Why do people cut themselves? - /bant/ (#23045245) [Archived: 206 hours ago]

Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:36:53 PM No.23045245
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I am a male clinically diagnosed with BPD which I see a therapist for regularly and I have never in my life had the urge to desire to cut myself a single time. I have only considered suicide to end it all and would not do it in some half assed away but with 100% guaranteed success like shot gunning myself or jumping off a 100+ foot building . However I have no clear desire to do this as I can only live once so might as well keep trying at life since I will die anyway. If I acquire some terminal disease I will probably kill myself instead of deal with the pain though preferably assisted suicide

Anyway why do people cut themselves? I have been trying to read some psychology papers on this but thought you guys could give some insight. Psychology is political so this is on topic
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Anonymous Romania
8/3/2025, 5:37:46 PM No.23045246
>>23045245 (OP)
attention seeking and mental illness. In short, because they're women
Anonymous Netherlands
8/3/2025, 5:39:06 PM No.23045247
>those scars on her leg
lel, did she get hit by a boat propellor or something?
Also why is she posting in the bigtittygothgf subreddit when she has no tits
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:40:04 PM No.23045248
>>23045245 (OP)
>am a male clinically diagnosed with BPD
BPD is a woman's disorder. We tell hoes that because they're emotionally unstable and can't control themselves.
You are a woman
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Death_to_JewSA Greece
8/3/2025, 5:43:09 PM No.23045249
>>23045245 (OP)
>Why do people cut themselves

Women love pain.
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:46:28 PM No.23045250
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>>23045245 (OP)
its a maladaptive coping mechanism that often turns into compulsive behavior..
i think the initial motivations are to distract from internal thoughts.. to focus on the pain and destruction of their body. something they feel control over.
it quickly turns into a habit of sorts as they associate incorrectly associate it with the benefits of the distraction it provides. so they wind up doing it when they get bored or over minor frustrations.

though with social media and tiktok im sure there is more people who get into it for some deranged aesthetic purposes.. like its a fad or something to take part in because 'that's what girls like me are supposed to do'
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:54:26 PM No.23045251
>>23045245 (OP)
>why do people
Females*
And yes, itโ€™s for attention.
Attention is how females evolutionary survive. Without attraction and status in society, they die for being too weak to fend for themselves.
Anonymous Russian Federation
8/3/2025, 5:55:35 PM No.23045252
>>23045245 (OP)
What a disgusting filthy creature.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:55:57 PM No.23045253
>>23045245 (OP)
they cut to distract themselves from feeling a traumatic emotion that they are too scared to face
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:59:36 PM No.23045254
>>23045245 (OP)
Self harm feels good. It's really that simple.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 5:59:40 PM No.23045255
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>>23045248
I am the OP of this thread who is diagnosed with BPD as a male I am many things but a woman is not one of them. I am 6'1 233lbs (as of this morning) with a bench of 315x3, squat of 455 and deadlift of 515. It's very likely you'd look like a small woman next to me anon, be honest.
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mawrie Unknown
8/3/2025, 6:00:25 PM No.23045256
>>23045245 (OP)

i can fix her
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:02:03 PM No.23045257
>>23045245 (OP)
my girl is a cutter, was a shitshow for the first few years of dating, then shit quit acting like a retard, and doesn't even cut anymore. It's like a young girl's game it's funny they stop when they get older (because they know it's retarded).
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:03:00 PM No.23045258
Dudes who are cutters though goddamn, talk about the biggest red fag I mean red flag on a man ever.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:04:05 PM No.23045259
>>23045255
I won't even fuck with you man, BPD is some fucked shit, sorry you even had to be dealt that gay ass hand, may you find peace.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:07:10 PM No.23045260
>>23045257
Its kind of hard to believe a woman could be crazy enough to be a cutter and then just grow out of it and not be a retard anymore
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:08:03 PM No.23045261
>>23045260
I think when they get older they realize it's retarded, I mean do you really expect to see 30yo boomer milf cutters? I don't. Probably that part of the female brain that is concerned with what's socially acceptable.
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Anonymous Canada
8/3/2025, 6:09:01 PM No.23045262
>>23045245 (OP)
to feel something, even if its pain. usually related to dopamine receptors not working and diseases like what killed robin williams.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:09:16 PM No.23045263
>>23045255
strike a blow for tomboy justice and go trans
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:09:58 PM No.23045264
>>23045261
>do you really expect to see 30yo boomer milf cutters
well no, but because I figured they just don't make it that long or get some medication that effectively lobotomizes them
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:10:53 PM No.23045265
>>23045245 (OP)
because they want to kill themselves l?
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:11:20 PM No.23045266
>>23045249
flesh cuts don't hurt
if they want pain they could pinch nerves, hell pinching yourself hard will cause far more pain than a slice
its not about pain at all
Anonymous Unknown
8/3/2025, 6:12:43 PM No.23045267
>>23045250
this
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:13:03 PM No.23045268
>>23045247
Probably a raccoon or opossum attack. These kinds of scars are very common in North America. Our mammals might look cute, but get then in a corner and they will fight.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:14:07 PM No.23045269
>>23045255
Not bad, your bench needs work, seeing as you're getting beat by a nearly 40 year old man, but just barely. Still doing pretty top-tier anon
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Anonymous Latvia
8/3/2025, 6:16:00 PM No.23045270
>>23045245 (OP)
These "goth" girls do it as a form of decoration. It's like tattoos to them, to prove how hardcore and goth they are.
It has nothing to do with mental health, it's like those african tribes that do scaring. Shit is done entirely to seem more edgy, cool, deep.

