Why exactly do people cut? I don't understand since most people find papercuts and superficial wounds incredibly uncomfortable. I used to cut myself by accident and stab bone deep with X-Acto knives while doing hobby shit. The thought of small cuts makes me want to vomit.
Are there any robots with insight?
It's a coping mechanism. It distracts from other worse pain.
I did it a few times. It's difficult to explain but it was just like some primitive urge that built up inside me driven by anger and frustration and sadness that just compelled me to feel like I wanted to damage myself. And it felt satisfying when I did it, a relief somehow.
inb4 you did it for attention. This literally happened 10 years ago and nobody knows about it. Infact this is the first time I ever discussed it.
I wanna Cut of that
Got to get that sweet sweet serotonin. When I was young I cut once every week to help deal with mental shit. Nowadays I just go out and smoke if I feel stressed. I did do it during sex one time, but that is pretty irrelevant to cutting for coping.
My battery died while I was typing, so continuation below:
...Id feel nothing for once. And my mind was empty and all i could feel was the stinging of the water when cleaning the blood off. It was a pleasant but bad coping mechanism. It took months for anyone to notice I was doing this even though I never even tried to hide it. When a random classmate decided to talk to me, I made efforts to stop.
Nowadays i still harm myself to get rid of anger and destructive feelings, but I dont cut. I punch walls as hard as I can. And it works just the same as cutting if not way better. I dont recommend it because all self harm is bad but atleast hand bruises go away way easier than scars.
DO NOT SELF-HARM. Its shit.
It calms intense emotions and gives a high.
I felt the exact same way
I only a did it a few times, but they were all pretty deep. It doesn't hurt too much if you go fast, but its still scary. It was like a roller coaster. Things sped up and the adrenaline made me feel nice. Then things slowed down, and tending to the wound was calming.
overall, 0/10. It's a piss poor way coping and leaves ugly scars.
Desu it feels pretty good. Everytime I fuck up I get this overwhelming feeling of just punishing myself as hard as I can. Sometimes I hit myself hard in the head or thighs, and others I just cut my thighs. During both I feel a strong surge of rage that becomes unstoppable if I give into it. When I do the bruises are pretty bad and if cutting I usually end up with both thighs completely cut up from the knee up, however I've never cut too deep, most are just cat scratches. It's interesting watching the blood come out of the wounds. After the sperg out you get a very nice peaceful state, kind of like a really good post nut feeling. I also unironically like the scars. Thanks for reading this blog post.
It distracts from whatever psychic pain you are feeling. You just focus on the pain from the cuts. The cuts themselves suck but it's better than the feeling one is trying to escape. Also keeps me from kms.
Half attention whoring Half sick pleasure in mutilation
I used to get overwhelming urges to hurt other people. Slicing up my fingers was like catharsis.
I just hate myself and my body so much that I want to destroy. I like making myself bleed and ruining my skin with scars so I (not really anyone else because nobody is going to see my legs but me) will always be reminded of what a piece of shit I am. I'm too ded inside to care much about the pain and too much of a faggot to hurt someone else (also don't want to be like my father aka a raging sperg).
Haven't done it in a while though.
Why do the retards always get quads
This is very true, but
Some people likely do it for attention whoring
i really hate harming myself, and i'm very ashamed of doing it, but for me it is like an uncontrollable urge. Whenever i feel extreme emotions of self hatred or whatever, i have this incredibly strong urge to hit myself or cut myself. i wish i didn't do it, and i always regret it afterwards.
I never cut until i went to a mental hospital just before my junior year for acute OCD. I never really put any thought into cutting because it just seemed odd but when i had finished therapy and shit and I went back to my normal life (normal life of hating everything and being depressed) i decided to try it to see if it did anything. Somehow, some way it provides just a little bit of warmth into your heart when youre really depressed. Im not sure why it helps anything but eventually i started carrying around a small knife to school and such and cut myself regularly. Eventually though when i found direction in life I stopped being depressed and tge cutting stopped too. Its been three or so yeara now and all i have are scars on my shoulders and upper thighs.
It makes me feel alive for a few instants
it's demonic spirits harboring the flesh, they must be destroyed
Anyone else picked up cutting at an "old" age?
I've always been anxious and depressive since I was a kid but never thought of cutting myself before. I had always dealt with my problems through food, exercise or isolation.
When I was 22 and doing my thesis project I was going through some of the worst stress and anxiety I had ever experienced. I couldn't concentrate, sleep or think straight. I heard of cutting from someone and I decided to give it a small try on my right arm with a box cutter I had lying around. It made everything so much clearer and I felt I could breathe normally again. After that it became the answer to whenever I felt anxious, angry, overly energetic or anytime I felt emotionally confused. Now, a year later, it has been escalating with deeper or bigger wounds.
I'm really ashamed of talking about it since it's not something I can brush off as a "teenage thing" but as a habit I picked up as a fucking adult.
