Why Do People Cut Themselves?

It is part of mental health struggles. Your choices for answers are less than funny. In fact, they are downright disgusting.


Cutting yourself is a serious mental health issue. It should not be used as some sort of ammo for mocking or shaming people.

Apparently , a lot of people on SW today are full of themselves.

Because, in that mindset, physically hurting yourself is a way to numb out the emotional pain you might feel.

It’s a horrid way to cope.

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I turned to cutting when I was mired in depression..
I cut myself to feel alive or to wonder if I were..
Sometimes I cut to watch myself bleed..
These scars took 17 stitches and lots of butterfly bandaids to close....

Lighter scars have faded over time..
It wasn't about attention.
I had serious issues..
And I was suicidal..

All I can answer for is my own self.

I started cutting at 13 because I was living in such a state of emotional misery, that the physical pain of cutting was a welcome distraction from the way i felt on a constant basis. It was therapeutic. I cut from age 13 and didnt stop til I was 33.

Anyone who says it's "for attention" obviously has no fucking clue what they're talking about.

I used to find it therapeutic now to day i have a week clean of not cutting

i cut my nails every now and then

For me it is a mix of mental illness, self loathing and just the need to feel something. Seriously I have rage issues i can be very angry about something so I take it out on myself to avoid breaking something or hurting anybody.

Sometimes the mental anguish is too much to bear so I cut to feel physical pain to take me away from the mental pain.

Sometimes I feel so numb that I cut because I want to know if I can still feel.

Sometimes I cut because o feel as if I have some control back

Self harm though does not just come in the form of cutting.


And the attention seeking/fad options are patronising and insensitive

It brings a rush of adrenaline and endorphins to the brain. This makes it highly addictive.

All of those answers could be right. It depends on the person.

It’s a release...pure and simple

I believe that if no one had ever heard about people cutting themselves when depressed before, people wouldn't do it nearly as much.

It's popular in the sickest of senses.

Tied to mental issues, but then becomes something physiological. Like most mental problems, they seem to be misunderstood...if they are understood at all.