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Why do people even seek this outlet? I never understood how physical pain would rid the mental pain? With those scars you have left, doesn't that just remind you of the reason you have cut yourself in the first place? So why continue a cycle thats self destructive? Im just curious and not being judgemental. I really am just in awe by the whole concept in itself.:confused:

Why do people even seek this outlet? I never understood how physical pain would rid the mental pain? With those scars you have left, doesn't that just remind you of the reason you have cut yourself in the first place? So why continue a cycle thats self destructive? Im just curious and not being judgemental. I really am just in awe by the whole concept in itself.:confused:

dunno, i'm too much of a pussy to do that sort of thing. although when i cut myself accidentally i usually giggle a bit. like tonight, i skinned the knuckles of my middle finger on my right hand. bled all over a tonne of clean glasses, couldn't stop laughing. some weird reaction to shock i suppose.

dunno, i'm too much of a pussy to do that sort of thing. although when i cut myself accidentally i usually giggle a bit. like tonight, i skinned the knuckles of my middle finger on my right hand. bled all over a tonne of clean glasses, couldn't stop laughing. some weird reaction to shock i suppose.

Yeah, I hate pain. I don't want to add to any emotional pain by cutting myself. Its really confusing.

I used to do it, it was at a point in my life where I didn't feel much at all because it hurt to bad to think about it, I would cut for 2 reasons

1 it felt good to feel something
2 it's something I could control

It's not something you can understand until you have been through the types of things that require that type of coping.

I know cutters now that do it for attention, I wasn't one of those, in fact nobody ever knew that I did cut until the time I screwed up and cut too deep, then they all thought I was trying to kill myself, don't think they ever cared to figure out why either.

there comes a point where you've been through emotions of such intensity that you can't releive the pain through normal means, like crying. I've never actually done it - but I've been through therapy, medication, and the like for Major Depression, and there were times where I certainly understood it - though by the time it was bad enough to think about masochism I knew was was going on and was able to ignore it, thankfully. you also get a chemical rush from cutting - just like you get a chemical rush from drugs, you can be addicted to behaviours in exactly the same way you are to substances - as they often cause the same biochemical reactions.

Yeah, I hate pain. I don't want to add to any emotional pain by cutting myself. Its really confusing.

i am impervious to pain,i have been hurt so much it is funny.(broken back,choppedf off fingers,2x broken foot,stabbed,numerous broken bones,and to many minor injuries to list)

but to intentionally hurt myself...no thanks.

i dont get why people that are in that kind of pain,,dont realise..life sucks,and you make the best of what you have.

i understand why emotion can control your life...but that is foolish.

usually it is a cry for help or worse..attention.

I used to do it. My left arm is scarred from wrist to elbow. Had to go around with long sleeves in summer and lie to people with stuff like "my cat scratched me" and "got caught in barbed wire."
It seemed to calm me down. There was no pain. I'm a wimp there, wouldn't have done it if it hurt. The times I'd do it I was so wound up I felt no pain. The sight of the blood always calmed me. Only required stitches once. Like Smunkee, I had a hard time convincing people I wasn't trying to kill myself.

I never did it for attention. I have five scars on my arm in a weird pattern that is utterly unexplainable as anything else than self-inflicted wounds (silly me). I was so out of it when I did it that I didn't feel a thing.

Eventually, I got caught out, and my mother pitched a fit.


Since then, on the (rare) occasion that I have, I have been far more careful to do it in less visible places.

I do not WANT people to know. It is my own personal release.

The only thing I have are several burn-scars from ciggarrette butts. I did it to see exactly how much it hurts.

Oddly, it's not that bad.

I like to think of myself as "Anti-Emo." Rather than cut myself, I cut other people's wrists.

Well, it is the reason emos are emos.

I know several people who used to cut themselves... mostly for attention though

I know several people who used to cut themselves... mostly for attention thoughI told someone the first time I did it. After her reaction, I kept it quiet about it until after I had stopped. It can still be awkward if someone asks about the scars, though.

I wish i was Demented Hamsters lawn, so i could cut myself.

I think people do it for many different reasons, but mostly so they can be in control of SOMETHING when they feel that they control very little in their lives.

And really, is it SO impossible to understand? How about people who bite their nails, pick their hangnails, etc?