>t. someone who actually knows multiple goth girls
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:16:49 PM No.23045271
>>23045245 (OP)
I know sometimes when I got really stressed and frustrated with myself I'd punch myself in the gut really fucking hard but I had enough sense to not cut myself.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:17:01 PM No.23045272
I think it's some kind of self-loathing thing. A lot of the whores I've fucked have cutting scars, and they probably work as whores partly out of the same idea of desecrating themselves while also making some cash.
Anonymous Unknown
8/3/2025, 6:19:07 PM No.23045273
>>23045245 (OP)
fuuuuuckk, i love whores so much. I want a whore to ruin me and everything I hold dear. Please, please, pretty please, mommy. take evrything i have, idc, just let me sniff your armpits or a fart
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:19:15 PM No.23045274
>>23045255
Posting gym selfies and bragging. GIRLY MAN!
Anonymous Finland
8/3/2025, 6:19:23 PM No.23045275
>>23045245 (OP)
>Anyway why do people cut themselves?
Cutting yourself carefully, focusing all your attention to it, the pain is manageable and you avoid doing real harm, but you can't really think anything else while doing it. It takes all your anxiety and worries away for a moment. That's why.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:20:36 PM No.23045276
>>23045261
No itโ€™s because their hormones go down and they can be more rational. But they will regret these choices and still feel suicidal or depression. Theyโ€™ll probably fix it with laser surgery. But Iโ€™ve never cut myself, I think they cut themselves to focus on the pain instead of the emotional pain. I hit myself once a week ago to stop myself from crying
Anonymous Finland
8/3/2025, 6:22:11 PM No.23045277
pain makes the noises go away
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:22:28 PM No.23045278
Maladaptive stress relieving coping mechanism. The physical pain soothes the emotional pain temporarily. They need therapy because they most often have some unresolved trauma. It's not about attention, but not knowing how to express how they're feeling so they cut.
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:22:53 PM No.23045279
>>23045245 (OP)
My first boyfriend was swiss and he cut himself.
Anonymous Finland
8/3/2025, 6:25:25 PM No.23045280
>>23045278
>unresolved trauma
>not knowing how to express
Rare are the problems that are solved by talking about them.
Anonymous Canada
8/3/2025, 6:26:00 PM No.23045281
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>>23045245 (OP)
Eh, I'm a fucked up guro. It feels good, genuinely. Healing kind of sucks, but it's pretty enjoyable because you get this like... post nut clarity that allows you to surpass your limits. That bitch? She wants attention; she's posting naked. But thighs usually indicate the opposite, that you dont want attention and are kind of embarassed about it. In my case it manifested because I was in a high stress environment, playing too many sports, and I have had lifelong nonmeme mental health issues. When I started I was Chad Thundercock; 6'8", captain of the basketball team, effortless good marks, literal crowds of ladies cheering for me. But when you're legitimately fucked up it's almost impossible to not be crazy, and it turned into convincing girls to self mutilate with me on omegel, msn, and what not. Good times. Havent done that shit in like over a decade, but hey, shit happens and you either learn from it or become consumed by it.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:30:05 PM No.23045282
Im 39 and I have a bunch of emo faggot cut and brand scars and swollen knuckles from my high school years. Its just something I did when drunk because of family tragedy bullseye. The only time I only went deep once on my wrist and had to get 11 stitches. I regret doing it, they look like shit and its the mark the of a pussy bitch, its a girl thing.
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:31:02 PM No.23045283
Would
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:31:41 PM No.23045284
>>23045245 (OP)
>Meet wife's mother's new boyfriend's son
>See cuts all over his arm
>Dude is obviously fucked in the head just from the couple seconds of talking to him

>It's a her
Made a lot more sense once I realized that.

