why does cutting make me feel better but then bad afterwards?
Flowersandtea
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May 27, 2017
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Because you hurt yourself! You're body and mind to be at a healthy equilibrium and that doesn't help, to feel better I'd consult a professional or find alternatives. Those can be found online and I also know some.
Anonymous
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Jun 4, 2017
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I think it makes you feel better because you're feeling something other than the nothing you were feeling before. It makes you feel aware and alive in that instant. I think it feels bad afterwards because your body heals it. That's what it's naturally engineered to do: heal wounds. It feels bad afterwards because that's when you realize what you did, and that you shouldn't have done it. But then later you feel numb again and crave that flash of feeling, even craving the pain you know it will bring afterwards because at least it's something. That's what makes cutting so dangerous. That's what makes it not okay, because you deserve to not have to harm yourself to feel things.
Anonymous
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Jun 9, 2017
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It makes you feel better as you are turning emotional pain into physical pain--which is easier to manage. You feel bad afterward as you know that it is wrong to harm yourself. Try to keep a diary instead of harming yourself and seeking professional help.
rainbowboy2512
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Jun 10, 2017
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Self harm in any respect can cause a sense of relief in pain, as if you feel like your emotions are let out through pain. Sometimes, guilt can follow, or feelings of stupidity, which is why self harm is not a good answer a lot of the time.
Pizzare
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Jun 19, 2017
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Because cutting releases endorphins, which relieve physical and as well emotional pain. You may feel better for a moment, but later comes the feeling of guilt, shame and regret.
StepOneListen
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Jun 30, 2017
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That's a good question. Cutting is used as a coping mechanism by people to deal with situations and stress in different ways. Cutting is a means to feel relief through that. And in the moment when someone cuts it releases endorphin's, our body's feel good hormones. This is why cutting can be difficult to break. Afterwards, when the rush or feeling subsides, there are no hormones to make you feel good, you are left with how you were feeling before cutting, and perhaps even in a worse condition.
MultipleMosaic
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Jul 12, 2017
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Cutting can dull emotional pain and release endorphins in the body, but the relief is temporary and does not help in the long run.
SparkleStar78
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Jul 20, 2017
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Your brain releases endorphins, a "feel good" hormone which brings temporary relief. You feel guilty afterwards because you know it's bad for you/you may not be allowed to do it
Anonymous
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Aug 1, 2017
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Cutting allows you to vent and punish yourself. It allows you to release all the guiltily feelings you might have. But once you finish and realize what you've done you think about the repercussions of it, "there going to see this and they're going to blame themselves" you feel you have to hide what you did.
Anonymous
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Aug 10, 2017
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Cutting offers a release for emotions you may be feeling, but after cutting these emotions will still be there which may make you feel bad
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