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

Because when I person is angry there should be something to be done so that the feeling of wrath inside you, doesn't just stay there cause it'll make life so difficult having this burden but with expressing your wrath you can be chill for sometime.. But the search for something to be done is difficult. You tend to find something so you can unleash the hatred and you just somehow think that the simplest answer is yourself also it reminds you about something such as a mistake deserved etc

Some people turn their anger inward instead of outward. This could be the need to punish oneself, find relief from such an intense emotion, express that anger, or many many other things. It is important to find coping skills that work for you when these feelings arise so you can handle them in a way that is not harmful.

When you're angry, your mind starts to feel the need to hurt something. Since you're the closest option, you feel the need to hurt yourself.

I don't know. Maybe its your anger getting the best of you. Sometimes we all let our emotions get the best of us, its just part of being human.

You are turning your anger inwards. Experiences in life could have taught you to do this, for example, being punished when expressing anger towards others. Another possibility is that you feel you deserve to be hurt more than others, which could be because of a low sense of self worth.

Most probably because it is a way to release your anger without expressing it to the other person or because you think it was your fault?

Anger is something which overpowers you. It's so powerful that makes you think that by hurting yourself you can actually suppress it. But that's not true because anger only unleashes the devil inside you. You just have to vanquish it by the good in you.

When we hurt ourselves, we release certain hormones in our brain to tackle or relieve the pain. Psychological and physical have strong ties and by relieving our physical pain, we could relieve our emotion pain (anger).

It's a need to punish myself when nobody else has or will. Growing up in an abusive household, every mistake was grounds for physical harm. When I make a mistake or I am angry at myself or the world, it's just normal to feel my body being hurt. It's simply a habit that is hard to break.

You may relate self harm to release. You do it as a way to release your anger. I suggest finding safer alternatives.