I once had a nightmare I fucked her. Virgin pussy, but idk, the haircut throws me off.

Maybe not even virgin pussy. Allegedly she was abused as a child.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:34:01 PM No.23045285
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>>23045245 (OP)
>"Hope your doing ok" - some dork, with his dick out, visiting lettit dod com bigtiddygothgf
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:34:16 PM No.23045286
Very few pain nerve endings on the upper thighs.
If they are doing it to feel pain, thereโ€™s better places to cut
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:36:33 PM No.23045287
My brother's girlfriend has slash marks running all up and down her arms. It's nothing recent though, so I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. Then I started noticing the paranoid delusions she would regularly have. If you find a girl with cut marks on herself, just walk. You can't fix her.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:38:10 PM No.23045288
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>>23045269
this is what i looked like 2-3 years ago.. and was also doing 515 DL.. but i could only bench 225 and just barely that.. you can tell my chest is honestly quite small for whatever reason...
i was 165-170lbs there at 6'
i cut down even further till i could see veins in my legs and chest.
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Anonymous Canada
8/3/2025, 6:38:17 PM No.23045289
>>23045282
Nah man, dont feel like a pussy bitch. It's fine to regret it, I sure do, but I've forgiven myself a long time ago. How do I know? Because there arent any new ones. I felt the same way for a long time; I was embarassed to take off my shirt, I was embarassed to hook up with ladies because how the hell do explain hundreds of scars from your hip to your mid thigh, and it really fucked with my self confidence. Then at some point, I just let it go. I suffered for long enough about it, this is the way it is, and it's no longer my burden. Honestly? No lady has ever cared, no one has ever called me a pussy bitch, and people can think whatever they want. If they ask, I'm not embarassed, and I dont think you should be either.

You survived. You didnt turn into an amputee fetishist. You didnt get gangrene. You didnt chop off your dick. You didnt kill yourself. You've seen the abyss and made it back to the realm of the living. Be proud; most people never overcome something like that.
Anonymous Unknown
8/3/2025, 6:39:28 PM No.23045290
>>23045248
>BPD is a woman's disorder
i know someone working in a prison and there are many men with bpd in there, often wrongly diagnosed with something else. those are the retards who can't keep their emotions under control and fight whenever they feel disrespected
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Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:40:45 PM No.23045291
>>23045255
Those arms dont come close to matching your brag.

Do you even lift, bro?
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:40:57 PM No.23045292
>>23045245 (OP)
Same reason Joe Rogan takes cold showers. Pain produces a spike of adrenaline and dopamine. It's basically the cheap junky way to feel good, but it fucks up your body with scars.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:41:41 PM No.23045293
>>23045250
I did it out of need to feel punished for mistakes. Ex-parents practiced Munchausen-by-Proxy and when I expatriated their influence remained in my sick mind. Took another decade to remove enough of them to somewhat function.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:41:47 PM No.23045294
>>23045245 (OP)
>BPD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bV0LM_WrSBw&
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:42:39 PM No.23045295
>>23045290
Thatโ€™s not bpd faggot thatโ€™s protecting your honor. We use to duel fags for disrespecting and for women. Sorry you have no balls to do the same.
Anonymous United States
8/3/2025, 6:43:56 PM No.23045296
>>23045288
damn dude
Anonymous ID: UteAmKpSGermany
8/3/2025, 7:17:27 PM No.23045378
>>23045245 (OP)
>Anyway why do people cut themselves?
crybaby culture, the only people that do it are those that saw it online, because it makes no sense
Anonymous ID: Gp1zi90CUnited Kingdom
8/3/2025, 7:27:03 PM No.23045423
>>23045245 (OP)
Its a control thing. You hurt yourself in a controlled manner to feel better about the emotional pain that you have no control over.
Its the same psychology as shit like eating disorders.
Anonymous ID: sty1YZPGSpain
8/3/2025, 7:27:35 PM No.23045427
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idk but it's hot when cute girls do it
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Anonymous ID: keSku6bDUnited States
8/3/2025, 7:29:43 PM No.23045435
>>23045427
shut the fuck up
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Anonymous ID: sty1YZPGSpain
8/3/2025, 7:30:35 PM No.23045438
>>23045435
show scars foid
Anonymous ID: PuqGxJm1Brazil
8/3/2025, 7:32:28 PM No.23045446
>>23045427
What's wrong with these people
Even stuff such as piss fetish is more normal than this
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Anonymous ID: sty1YZPGSpain
8/3/2025, 7:35:21 PM No.23045452
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>>23045446
a lot of asian girls like to cut themselves
i made a xitter account to follow them but they get suspended all the time and it's really annoying
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Anonymous ID: PuqGxJm1Brazil
8/3/2025, 7:38:04 PM No.23045458
>>23045452
Im actually friends with two of these, im really close with one
One of them had a horrible childhood, the other one who im close with is mentally ill
Sad stuff
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Anonymous ID: keSku6bDUnited States
8/3/2025, 7:43:14 PM No.23045474
>>23045458
>Im actually friends with two of these, im really close with one
that shit would stress me out too much, i think
>One of them had a horrible childhood, the other one who im close with is mentally ill
>Sad stuff
yeah