I picked it up at 16 and cut till i was 18. Basically i stopped when i found direction in life but i never found it good for stress.Also it only helps for a short time and doesnt fix any real problems. Problem is though, once you broke that mental block against it it doesnt really come back. I guess i might again in the future but i dont plan to
I suppose i could chalk up cutting as a sacrifice to some unknown God of nihilism. Like a small sacrifice to please the God enough to release me, but in the end, nihilsm will just take your offering and refuse to release you because it want you, not just a few ounces of blood but your full self. You just need to find a new God (not a christfag, im thinking in polytheistic terms)
Nice whale. How do you like my kitty?
Cute, my pics are disgusting.
I did it to cope with my boyfriend leaving me, just wanted to get as much pain as possible
when I did these wide cuts I actually passed out from blood loss, when I woke up again my keyboard, chair, table and clothes were covered in blood and there was a big puddle of blood on the ground. I also somehow managed to get into bed and stained that in blood too. Still haven't cleaned that up and just sleep besides it
I just hated myself so much I felt I had to punish myself. I really regret doing it. Girls think you're a freak when they look at your body, having to explain it is a pain. Picking out t-shirts I can wear is also irritating (the sleeves need to be baggy cos there are scars on my upper arm). I can never go swimming again. Shit like that
I only once cut myself, after a massive lose-streak at Dota2, i was so frustrated and angry that despite dedicating so much time/effort i was still mediocre at it, like at most things.
user that's fine! Look at me, I've been playing Overwatch since the open beta and I'm fucking silver, the second lowest rank. I still have fun playing though!
when i cut it was to take my anxiety and bent up anger out on something, and i chose myself
i unscrewed the blade out of a pencil sharpener and used that, too much of a pussy to use anything bigger
i stopped cutting when i got medicated, but ill still punch my thighs when i get upset
bruises are better then cuts i guess
I was impulsive when I did it, even to point of stabbing a pen into my forearm and dragging it to my wrist (bled a ton more than I thought), punching myself in the face, at least during frustrating moments; hitting my head on walls upon making slight mistakes, such as forgetting to write my name on an essay; ripping my nails off, often did this while playing vidya; burning myself with cigarettes, or joints; and cutting with knife on my shoulder. However, as I said, these were products of my impulsive behavior, rather than depression.
but are u still a paedophile user
Burning is unironically way better.
Damn thats some talent
Try posting them on reddit or something and convince people its just red paint and not actual cuts (some deep art stuff) so they won't instadelete ur pics
Then later reveal they where real cuts
Do not do this.
It's just a way for weak faggot betas to cope and is basically a meme that doesn't really help.
Papercuts hurt a lot more than cuts on the inside of the forearm because their are so many more nerves in the former.
And cutting is a form of stress relief and a way to punish oneself, also it is an addictive behavior so people will continue to do it even when they aren't super sad.
I was anxious, depressed, and freezing in the winter with no heat, thinking about how I'm a waste of space and shouldn't exist, so I took some disassociates and played some edge metal as I cut until I couldn't see them anymore. Weirdly I was in less pain then I started, was warm, and was less anxious.
I'd probably do it again if I need an outlet as badly as last time.
Endorphines
too bad you didnt cut deeper and die you fucking faggot
So does lifting. Cutting is for attention hoes
He probably left you because of those hairy arms faggot, maybe next time cut deeper and kill yourself.
This, it's like my organism wants to fight itself, but this slowly morphs into a drug overtime, so whenever you feel even a bit bad you go
>hah, who cares, I'll just do X later and I'll be tofallu fine...
It cracks me up when I see plat boarders when I play on my silver alt. Not like I'm any good though
>haha bro just get fit it'll solve all your problems
Lifting is just dudebro jesus
I was under the impression that it released endorphin/dynorphin? Creating an "opiate" like high.
>attention fagging
>dopamin
>punishment
These are the usual reasons
For me its:
>attention fagging
>adrenaline
>weird fascination with body
>psychosis
Or do both. Burns heal different and usually give bigger and uglier scars.
I can not stop thinking about cutting. idk why i do it. what does it matter? im so fucking addicted and obsessed. i wish these thoughts would just go away
catting
>cut
>doesnt hurt that much
>brain releases adrenalin and other things to counter the pain
>more countermeasures than pain
>feel good
It's like masturbating but with pain instead of sexual arousal
You can get infections a lot easier once you're doing second degree burns although it does feel better.
It gives You a sort of high. Like, you feel really relaxed afterwards. Like a drug only it won't fuck you up too much in the long term.
It literally fucking does you weak armed little faggot, it really shows you have not ever put any effort into getting fit
good news. keep it up user!
The fact that you do not actually do it in front of someone does not mean that its evolutionary origin is not ATTENTION SEEKING.
Jerking off in private does not mean that your dick and semen and your orgasmic response were built for relaxing in front of a screen.
Genuflection for guilty action (such as failing to join in with the group) would be strongly seleted for. This is also the origin of the otherwise inherently ephemeral emotion of "guilt". Perception of guilt and failure have often provoked "cutting" such as japanese seppuku or "scourging" in europe in the middle ages. You merely act out in the same way.
I'm 21 fucking years old why do I feel the need to cut again right now? I thought this stopped when I got out of high school
>cutting
Just punch your nose the hardest you can lmao. 10x better than some pity fucking cuts on your wrist/thigh in theory and more blood(usually), and it leaves no scars.