Why do people self-harm?

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

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.

In my opinion, people start harming themselves when they think no one cares about them. So one of the ways to solve the problem is by telling them that we are always there to listen and support.

The first time I physically self-harmed was at the beginning of last year, and it went on and off until the end of the year. (I've been clean for almost a year!) I can't speak for others, but in reference to cutting, I wouldn't have known about it if not for the media. It was a physical way to show how much pain I was in and how much I hated myself. Once I had finished, I looked it over and felt regret and disgust but also felt a twinge of satisfaction. Interesting, how that works. If you self-harm, please talk to someone. Anyone who is trustworthy. I found other people in a support group and we motivated each other to stop. I haven't felt a need to cut since I found my group. I encourage you to do the same.

To relieve pent up stress. it's a relief. It releases feel-good chemicals in the brain but it's short lived ad very destructive in the long term

People self Haem for many different reasons. Self harm is NOT a suicide attempt, and not everyone who self-harms is attention-seeking (very very very few people do it for attention. The majority of self-harmers DON'T do it for attention, and they try to hide it, not show it off). Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that I self harmed as a way to "distract" myself from the negative emotions that I was feeling. I used Physical pain to distract from the Emotional pain.