Why do people self-harm/cut themselves?

I know what it's like to be depressed, but it never really crossed my mind to cut myself.

Not judging anyone in anyway, but why do you do it? Doesn't it just create more pain?

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NigelDoes · 56-60, M

I don't think it's something I will ever understand despite how much I've read about it. It was a very uncommon phenomenon in the air I grew up with, but cutting seems to be all the rage these days.