why does cutting make me feel better but then bad afterwards?

Cutting is a vicious cycle, and it's usually this cycle that keeps us from recovery from self harm. It's very normal to feel this way. Initially we feel good when we self harm as it releases a endorphins, the body's natural painkiller. Your body will release these any time your body experiences pain. However, this feeling is never long lived as the endorphins will subside. This can then leave us with a range of negative emotions after such guilt, shame, or how we were feeling before the injury. We might feel these as we might be trying to recover from self harm, and perceive relapsing as a fail. I know it can be hard, but instead of dwelling on the fact you have harmed, accept it has happened and keep moving forward and back on the road to recovery. Doing so will hopefully help you feel less bad and make a break in the cycle many people experience when self harming. Stay safe and take everything one day at a time.

You may feel like you deserve to be hurt and feel pain. You may want to channel your anger and pain into hurting yourself and leaving a mark to remind you. You may want to feel in control of your pain so that you don't feel lost and in that moment, everything feels up to you. Your pain and suffering is in your hands and you can control it. You have an outlet. But then you may have regrets and hate what you've done for yourself. Emotions can cause you to bubble over and snap but after they've simmered down, you can see what you've done.

cutting can make you feel good in the moment because it can u give you relief. for some people feeling pain makes you feel better for someonelse it can also distract them from other stresses going on around them. it can however make many people feel bad. after you may regret what you have done and may be more depressed that you can't take it back. you also may be in a tough spot and be ashamed of your scared and now will have to hide it. parents might also punish your or take extra measures to make sure you don't do it again.

When I used to cut myself, it felt good when I was doing it because it was distracting my internal pain/suffering into something I could describe such as a cut. But right after I was done and took the blood it left into consideration, I understood the gravity of my action and I felt extremely bad. But then again, I harmed myself again, wanting to chase the feeling of knowing what my pain was. When I could describe how hurt I was when I self-harmed it was easier than explaining the pain I felt inside. So it makes you feel good because it makes you concentrate on a physical pain instead of an internal one, but right after you regret it.

Cutting or any other form of self harm releases endorphins and happy hormones that your body is struggling to produce on its own. When self-harming, the initial release of those chemicals makes your body feel a release it is craving because it is lacking a balance of those chemicals which is why you might feel a rush. You then may feel an overwhelming sense of guilt or badness after. This can be from feeling shame that you have harmed yourself or that you will be caught harming yourself. It is understandable to feel both of these emotions when you self harm. You are seeking release and feeling bad that you can't find this release in something seen as more positive or production though you shouldn't feel pressure to feel any sort of way in life. Please know that you are not alone in any of these experiences and that help is available to anyone struggling with self harm. I understand how damaging these experiences can be and have personally fallen into patterns of self harm to avoid dealing with my mental health. It was very confusing for me trying to understand why self harm felt good but left me with overwhelming guilt but recovery is possible.

Cutting usually takes place when you are at the extreme point of your emotion, it takes us just seconds for marking on our skin, but the healing process is longer and painful because you feel your physique to be numb when you are mentally disturbed and when you are feeling a bit okay, it starts hurting you because you are not drowned in thoughts but you are conscious about what is happening around you! It makes you feel bad afterwards just because of that. Regardless of our problems, we are all humans and are mechanized to act according to our instinct which may lead to bad decisions at time and causes us to regret.Its just the human tendency and that is why anyone who is trying to self-harm is being prevented from it! Stay positive!

For me I would say it was the pleasure of hurting myself because i thought i deserved it. It was the satisfaction that i was in control of my own pain and that i could inflict it whenever i wanted it. That high from cutting would end quickly because i would feel bad for what i did to my innocent body. I would personally feel bad for hurting myself because i knew deep down i didnt deserve it and i was just trying to immediately satisfy my sadness in some way. Especially since cuts are so visible its hard to avoid and having that physical reminder makes me feel upset with myself for stooping that low.

i suppose this varies depending on who you are and wha your situation is, but what i can say is the reason you feel good after cutting at first is that youre in control. whatever is troubling you has control over you, what you say, think and do. When you cut thought, you rergain control, if only for a little bit. and then after a while you realise what youve done, and you know its bad and you know you shouldnt do it because its wrong, and then you start to feel terrible. you feel terrible and then the depression comes back harder than ever and it engulfs you, and you lose control again. and its a vicious cycle that is so hard to break unless you get help. but you wont want to get help because the voices say nothing can help you. but your here anyways because you dont believe them. and you shouldnt. sorry for droning on but ya you can get help dont listen to them

Cutting provides a sort of relief to people, although short lived. To elaborate, think of it kind of like a volcano, pressure builds up, and up. Which are our emotions, until it becomes too much, and finally explodes. This is where cutting, and/or other forms of self harm begin. Now that we understand how self harm can start, let's understand why it makes us feel better in the moment, but bad after it's done. Sometimes when our emotions just build up so much, and it feels like we've run out options, cutting/self harm is what many turn to. Cutting can almost give off a euphoric feeling, and can feel like the emotional pressure is being lifted off us. It is an outlet that provides short term relief. When it feels like our negative emotions are gone, all that's left is guilt. You're now in a different headspace, and it can almost feel like reality has come back. A lot of people wonder why just did that, have regret, think about how a loved one will react. Basically, self harm can be "acting in the moment". Or acting on impulse. You're acting based how you feel in that moment. And when it's over, a lot of bad feelings can be left over. Hope this answers your question!

The moment you cut yourself, you feel alive. You feel the pain and see the blood flowing. For a short time you feel energised and good: You proved yourself, you are still a living human. But after this high, you feel the guilt washing over you, the depression starts to kick back in. Maybe you promised someone to stop hurting yourself. Now you did it again. You feel guilty and you may feel even worse than you did before because you now have physical pain as well. For some it's a relief, but most regret it. The scars will be visible for a very long time. Don't feel embarrassed about them but don't make them more either. Please don't hurt yourself! You need to ve on good terms with yourself to get on good terms with others! I hope you are doing fine out there!