How did I get addicted so quickly to cutting?

I controlled the pain. I could ease my mental pain with physical, which was easier to manage. By cutting, I could direct how I felt, rather than let it consume me

i felt as if my pain my heavy heart became lighter as the blood came out. it didnt hurt as i had been hurt quite more from inside before

When you cut the body releases chemicals that make you feel better, which is why so many use it as a coping mechanism. Like a drug, your body becomes addicted to the rush of chemicals that make you feel good and starts to crave it.

It's Suprising how addicting self harming can be. At first it's only a couple of times but then it quickly and scarily escalates. It can be hard to stop but never impossible, doing different things such as doodling instead of cutting can greatly help

Cutting releases 'good feel' chemicals like endorphins and adrenaline. These can give you a rush and may alienate emotional pain temporarily. Your body can build up a tolerance to these chemicals, so need more to feel that same amount of relief again. If it is a go to mechanism to relieve emotional pain, then it can quickly become addictive

The act of cutting releases endorphins in the brain that make you feel a sense of relief and then you associate that feeling with the self harm, this will make it likely that you will keep going back to it.

I've been addicted to cutting, and I know how addicting it can be. I think it's addicting because it's the only way someone can feel anything besides anger and sadness. It's something that I've struggled with since I was 12. I knew it was bad, but I couldn't go a day without cutting. I stopped doing it, on my own. It's best to tell someone, even though it may be hard because it can be really hard to quit. I have addictions on both sides of my family, so do struggle with not cutting every day. But when I want to cut, I just go and read a book, listen to encouraging music, or I talk to someone.

Cutting is used as a means of dealing with emotional stress or anguish. Everyone has their own individual reasons for cutting but the main one is escape. Cutting is an outlet that allows the cutter to find a momentary sense of relief. It is a brief distraction from real life problems. Cutting is also an alternative to suicide. It lets experience the relief from our stress much like suicide except it is short lived. Like drugs or alcohol, cutting also has a euphoric high. The adrenaline rush from self harm is rather addicting.

most likely because you felt as though you deserved that type of pain. you didn’t though. sometimes we feel as though we deserve more pain that what we are facing and that is incorrect. your feelings are valid and you matter. Putting the weapon down and trying to distract yourself is very good. Life is too short to hurt ourselves and end up in a bad place. we are stronger than we know and we have to challenge ourselves to realize those things. life is more than a heartbreak or a bad day. your life is precious and you matter.

It was a release. It allowed me to feel something when I was so used to feeling nothing at all. It came with such a rush, it was like a drug. I didn't really have a support system in place for when I was in a bad place so I turned to cutting to deal with some of the things going on in my life. I was constantly overwhelmed by everything in my life, and because of that I was just numb. With nobody to talk to and no idea how to vent my problems, I needed a way to get it out of my system. Cutting was just an easy way to feel alive again, and I got addicted to that feeling since I was so numb the rest of the time.