5 years old) and burying his father in winnipeg's brookside cemetary. and george really did have only I arm.

Source(s):

BIBLE and DIO as IIII I .

Answer 10

Usually if some one is that depressed that means there stressed out over something and they need to see a doctor