Why do people cut them selves?

Question

or hurt them self in any other way.

Answer 1

they want attention. that simple

Answer 2

This is something that is just a bad as any other addiction, It usually stems from people not hearing what they are trying to say whether it be feelings, wants, needs,etc. Some people yell, scream, punch, drink, do drugs the list goes on. We do not all act the same thus we do not al react this way. If you know any one that is doing this please, try to help. When someone is doing this they have to be really depressed and in need of a friendly ear.

Answer 3

It can be hard to understand why people cut themselves on purpose. Cutting is what experts call an unhealthy coping mechanism. This means that the people who do it have not developed healthy ways of dealing with strong emotions, intense pressure, or upsetting relationship problems.


There are lots of good, healthy ways to cope with difficulties, such as talking problems over with parents, other adults, or friends; putting problems in perspective; and getting plenty of exercise. But people who cut haven't developed these skills. When emotions don't get expressed in a healthy way, tension can build up - sometimes to a point where it seems almost unbearable. Cutting may be an attempt to relieve that extreme tension. It's a confused way of feeling in control. That's one of the reasons why younger teens are more likely to cut.

The urge to cut might be triggered by strong feelings the person can't express - such as anger, hurt, shame, frustration, or depression. People who cut sometimes say they feel they don't fit in or that no one understands them. A person might cut because of losing someone close or to escape a sense of emptiness. Cutting might seem like the only way to find relief, or the only way to express personal pain over relationships or rejection.

People who cut or self-injure sometimes have other mental health problems that contribute to their emotional tension. Cutting is sometimes (but not always) associated with depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, obsessive thinking, or compulsive behaviors. It can also be a sign of mental health problems that cause people to have trouble controlling their impulses or to take unnecessary risks. Some people who cut themselves have problems with drug or alcohol abuse.

Some people who cut have had a traumatic experience, such as living through abuse, violence, or a disaster. Self-injury may feel like a way of "waking up" from a sense of numbness after a traumatic experience. Or it may be a way of reinflicting the pain they went through, expressing anger over it, or trying to get control of it.

Answer 4

I have heard that it is because, they are not given the opportunity to have a voice and; I guess in a way they are to intimidated to make them selves heard. They suppress all of their thoughts and emotions and then they cut to release it all.

Answer 5

It's not an attention getter It's the simply fact of everything in your life at that time seems to be going wrong everyone at that time seems to be mad at you or hate you and the only thing you can control is weather you live or die watching...everything come out is a huge relief....if you dont understand and you've never been there then you dont understand!!

Answer 6

I have dermatillomania myself [am a picker] and I do it because I have ocd and am obsessed with the disfigured part of my body that got burned in 1995....I've never accepted my horrible body image change....it's my left arm and it's the only part of my body I do this too....a knowledgable person told me in the beginning I was trying to "make it go away" though it was futile and of course it doesn't, but somewhere in my sick mind I must still be determined to try because I have wounds all over my left arm and shoulder. ....that's just my story, but this varies from person to person with these self-destructive diseases.

Answer 7

attention, or

the pain hurts so bad that it takes the person's mind off of the bad things in that person's life

or

the person may feel so invisible, that the pain make them feel real

or

it is a sexual pleasure

Answer 8

They are hurting and do not know how to deal with the emotional pain or situation.Cutting gives them something visible that is easier to understand.
If you now someone going through this please give them a hug.

Answer 9

Some people find it helps them let go of the pain they feel emotionally by feeling physical pain.

Answer 10

they are in emotional pain, and a way for them to escape that is to take the attention of the emotional and put it on physical pain.

Answer 11

Physical pain is easier to deal with than emotional.