What emotion is directly the cause of self harm ?

That's an interesting way to look at it .

According to the dictionary and google ' Feansajoditru ' is not a word .Too bad it looks like it would make a good interesting word 😄.

@Pureblossom: I hereby declare it a word! So let it be written-so let it be done!

How does it feel nice emotionally ? Cause physically it's bound to hurt .

The initial wound pinches yes, but if the blade is sharp enough it cuts through quite easily, like a scalpel would not hurt as much as a knife. I find the release of blood to be rather interesting and I find my concentration goes up afterwards, perhaps as a result of a traumatic event.

I have not experienced a life threatening cut however, that may be a lot different, but it would be interesting to test if there was a way to do it safely. Chop an arm off with an axe and have a surgical team sew it back on right away or something.

I read that death from loss of blood is painless, aside from the wound damage of course.

Hurting myself doesn't affect me emotionally, and I don't hurt myself when I am upset either, which also invalidates the above comments I suppose.

Thank you for your answers , but please get help .

I didn't realise that makes a person act in precise ways I thought maybe the imbalance might change a persons mood a little bit , but not necessarily trigger a person to that extant .

I think I read that somewhere but that's not to say that I think that everyone who self harms has a chemical imbalance. I am sure there are many reasons why people do it.

self harming never helps, unless it gets attention for whatever the problem is

@meJess: I know but if a person keeps doing it , they must feel it helps then in some form or way .

not sure if it distracts or draws attention, I think it's one of those things you do when you really don't know what to do

I can't imagine anyone ever truly hating themselves , could it be because they can't forgive themselves for something which happened ?

@Pureblossom: I live with it each day

What caused it ?