WHY DO PPL CUT THEMSELFS??!!!

i dont cut anymore...but i used to. the reason? well when people are sad or depressed a lot of it is stress related. cutting is a form of stress relief, though not necessarily the right one as i found out. cutting or burning or any other form of self mutilation causes chemicals to go to your brain which help to numb that pain, but they also numb some emotional pain. that is usually the case, but it sounds like with your friend it was for attention, many people do that as well, but for most, that is not the case.

Ok i used to cut but I made a promise to my boyfriend that I wouldn't anymore and it's hard to stop. I cut because of the pain I have bottled up inside. I know it sounds weird because it is really hard to explain. When I have emotional pain and anger bottled up inside, I cut my self to relase it. I feel like it is the only kind of pain that I have control over. All the other pain in my life is unconrolable and this is the only thing I feel I have control over. I know it's crazy but thats just how i feel. And its really hard for me to stop but I'm trying to find other ways to deal with all of the s h i t that goes on in my life......
Much love....
Haily

WAY OVER DONE!!! AND SO NOT THE FOROM TO POST IN!!!

Your aloud to post anything u want in this forum...read the description of it hun...

:p i found that instead of cutting myself i go for runs... when i get angry i just run as fast and as far as i can ( i know it sounds stupid but it works) and this is the OTHER forum.. u can post what u want!

Running can be just as unhealthy as cutting. It just doesn't seem like it. I think, NK, that you went from one addiction to another. But if you don't let it get out of control, I give you props.

As for the topic question. There is no one reason for it. It seems as though your friend did not do it as a leverage to get her boyfriend to say I love you..I mean obviously that is the direct situation involved. But I suspect a deeper reason. She most likely feels alone, and unloved. She most likely looks in the mirror and see herself as a sad pathetic case, and the only way to keep a boyfriend is to use threats. She is more likely terribly insecure, even if she does not show it.
~Freak~