Why do people do it?
People self-harm for a lot of reasons. Sometimes physical pain is often easier to deal with than emotional pain, so many people who self-harm describe it as way to deal with inner pain.
Some people self-harm:
- to help them to relax
- to provide temporary relief from painful emotions
- to convert feelings into something physical that they feel is easier to heal
- to punish themselves
- to communicate what they are feeling without speaking
- to physically feel something, when they are emotionally “numb”
- to deal with stress
- to focus
- to feel like they’re in control of something in their life
- to experience an adrenaline rush or euphoria
