When I'm angry, why do I always feel the need to hurt myself?

Your brain needs a way to get out your frustration, you can seek help to get out your frustration in a healthy manner.

Answer one of these questions: -Instead of hurting others? - The torment of conscience? - lost the understanding that you are still alive, and capable of moving forward and producing benefit to the world?

You're anger probably fuels that need. It happens to me as well so I can somewhat understand. Your thoughts always take part too.

Because the physical pain overcomes the emotional pain and anger you're going through. You want to ease your mind and the mind thinks that is the only way out at that moment. It's a common reaction from the brain. Try to find alternatives, like venting by writing or drawing, to keep your mind away from self-harm.

Sometimes when you're angry, you may feel the need to hurt yourself because you need some sort of release.

I have emotions built up inside of me, only knowing one way to let them out. The release is what we get addicted to, really, because we crave the feeling. It's hard to express anything any other way after that point. You feel like you won't be accepted, even more so because of this, if you already were before. You feel all alone, with no one else understanding what you're going through, and that's understandable. But it also isn't true. I'm here, and so are SO many others who genuinely care and want to listen, to help.

You can feel the need to hurt yourself when you're angry to release some of that emotion on yourself. Some people do it to feel calm, or level but there are better ways of calming down than injuring yourself.

Sometimes when we don't know how to control our emotions or have my way to channel those feelings physical harm seems like a "release" to let all those emotions out, but there are other, safer and more beneficial options out there. There are many coping tools available, instead try closing your eyes and counting to ten, then back down to 1, focus on your breathing and as you exhale imagine the negative feelings being released as well....hope this helps.

Because we tend to internalise our anger and think that we need to be punished somehow for feeling that way.

For some people, holding in their anger doesn't work for them. They feel the need to express it, whether verbally or physically. Sometimes they express it outwards, to others or objects, and some express it towards themselves, through self mutilation. most of the time because they feel like they deserve it and the only way to feel better is to harm themselves, whether its by cutting, burning, throwing up, starving themselves, or any other way. If that's how you do it than you are not alone, but there are people out there who want to help you because it will get worse it you don't try to control it.