Question

IDK where to write this but I need an answer so heres my question: Why do teens have the urge to cut themselves?

Answer 1

Wrong section. This is physics.
But i'll answer anyways.
Every one has different reason for doing it.
So i can't speak for everyone, but I can from experience.
It's like all of the pain adds up.
After countless times of feeling alone, or hurt it can only be so much.
You keep up late at night, fighting the pain.
You feel like no ones knows the real you.
No one knows how many times you've sat in your room & cried.
Or lost hope, or been let down.
No one knows what you're going through.
If it's problems with family, relationships, school, weight, etc.
It's all pain.
Pain you have no control over.
So that's why.
For those few seconds you have control.
The pain of the blade tearing your skin, you're in control of.
And at that second, it's all you think of.
There no more problems.
It's all gone.
All you're worried about is the pain you're causing.
It's like everything seem okay.
Until the cuts heal, and the pains back.
So you do it again.
Only a little bit more this time.
Making the pain go away for a little bit longer.
And that's basically it.

Answer 2

Yeah I get that but imma be real with you-I'm writing a paper so that people know A: why kids have the MENTAL URGE B: The after math

Answer 3

If you need anymore help or information, let me know. c:

Answer 4

Okay well I was wondering what the actual, like, "attraction" is to cutting? Cuz I would tell them for myself but I'm really bad at wording things- and you seem pretty good.

Answer 5

Like is it that cutting is a way to RELEASE all of the pain?

Answer 6

The attraction?
I would the attraction is exactly just what self harm is.
Basically, it's a distraction.
It's like, for one moment you don't feel all the pain, the loss, the hurt.
All you feel is the razor.
& the blood.
You don't think about how alone you are.
Or how ugly you are.
Or how you're all alone.
That's when the addicting part comes in.
When the hurt & pain come back.
When the cut isn't fresh, and you can feel all the build up of sadness & loneliness inside of you.
So you have to do it again, but a little deeper so the numbness will last longer.
The pain inside will be delayed longer.
And as the pain inside gets worse & worse, you have to make the pain outside worse & worse.
It's all about control.
When you self harm, it feels like you have it.
Like you can't control the pain on the inside so you control it on the outside.

Answer 7

it's not only releasing that pain, it's making it seem like it's not there.
For those few minutes at least.

Answer 8

hmm that's good. cuz when you do you just feel this weird high/rush type of thing that I don't know how to describe.

Answer 9

pretty much.
It's not a high like from a drug or such.
It's doesnt make you illiterate & unable to function.
it just makes you numb.
Not only do you not feel pain, you don't really feel anything.

Answer 10

yeah... it gives you a feeling of some kind of power and control-for me anywayz.

Answer 11

For me, the reason I have considered it, is because I feel numb and it is a way to feel pain/emotion. It has less to do with control or ignoring the world (in my experiences).

Answer 12

@FindMe678 good one