why do i feel no pain when i cut myself?
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You start to become emotionally numb to the pain which in turn makes you physically numb to the pain. I've been a cutter since I was 13 and I'm not 18, though my depression/ SI has drastically improved. I know that when I first started cutting I barely broke the skin and hardly bled; by the time I was 15 or 16 (when it got horribly bad) I was making 4 or 5 cuts at a time that would bleed for a good 10 or 15 minutes. Cutting is weird. Adrenaline starts to kick in so that adds to the numbness and endorphines are released when you hurt yourself and that's where a tiny bit of the physiological pleasure comes from. All in all, the numbness is mostly psychological. Now I go months without cutting and compared to when I was 15 and 16 and my cutting was horrible, now I cant cut myself nearly as deep or hard as I could before. It's like I built up such an incredible pain tolerance that I would hurt myself very badly and not really feel it. Now though the pain tolderance has gone away for the most part and I really cant cut myself as I did before. Good luck and please be careful. I know its your only way to cope and that no one can talk you out of it. just please be careful. Make sure whatever youre using is clean so you dont get an infection and have to go to the hospital. Ever need to talk.. AIM screenname is HeresToGoodnight.
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wooh u should see a doctor or a psychiatrist. u need help..
i think.my mom says that people like that have a certain disability. There was something wrong when you started cutting yourself at 12.you need to seek help, from your parents or a counselor at school.
You probably have damaged nerves wherever you are cutting.
The reason you aren't feeling any pain, is that your probably cutting the nerves before they have a chance to send anything through your body to your brain. Also if you've been doing it in the same spot for the past couple year, you could have destroyed the nerves entirely. A word of advice, is you should really get some type of help for this. As with the loss of pain, one of these times you'll go to far. Then you will notice it, but that'll be it. I know many people do things like this for reasons to mask other forms of pain, to block out their past. But you should really talk to someone about this. It's not healthy, and it can be life threatening.
Could be scar tissue but more than likely its psychological. You really need to ask someone for help with this. There are all kinds of reasons why you do it and there is help for it. Tell a parent, guidance counselor, teacher, school nurse, or any other adult you trust. Get help. You are worth more than you are thinking of yourself. no the only reason u dont feel it is becuase ur use to the pain. and by the way u shouldnt cut yourself, its not a really great way to solve problems..trust me it just causes more.
pain is a figment of the imagination, I have cut myself loads of times, the funny thing is, I nearly cut my finger right off a while back, and it did not hurt, I did not even notice I had done, coz I was weraing gloves, I must have been a good 5 minutes before I noticed the glove was red instead of yellow
Then it hurt
So your brain sees an injury then goes that as to hurt then send the pain
You probably elevated your pain threshold to the point where cutting won't cause too much pain. Although, I would agree with the others here and say that you should seek some sort of professional help. Whatever caused you to start at 12 will only escalate and that would not be a good thing. DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT OUTLOUD??
a. You probably have destroyed all the nerves in the area where you cut yourself, as well as in the area around it. You also are probably doing it in a way that you pay little attention to the pain and at an angle where it would hurt less.
b. YOU NEED HELP! You're probably depressed and are trying to kill yourself subconsciously. I don't think you realize what stupid things you can do to yourself while depressed. I almost lost a friend of mine to alcohol abuse- she almost drank herself to death. Clean the knife off and use it for cooking, not for killing.
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