Cutting?

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This whole concepte confuses me... Can someone explain to me why it happens, and their reasons behind it??? I don't want to sound rude, it just has been bogiling my mind

I think you'd find all the answers you're looking for if you search through the multiple threads on cutting in this forum.

maybe this depression thread needs a tagged 'cutting" thingy lol :smirk:

to answer u thought. it depends on the person.

me, personally, have never cut myself except when i was ripped out of my mind and carved 12.12.12 (love life loyalty) onto my forearm...but i know why people do it...If u have ever been depressed, you will know that there is a certain point you reach where life is just not worth living (duh...) and you express this view by inflicting pain on yourself...it is almost like an outlet to ones mental pain...not a good one tho

i have had tough times in my life, but rather then cut myself... i drift away in a song, play my guitar, walk around... I don't want to sound igonrant but i just can't comprehend this

Actually, "cutters" do not do it because they no longer want to live. If they no longer wanted to live they would not have the motivation to actually do the act, and instead would waste away practically not moving from their beds. It is actually more done, as an affirmation of life, and maybe for attention so that people realize they exist. either way people with the problem should seek help.

it definitely depends on the person. some people do it because it's like they're releasing all the pain that's built up inside them through the pain on the outside. Others do it because they feel it is something that they have control over, when the rest of their lives are spinning out of whack. then there's the past that could have an effect. people who were abused as children, or punished for expressing certain feelings or emotions, or if their role model in life was bad with coping with stress (i.e abused drugs, drinking, or even cutting also). For some people it calms them down, they can focus all their energy on the pain, and are able to block out, at least for the moment, everything that is hurting them in the regular world. Once again, it's not the same for everyone, like Amanda said, checking out the other cutting threads will give you a better idea of why people feel they need to hurt themselves.

It's like why people do drugs. It is an escape from reality or some form of pain. I cut and do other forms because it takes away my concentration from all the problems I have. Just for a second, but its worth it for me. After a while it doesn't hurt anymore.

ah okay, i can sort of grasp the concept now... those last two posts were good

I’m a cutter. It’s a difficult thing to explain.

Take your emotional pain, and turn it into something visable that you can control.

ive heard the phisical pain lessons the mental pain. to them, seeing and feeling pain that is real, that can be proven is a consolance. when working with the mentaly ill who do cut, they are told to hold an ice cube or put a rubber band on their wrist, and when they "need" that proven pain, they just snap the band or hold the ice cube till the cold of it is actually painfull. this way, they get the pain they feel they need, and cant cause any perminant damage. another hting is obesessive compulsive disorder, border line (to get attention) or an obsession with their own mutilation

there's a very old saying that always comes to mind when i injure myself on purpose...
woman asks "how do you forget how much your shoes pinch your feet?"
second woman replies "easy! just think of how much my earings pinch my ears"

it's all about trading pain for pain.

I also have a network of keloids that drape my body like a gentile lace. They remind me of what I've lived through.