Why do you cut yourself when it does nearly nothing to you except hurt yourself?

Because for that one moment it feels like it helps. Albeit only in the mind. And sometimes all we need is to get past that one moment.

Many people who self harm have such emotional problems that they cant control that they dont know what to do except turn to self harm to feel physical pain. You can control the physical pain and its easier to deal with than the emotional pain of some things going on. The majority of the time you cant control the emotional pain either, so self harming is just a way that some people manage their emotional pain, they temporarily get rid of it by self harming. It doesnt make the emotional problem go away, but its a release for awhile.

Cutting yourself allows for a different kind of hurt to be felt. Physical hurt is a way to cope from the emotional hurt which hurts our entire core. Cutting was a way of coping, to distract oneself from the uncontrollable emotional pain.

Because some people don't think through that, it gives them relief it shows that hey have lost a battle, yet they over come it.

Um actualy me personaly when I do it I just dont feel I can't explain the reason but sometimes it's normal to people to feel hurt broken alone like nobody loves them ar is there for them..

Sometimes the amount of emotional pain one is enduring is so overwhelming and unbearable that cutting provides a sort of release, temporarily replacing the emotional pain with physical pain, making a situation more tolerable.

Some people use cutting as a coping mechanism, it also releases endorphins which make you feel happy. Because of this it then may become an addiction

People cut as a sort of escape from themselves and life, or to punish themselves because they hate their body or their past or how they are. It can also release emotions such as anger or sadness, or for people with depression may just be doing it to feel something. There's many reason someone would cut, you've really just got to be there for someone who does even though it hurts you too.

to some people emotional pain is much worse than physical pain.. as well as in the moment of being pushed too far over your mental and emotional limit you tend to do things you wouldnt do when your fine or okay.

Self-harm is an addiction, some use it as a form of self-punishment, others use it to feel control, some use it as a coping mechanism etc. there are many forms and reasons behind self-harm, and although they only have negative impacts it does provide the illusion of relief for a short while - much like drugs or alcohol.