Why do people self-harm?

People harm themselves because they have a problem that makes them mad or sad, but they aren't wanting to show their feelings. They may go cut their arm. This isn't the only reason, but it's common.

There are many reasons to why people self harm, some of them include: -trying to evacuate or cope with extremely stressing situations -trying to escape their feelings -to express their pain or try to feel less numb -Trying to "control their life" There are many reasons and it can be different in every case, some people also does it to "punish themselves" for things they have done in their past.

its a way to cope it might hurt but to people who do it the pain of self-harm isnt as bad as feeling the other pain.

People self harm because they want to feel a sort of pain. Because theres a point where when people have this feeling of "numbness" and they will do absolutely anything to feel as if they are alive.

They want to numb themselves from the pain they feel. There is a void in all of our lives that we can't seem to fill it satisfy because we look for it externally. We have to look on the inside to really work through the pain instead of numbing it.

They punish themselves due to negative emotions inside. Sometimes they do that to get attention and that's why we should give a major attention to people who do that.

People self harm for a variety of different reasons, just as there is a huge list of how people can harm themselves. People can harm themselves by taking drugs, gambling, self inflicted wounds or even ignoring all their friends and family to constantly be alone. There is a variety of different ways people can harm themselves, so it depends on their particular situation which we can then question 'why' they harm themselves the way they do. People who self harm feel relief, they feel calm after they inflict this certain pain on themselves, however most of the time the relief is short lived as they begin feeling the sad/angry feelings again. If you know someone who is self harming in any way, speak to them and make sure you understand their full story, then make sure they are seeking help from a professional so they can start feeling relief and peace but in a healthy, non harmful way.

Well i used to self-harm because i felt useless and worthless. It is not because i wanted attention, but mostly i was tired of feeling the way i was feeling. It was my way of coping, it was unhealthy, but i didn't have an option at that time.

People self harm because they feel like it will help them. They do it for attention. When someone self harms, I tell them that they are not only hurting themselves, but everyone around them.

Self-harming releases chemicals from the brain that generate happiness. Some people like feeling happy when they are feeling sad at that moment. Others self-harm because it makes them feel in control of their body. And others self-harm because they feel as if they deserve the pain. There are actually many more reasons why people self-harm, but these are probably the most common.