Is it normal to want to cut?

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I've always wondered how cutting actually helps you through pain, i wanted to try it, see whats up. I'll kinda slide a knife across my skin but don't actually cut. Normal? Probably not right. Lol

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  • georgienne
    12 years ago | pl

    I've cut.
    My reason, and it's shared by many I've known, is that cutting is a pain you can control. When youre hurting and theres nothing you can control, having say over where and when the blade cuts is sort of empowering. It's something to reassure you that you can start to cut, numbing out the other pains, then immediately stop cutting.

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  • Acid_Razors
    12 years ago | pl

    cutting releases endorpines which are chemicals that make you feel good. So I guess you would feel pleasure from it rather than pain, but that pleasure doesn't last too long and the pain comes back.

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