Why do we cut our wrists?

you asked why “we cut” that tends to imply you cut… And people cut for different reasons, either it’s distracting, or it makes you feel when you’re numb, the endorphins make you feel better, some people do it out of guilt, control, it depends on the person…

I think that people who cut are not so smart but that is my opionion

it releases a chemical in our brains that gives us a natural high

It’s not something you can just copy, it’s not a high that you can get from anything else. When a cutter is trying to get better, the people around them may tell them to look for a natural high or something to give them a healthy release.You see, that confusses the cutter. There is no better “natural high” and the only release they know comes from their skin. A person who has never experienced the release of self injury cannot understand fully why one would cut. Imagine the thrill of riding a rollor coaster…up… and up…and up, slowly the rising to the peak of it all, the twisting knots in your stomach, the empty feeling in your head. Not really for sure on what rests at the bottom of your fall. Then you drop, and the wind whirls by and you feel free and light and you can feel that you are alive. That is what cutting feels like sometimes. Other times its not so pleasent. The urge and pain that comes from the addiction to it is unbearable, so you cut, and you rely on it for every emotion. If your happy, cut; if you flunked your test, cut; found a good deal on a new shirt, cut. No matter the emotion, not matter what happens that day, you feel like you have to cut to make it real.

Some people cut for the release and feeling of seperation from it all, others may cut to see the blood and feel alive. Some are just so addicted they don't know why they cut at all. And others cut because they just feel like it or their friends do it. Maybe its a mixture of a few or these or none of these. Whatever the reason, the pain behind it is deeper then any cut you could ever make.

Well why do you think you do it?

Mostly physical some pleasure! I use to physical..but im over that stage after some help..

there are a lot of reasons some are because theres so much mental and emotional pain, so it turns to physical pain soo your head isn’t such a mess, sometimes people just want to see their own blood, some feel like its punishment they deserve, and some people do it for the attention there are a million reasons not one general one

farmjunk got it right

don’t worry lmao I DO NOT cut myself!!!

Well, personally, I love the scars.