Why do i cut myself?

IM 16, AND I HAVE A PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW WHY WHEN EVER SOMETHING GETS ME MAD I CUT MY SELF EVEN IF ITS SOMETHING SO LIL THAT HAS REASON FOR DOING IT?!.I STARTED CUTTING WHEN I NOTICED I COULDN'T CONTROL MYSELF ANYOTHER WAY, I HAVE BEEN IN A HOSPITAL TO...

CONTROL MY ANGER BUT THERES NO US. AND I REALLY WANT TO STOP BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN?.HELP

its ok to be angry but cutting yourself is one of the worst ways to deal with it. you could tak it out on a pillow or something soft so you dont hurt yourself, but still let out all the anger. cutting yourself usually drives people away cuz its kinda gross and it leaves hideious scars. anyways, please stop slitting your wrists.

You cut yourself because you think that it makes you feel better (mentally), you want to feel the pain inside on the outside. I cut myself too, and i can't stop. It's not a good thing at all!
Why? ;
1. It doesn't solve the problem
2. It leaves scars on your body
3. You do NOT want to look back at those scars, and remember the times that made you feel this way.
The only way you can stop is by talking to people when you feel you want to do it. Even if it is the tiniest reason that makes you want to do it, you should talk to that person and tell them how you feel, and exactly what is on your mind. Speak to a friend or family that you feel close to, and someone you can open up to about everything, surely someone you can trust!
If not, then it is best to get professional advice/help to help you stop self harming.
(I'm still figuring out what i want to do).

you need to be careful.
i cut myself many times in the past and you need to realize that your not just hurting yourself, your hurting every person that cares about you whether they know you or not. i know its hard to control, and that sometimes when you feel like youve hit rock bottom and nothing could ever get better, cutting seems like the only way to feel alive again. i know what its like to feel like you have no control over anything that happens in your life, and it fucking sucks. but you have to remember that everything happens for a reason and that although sometimes you may feel as though youve hit an all tiem low, things at this point can only get better. cutting makes you feel like all the emotional pain that your dealing with goes away, and that dealing with the physical feeling of cutting is easier to handle than the emotional pain of life. but it only makes you feel good for so long, then you get the want to cut more and more often, until it becomes an addiction. a barrier that no one can break but you. when i cut, i told my best friend. she tried talking to me, and begged me to tell her when i felt as though i needed to cut, but then i got left with the guilt of dumping my problems on someone else. no one, and i mean no one, ever wants to deal with the feeling of guilt. its one of the worst feelings in the world, because then you feel like youve let everyone whos ever believed in you down because you couldnt deal with it yourself. then there you are back at square one, with the feeling of no control. ive been throughh this time and time again. but even when you feel like your by yourself and that no one will understand, your never alone. theres a difference between being by yourself and being alone. no matter what you think, youll always have someone that loves you, and someone that will be there to understand you. even if they cant relate to you and what you do, go to someone you trust. like a friend that you know will be there for you, who will listen to you. sometimes talking to the people that you love is more helpful than any other method. but please, ive learned my lesson from cutting and its not worth it. not only do you inflict more pain upon yourself, but your left with horrible reminders. the scars. and the one thing you never want to have to do is make up stories about how you got scars on your wrists, or thighs. then you feel like your living a lie.and its a terrible feeling. so take it from me, a girl of experience, cutting isnt a way out.

I have been having the same problem, at first they were really small, now there big gouges and its getting addicting. My frineds ask me all the time whats that cut from and I haev to make up stories and lie, I think there starting to relize that I cut and I dont want that. I used to slap my self also, I did it so much one time I got a bruse near my temple. I think what we need to relize is that its just making things worse, sometimes I feel like no one cares but they do. Soemtimes I think they wont listen, but if you just listen to then they will. I hope I can stop and I hope you can too.

i have a bad problem i like to cut myself when i get mad or when my parents fight is this my reson for cutting myself or do i like pain?

get a rubber band or something an when u feel depressed or stressed then lightly snap it on ur wrist , it helps keeping u from cutting

I used to cut. I stopped after about a year. I realised that it was not helping and all I was really doing is giving myself dreadful scars. Those scars will be there for the rest of your life and when you have a child they will be able to see those scars. What will they think of you then? I tried a different method to stop myself from cutting. I was given a plank of wood and a hammer. Everytime that I felt the need to cut I would bang nails into into the plank. It took a while for me to get used to the idea but eventually I kicked the bad habbit of cutting.

