Self Mutilation

there are lotsa different reasons why young people self harm. It can be triggered by anything, and is very common. It is addictive, just like smoking, people who smoke know it can kill them, yet they are addicted, so can't stop. An addiction is something u find difficult to give up. Self harming is a common obsession.
so it can be triggered by anything that upset you. some people say they feel no control over anything in their lives that they cut just to feel "in control" others say that they feel so cut off from the world that they dont know where they stand with anything, and cut so that they know they still exist. Some say it releases temporary pain, others say seeing the blood makes them feel "more alive" and a very small % of people do it for attention. But only a very small %. and even so, every single case of self harm should be taken very very seriously.
U have to understand that this subject is very hard to comprehend, and sometimes, it can upset people who cut, or friends of people who self harm. It is not a healthy way of dealing with your emotions, but unfortunately, it is a common way. Thousands die of self harm a year, which is sad because almost half of the victims of suicide dont mean to kill themselves, and simply "cut too deep". and results in horrific deaths. The self harm and suicide rates have increased a lot over the years, its a growing problem, which will keep people talking for years to come.
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i cant say why others do it but my reason is, that the pain caused by cutting blocks out even if just for alittle while all the other pressure and suffering that i feel. Its hard to explain realy, its like for a few seconds/minits there is peace in my mind. without that peace i honstly dont know if i could go on.

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go read )alone)..........it explains alot at least it explains why i do it. it really does ease pain.

i supose everyone has their own individual reason, its just something they feel they have to do, i know i need it.

idk why i started. i knew it was stupid. now i can't stop. i do it because it makes me forget the pain in my life briefly. however, i regret it immediantly. i've been trying to stop now for about 2 1/2 months...it's easier said than done. if my mom knew i did it...she'd kill me.

There is also something called “copy cat” cutting, which is when people cut because they have been influenced by a friend, or copying a friend who does it, or seeing someone with scars and “wondering” whatt its llike. There are many many endless reasons to self harm,.
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idk, i learned about cutting from tv. one day after i got in a huge fight with my mom, i just got my razor and cut myself without thinking. i suppose that would qualify as copy-cat cutting, wouldn't it? I AM SO STUPID! WHY DID I START?!

Wow, yes this is a good question. I was a self harmer hopefully that will stay a past tenses, I have only quit for a few weeks so far. Self harm is done for many reasons.

-Need for control
- Escape of life, a high
-attention
- to cope with emotions
- as a stimulant
- It feel alive
- to punish themselves
- to ezchange emotional pain for physical
- to "cry for help"
- Some think it is cool (those people need a knock on the head.)

anyway there are a lot of reasons. I remember I cut bacuse I have a high physically pain tolerance, but a very low emotional one. I am extremely emotionally sensitive and that was my way of keeping a balance. I was friendless and alone at the time and it was the only think I could do besides ending my life. It was a freedom from this hellish life, but it is wrong, so don't try it if you haven't. There was also a time when I lost my ability to feel because my emotions closed up when I lost my boyfriend. I seriously couldn't feel anything, I was completely numb, so I used cutting to feel. It became addiction both times beacome it is like an adremilin rush, like sports can be. I know sometimes I have cut a lot at one time and then I feel high and happy and really hyper, it's weird. I had actually thought about it for a long time before I decided to try it myself. Worst thing I ever did. But to help you understand the addiction, think of it this way. If you knew something that could take away you negative emotions and make you feel happy all the time, wouldn't you want that? Cutting let's people be weak and hide from what they don't want to feel and remember. Even when you want to quit, when life gets hard in the back of your mind you know there is that easy solution for you. Instead of trying other things that might work, why don't we use something we know does? That is my mind set at least. Just some comments on your question, I hope I was helpful.

-Tainted Mikochan

Well I am no longer a cutter but the main reason I did it was because it was a pain that I could control. I could stop the pain when I wanted to or I could keep going. And you don't feel anything. I also did it because when you cut yourself you worry about hideing your cuts not about the real problems in your life..

I haven't cut in over 2 months and I'm really proud of myself. I would not tell anyone to ever start cutting. It is an addiction.

i like the scars. they show my story.

^um wouldn't poetry like do the same thing....hmmmm

no. cutting makes you feel something physical. but writing just magnifies the emotional pain. for me, once i start writing, i start cutting right afterwards.

Cutting is your own thing, what works for others might now work for you. SO quitting statagies work for some people and not of others. IT is not a yes or no for anything, it is just how it works for you.

-Tainted Mikochan

I have self harmed for numerous reasons and on numerous occasions for me its a way to release the pain and take some of the pain i feel from the inside and get it to the outside. i have not quit and have actually started doing it subconciously in my sleep and have huge scratches all over me.

Most of the time i think it's because of abuse or something so tragic to drive you to tears and want to make yourself feel stronger.

You can't control emotional pain, but you can control the physcical pain and I think that's why some people do it. And because it makes you forget what's going on emotionally.

i agree with kim, i think that may be why i do it. idk. i just wish i could stop. i'm trying, but it's so hard!

I definately agree with Kim. That was the main reason I did. I quit:)

Kim that's really great. You identified on of the reasons I cut. You are smart. I quit and am two weeks strong on Sunday. Best of luck to you all!

-Tainted Mikochan

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love always
georgi