why do people cut themselfs ?

Question

why do people cut them selfs when ever there sad or depressed ... doesnt it hurt really bad ?

Answer 1

usually when someone is depressed and/or sad, they feel so numb and dead inside that by cutting and seeing themselves bleed and the pain they feel by being cut, is a validation that they are still in fact alive. its a psychological thing.

Answer 2

I myself am a cutter...And when I get mad or depressed, yea, I cut myself with various stuff, just about anything that's in sight...I can't really say why I do this, cause I just don't know..It's like impulse..And when I do in, and i'm the state of mind I get in when I do it, no, I don't feel a thing..Absolutely nothing, oddly enough. And after I do it, it's like some kind of relief sets in, and I feel better..I dunno why I do it tho. Impulse I guess is my only explanation.

Answer 3

Actually, emotional pain for these people is a lot worse than physical pain. They're trying to stop feeling emotional pain by transfering that pain to a physical one.

Answer 4

I think it's usually a cry for help.

Try to help them, if you can. Sometimes just listening or talking to them makes them feel much better.

Answer 5

for attention. I used to know a woman who would fall down the stairs as well.

Answer 6

Well what i've heard, they say it calms thereselfs down and it makes them feel better.

Answer 7

Because they're stupid. I've always wondered the same question myself.

Answer 8

Cause they think its cool