Why does it feel good hurting myself?

Hurting yourself releases neurotransmitters called endorphines aka natural opiates. These chemicals are your natural painkillers and give you a sort of rush- just like the drug opium; that's why it feels so good.

From my own experience, I started cutting when I couldn't hardly think or breath because of the immense emotional and mental pain I was feeling. At the time it wasn't about suicide. It was about feeling something real, reminding myself I was alive.

It makes you feel like you have some sort of control over your own pain, and over how you deal with whats going on in your life.

It makes me forget about my emotions for a while. I only focus on the Pain. Its calming and the blood and All consumes your mind so there's No room left for your problems.

Hurting yourself provides you with a level of control in physical pain. It is usually done when you are unable to control the emotional or situational events in your life.

The answer to that question only you can answer it. But since i know that not what you want to know,heres something that might help. yes its all true, the chemical released when you harm yourself makes you feel good. But thats not why you do it. you do it because u feel like you have lost control over everything you are empowered of. but that blade, it makes u feel in control, in control of the pain, in control of how deep u go or how much blood is bursting out from your skin. you feel like u want to be in control of something, so why not of pain when endorphins makes u feel powerful and eligible to do anything, but all you can think of doing is keep on cutting.

I find when I hurt myself it makes me stop thinking about the things that are hurting me mentally, which in lots of ways hurt way more than anything physical. But it isn't good to hurt yourself. I have tried to stop, and have found talking about the things that bother me work just as well. And it is a lot healthier.

There's no answer t this question as everyone is different, but from experience I know that a lot of people find it relieving and use it as a way to calm down.

When people self harm, endorphins are release from the brain into the body, making you feel better. When those endorphins leave, you'll feel worse than when you started.

We feel "good" because we are numb, we feel nothing and hurting ourselves reminds us that we still feel pain both physically and emotionally.