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

It feels good at first because your releasing all your pain and guilt into it but afterwards you feel bad because you have hurt yourself and you think of "what are my parents going to say" and why you did it and your mind is all overy the place.

Cutting makes you feel. It makes up for the lack of love or feeling, for the self-hate. But your skin hasn't done you any wrong. When you start treating yourself right, you'll find that others just might too.

because youre releasing pain when you harm yourself, it feels good at first because you feel like youre letting all of your stress and pain. but eventually youll start to feel those painful emotions once again, and you go back to harming yourself and thats how it leads to an addiction

Self-harm provides immediate gratification because it distracts from the emotional turmoil that you are trying to escape. However, it is not a solution and so afterwards, you find that the pain hasn't been remedied. That's why it can be so destructive, because it does nothing to help with the issues you are going through.

It's a false relief. There are many other ways to feel relief from pain such as writing it down, drawing, music, singing, dancing, doing whatever you love. Cutting is very dangerous. Please don't hurt yourself. If you are struggling with self harm you can message a listener or a therapist about it. We care about you.

I have used cutting as a way to distract myself from emotional pain. It works in the moment, but then after you are still left with the pain and the feelings of regret and addiction associated with cutting

People experience various feelings when cutting themselves, so it depends on your own experience. One of the posibilities is, that when you're cutting yourself you might feel depressed, angry or have some other strong negative feelings. The physical help than helps you with the mental pain, you feel better and start to thing more rational. And the rationality tells you that self-harm is bad, than someone might find out you've done that and so on... but of course this really depends on how you're experiencing self-harm.

When you're in that state of panic and sadness/anger, any decision you make sounds like a good one, even bad ones like that. After you've finally calmed down and cleared your head, you realize that you've made that mistake.

This is a great question, and thankyou very much for asking it:) By being a listener here, I have found that many people often feel this way. I think it may be because when you feel the need to cut, the urge may be quite strong so you may start to think more irrationally about it. Also cutting can create some relief from the emotions that have been building up.. so temporarily, it may feel good. You may feel bad afterwards for various reason.. one of those reasons being that maybe you start to think a bit more rationally, and how it only provides temporarily relief. I like to think of cutting as similar to a sugar rush.. when you have sugar/cut, it makes you sort of feel on a high, but that feeling often wears off, and isn't long lasting. I hope that answers your question:) I just want to add that I hope you're safe, and please don't hesitate to reach for help if you ever need too - I wish you all the best!:)

A release of endorphins makes you feel "better" momentarily and then generally most people feel shame after.