good luck, brazil anon
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Anonymous ID: sty1YZPGSpain
8/3/2025, 7:46:41 PM No.23045489
>>23045458
when i was a kid in school i was friends with this girl who had a really shit poor life at home and she'd let me bite into her flesh really hard because it turned me on
Anonymous ID: keSku6bDUnited States
8/3/2025, 7:52:26 PM No.23045507
when i was in school i got yelled at by druggie whore swinger staff, and yelled at by the decent staff for not trying hard enough or taking anything seriously
>and she'd let me bite into her flesh really hard because it turned me on
you pressured her into it?
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Anonymous ID: sty1YZPGSpain
8/3/2025, 7:59:48 PM No.23046022
>>23045507
>you pressured her into it?
no she'd just let me do it, no pressure from me or pushback from her
i'd imagine this is how cutters get started they just crave the pain and abuse to escape from some shit
i haven't seen her since the second year of high school i hope she's okay
>yelled at by the decent staff for not trying hard enough or taking anything seriously
that's good
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Anonymous ID: keSku6bDUnited States
8/3/2025, 8:03:01 PM No.23046039
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>>23046022
>no she'd just let me do it, no pressure from me or pushback from her
>i'd imagine this is how cutters get started they just crave the pain and abuse to escape from some shit
>i haven't seen her since the second year of high school i hope she's okay
i see
i would've been to freaked out to get involved in the first place
>that's good
maybe...
Anonymous ID: sMKZtXKPCanada
8/3/2025, 8:04:03 PM No.23046041
>>23045245 (OP)
jews. no joke
Anonymous ID: PuqGxJm1Brazil
8/3/2025, 10:21:44 PM No.23046532
>>23045474
thanks american anon
the one im close with says im one of the reasons she hasnt commited suicide yet, that im her best friend, she's very lovely for japanese etiquete, she really acts as if im her boyfriend sometimes even though i never asked out her neither did she
she really wants me to visit her prefecture someday, its in the other side of the world but ill try my best to
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Anonymous ID: RfQU271aUnited States
8/4/2025, 2:03:29 AM No.23047718
>>23046532
>she really wants me to visit her prefecture someday, its in the other side of the world but ill try my best to
it sounds romantic, if you aren't too worried/anxious about her
a cool thing to look forward to
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Anonymous ID: 0Fp5XtCmUnited States
8/4/2025, 3:22:06 AM No.23048268
>>23045427
>>23045452
Bloodletting
Anonymous ID: PuqGxJm1Brazil
8/4/2025, 3:47:48 AM No.23048460
>>23047718
like i said, she indeed treats me in a very romantic way, both counting japanese etiquete and worldwide etiquete, i would go into some details but i dont think its nice to
i always wished to visit her prefecture someday to be honest, so it will be nice to have someone to hang out and such
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Anonymous ID: RfQU271aUnited States
8/4/2025, 3:49:38 AM No.23048473
>>23048460
>i always wished to visit her prefecture someday to be honest, so it will be nice to have someone to hang out and such
:D
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Anonymous ID: PuqGxJm1Brazil
8/4/2025, 4:43:28 AM No.23048817
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>>23048473
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Anonymous ID: RfQU271aUnited States
8/4/2025, 4:44:57 AM No.23048828
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>>23048817
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Anonymous ID: PuqGxJm1Brazil
8/4/2025, 4:52:08 AM No.23048922
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>>23048828