Why do people self-harm?

Self-harm is most always linked to someone who has depression. People who feel bad may choose to blame themselves, and then take it out on themselves. There are many forms of self-harm, but none of them are okay. If you are self-harming or thinking about it, you need to speak to a professional and get help.

For several reasons, it could be because they feel like they deserve punishment, like they want to feel something more than depression, even if it is pain, or if they need help but are too scared too ask for it directly, so they take it out on themselves...

maybe the world hurt them first, so they try to hurt anything like they got hurt, and that's goes to self, they hurt themselves. Because they are their own world.

There are many reasons why people self-harm but typically people self-harm as a way for them to cope with their problems. Many people who self-harm want to hurt themselves as a way of them to punish themselves.

For some people, when depression and anxiety lead to a tornado of emotions, they turn to self-harm looking for a release. Self-harm and self-injury are any forms of hurting oneself on purpose. Usually, when people self-harm, they do not do so as a suicide attempt. Rather, they self-harm as a way to release painful emotions. Stigma creates shame and embarrassment, making it hard for people who self-harm to get help. So, look out for yourself and for your pals. If you suspect that someone in your life is self-harming, here are some warning signs to keep top of mind: Scars, Fresh cuts, burns, scratches, or bruises. Rubbing an area excessively to create a burn. Having sharp objects on hand. Wearing long sleeves or long pants, even in hot weather. Difficulties with interpersonal relationships. Persistent questions about personal identity, Behavioral and emotional instability, impulsiveness, or unpredictability. Saying that they feel helpless, hopeless, or worthless. It's done to process their negative feelings, distract themselves from their negative feelings, feel something physical, particularly if they are feeling numb, develop a sense of control over their lives, punish themselves for things they think they’ve done wrong, express emotions that they are otherwise embarrassed to show.

There are no fixed guidelines as to why individuals self-harm. It can genuinely be really different for everyone. Self-harm is correlated with particular events for certain individuals and is a means of dealing with something that is either occurring at the moment or that has occurred in the past. The causes are not obvious for some and can be harder to make sense of. You do not know, sometimes, why you hurt yourself. You are not alone, and you can always get support if you do not understand the reasons for your self-harm. Self harm may be a coping mechanism for bullying, homophobia, abuse, money worries and maybe more.

It can sometimes releave presure from suicidal thoughts, tho it can be very dangerous and some people may start to rely on doing it to make them feel a sense of security.

I think because there are times where physical pain seems far less than the mental pain you are feeling. Also sometimes it seems like the only way to feel anything at all. Another reason is it can be a way for people to realize and notice what your are experiencing.

In my opinion, people "self-harm" to express deep feeling or to distract themselves from those deep feelings. Those feelings are often based on beliefs that have been embedded as a result of negative life experiences. People self-harm because it's the only way they know to get relief from their pain and the only way they know how to feel calm.

Self-harm can be really hard to understand. It involves hurting our own bodies in order to feel relief from our problems. It distracts us by making us focus on the physical pain instead of on our emotional pain. Self-harming can become addicting, causing a cycle of pain and relief that is very hard to break. However, self-harm is never a healthy way to cope with our feelings. It can evolve into worse ways of harming. Since this is only a temporary relief, the best solution is finding healthier ways to cope that do not involve causing harm to our own bodies.

I self-harmed for the better part of 3 years, and to this day I cannot say when life gets tough it doesn't still cross my mind. I wish I could tell you why I did it, but I honestly don't know. I have asked myself that for years, and I haven't come out with a good reason. I doubt that helps, since it didn't answer your question. But not everyone knows why.... sometimes the reason isn't meant to be known.

A lot of people with depression stop feeling anything feeling anything is a relief so they decide to feel pain, people see it as a weakness or a stupid thing to do but in reality they just want to feel something

Self harm can be a way to release unresolved emotions, or because we feel like we aren't having emotions at all and want to feel something. It can be a way to punish yourself, or just a way to cope. It is maladaptive and unhealthy but in a crisis situation, it is a way to keep going and is sometimes necessary to the person. Because it is used as a coping mechanism it can also be very addictive so the person involved needs to be emotionally ready to deal with the reasons behind their self harm and able to find a more positive alternative for themselves.

In my case (when i used to do it), i did it to calm myself. Every time i got very bad breakdowns at night, i hurt myself with a blade.

from what we know they possibly self harm to punish one's self and to cope with problem's around them

People self-harm for many reasons. Personally, the reason I used to self-harm was because it made me feel in control of my feelings. I had a very hard time managing my emotions, especially painful ones. Whenever something happened that made me feel out of control of my feelings, I would self-harm. I would bottle up my negative emotions and then try to relieve them through physical release. I was in control of how I felt at that moment. I was numb. I focused on nothing other than the pain I had inflicted upon myself.

People self-harm as a way to cope with things that are going on in their lives, the action can help to relieve the emotional pain that they are feeling.

People self harm for several reasons. They usually self harm to release emotion they can't express, because they feel numb, because they are angry, or if they want to see blood.

Self harm is something so big it sometimes cannot be put into words really. People self harm to release the pain..Or to forget pain with pain..or to punish themselves by harming themselves. It's all about the purpose, what's behind the person who self harm might be variety of reasons.

People self harm for many different reasons. It can be something that has happened in their lives, or perhaps something that has not happened. It can be a lack of love, or friends, or it can be simply because they have no other release. There are probably so many reasons, I cannot summarize into words.

Some people self harm because they feel like they deserve the pain as a sort of punishment for whatever they feel is going on. I self harmed for 6 years after my friend died because I blamed myself and felt like I deserved the pain.

There is no single reason why people self-harm, as it often serves different purposes for each person. Some people use self-harm as a way to reduce anxiety, or to make negative feelings go away, and recently self-harm is being viewed as an addiction because it shares similar traits with other non-substance addictions. Self-harm is an instant relief. When someone is feeling anxious, nervous, depression, or any other myriad of feelings, engaging in self-harm makes the feelings more bearable. Self-harm is an unhealthy way to manage your emotions, also called a negative coping mechanism. If you or someone you know is harming themselves, reach out for help. Talk to a family member, friend, crisis support worker/mental health worker, or a doctor. There is help.

People self harm to feel some sort of relief. It is a coping mechanism, much like any other person has, except this particular coping mechanism is harmful to the person in question. For some, it is a way to express their anger at themselves. For others, it provides immediate release. Although it is different for everyone, it is usually used to cope.

People who self-harm, choose to do this because when they feel a lot of emotional pain, they want to take their mind off emotional pain, so they self-harm to feel physical pain. Alternatively, if someone is a person who does not feel anything, has "numb" emotions, and isn't happy or sad at all, they self-harm to feel something, even if it is pain.

They can not face their fear. They are unable to control it and let it in their mind and it continuously troubles them and follows like shadow in daily life.

It is a psychological condition though things can contribute such as; depression, low self-efficacy

I don't think there is an individual reason reason for people to self harm, as it means different things to everyone who does it. For some, it's a release, others a coping mechanism, and for some it just becomes a habit or even an addiction. For me, growing up, I did it for all of them reasons and more. But more often than not, it was because at that moment in time, in my mind, it would help me. It would stop me panicking and calm me down. At that moment in time, I honestly believed it was all I had. Self harm is done for different reasons, but for a lot of people, they do it because they have no other way to communicate and express how they feel. A lot of people do it because when they don't have someone to talk to, they turn to what seems like a quick fix.

There are many reasons, while some do it because they want control over the pain they feel others genuinely dont want to be in the world anymore. The best thing to do is support them and make them feel loved and valued