Many people do things for many different reasons.
On Cutting, one girl says, " i did it because i have always been protected from physical pain and i felt like i needed it, it gave me comfort knowing i could go against the way i was raised and protected. It felt like i was a rebel without a cause i loved it"
another says, " when i cut it lets everything i am stressed about/thinking about, whatever if in my brain..it lets it all out..and i feel this feeling of accomplishment, and when i cut, im hurting myself..no one else is hurting meit makes me feel in control"
There are many reasons for everything. I personally cut to release some of this emotional pain that i cannot show, so i show it through cuts. Its different for everyone. To self-injure is to release tension. Its not for attention. although some people do, do it for attention- for most of us its a sign of relief . If none of this is your reasons, then send me an email telling me why you do it so i know other reasons.
I found this quote on-line"It wasn't a suicide attempt, it was an escape from everything awful. When we cut, we're in control - we make our own pain, and we can stop it whenever we want. Physical pain relieves mental anguish. For a brief moment, the pain of the cutting is the only thing in the cutter's mind, and when that stops and the other comes back, it's weaker. Drugs do that that too, and sex, but not like cutting. Nothing is like cutting."