I do the same thing it helps me calm down and release my anger

I know how you feel...
just let one friend know and that will make it easier on you...if your friend really cares about you and wants you to stop..just think about how they'll ask you every morning did you do that thing again? it doesn't work all the time but sometimes the peer pressure helps you fight the urge to cut...
I also used to slap myself and am trying to quit...

Can I give you some advice that might seem weird?

Start doing karate.

It helps for the anger and the self control.

If you are intrested send me a fun mail.

and I wil give you my sensei`s number.

We Practice in bellville.

I have the same problem only im 14 and I also do it because I get angry
and I also do it for other reasons that maybe you do it for like I do it
when I feel like I cant take it anymore or im too stressed or my
parents make me feel so bad sometimes I feel like it is the only
way out of my pain is too feel it on the outside. But I too know that it
is badd and seriously harmful and I cant stop either and I really wish that
I could. And also if theres any chance of you stopping before you get too
addicted I would really advise to stop before you turn to another thing like I
did that made me feel the same way to get the pain out that is even worse.
If you ever want to talk funmail me sometime. I wish you the best of luck!!!

I'm 14, and used to cut myself a lot because I have a lot of self hate..
I still do sometimes, if im really upset.

But I have ugly scars allover my hands, arms, and wrists. Some have been there for like 2 years and havent faded at all much.

I still hate the way I am, but I'm slowly stopping cutting. It's taken a while, but whenever I feel I need to, I draw on my arms with a red pen. I dunno...it works for me.

cutting is a way to release stress a better way to do it is writing,doing anything musical,or just talking to someone you should stop NOW because if your not already, you will get addicted (it is a mood stabilizer) and then I dont even want to tell you what can happen
anyway good luck

funmail me il try to hel if your really finding it hard (:
x

emo

when you feel like there is nothing left for you to do and you want to cut yourself. you shoukd try certain excersises..
such as...
put a rubber band on your wrsit and when you feel the urge to cut you pull the rubber band and snap it on your self...
this technique helps you too have some type of control but your not harming yourself...
this is very help full..if you want sumone to tlk bout it im here for you
if you need sumone to tlk to...
hit me up on aim
dricanball3r04
my names is AManda and I have people close to me that are cutters and I help them all the time...=]... don't be a stranger...=]
Lucks...
Serenity**

WHEN I GET ANGRY I DO THE SAME THING IT JUST TO CALM DOWN

hun I went thru the same thing once you start it becomes a habit but you got to remember that life is hard an that you dont have to hurt from the outside to get rid of what hurts inside hun if this is bothering you then start writing start talking to some one get out more maybe when you feel this then just start running till the feeling goes away are just go sumwhere qieut are listen to music when you feel this is gunna press oever u

wow... I thought I would search google today to maybe get some answers for the reasons I would cut and then the next day wonder why. life is tough, people are tougher. people have no regard sometimes for you, or others in general. I wish I never started... and now drinking just makes it so much work. First year uni is supposed to be fun not painful. but im running out of ideas on how to cover up the scars, I tried cover-up and it seems that it cannot even mask the scars. I just cut my leg 15 times last night in one sitting and have no idea how im going to cover it... I have basetball every week and now im lost for what I can do to hide it. I wonder if subconsiously I do it in spots that are hard to hide but I barely beleieve this because im always hiding them. these scars are beautiful in some mannor but I wish I could wipe them away, being sad shouldnt remain with you forever but cutting always reminds you of the occasion you self mutalated, I mean for me I can look at every one and remember why, I dont know why I have become such a massochist now, its so bad that when I cut I smile or laugh. I dont know whats wrong with me, after last night I feel like I realy need to figure this out, if anyone knows how to cover up scars or has any input on this...it would be apriciated. also I dont even know how often people come on this maybe I posted to late.