How does cutting yourself help depression?
Cutting DOES release endorphins. It gives you a high that Heroin, coke and other stimulants can give you. I am a recovering cutter (2 years and counting). I cut for 5 years of my teenager years. What a waste! I went into rehab for it 2x. Boy, do i wish i could take back those years. At the time, it makes so much sense to just do it but when you look back you see that life gets more complicated and you don’t have time for silly games like that. You learn that life shouldn’t be taken for granted and that you can find rushes somewhere else. All the emotional pain one goes through indeed can take a toll but what happens when you’re recovering and you need a new outlet? Exactly. Here’s a answer i put up for someone else. Look, here’s advice coming from someone who was cutting @ 12 years old until she had to go to rehab @ 16 for cutting/anorexia & bulimia. I know for the person it’s a hard addiction to stop. It’s like Heroin in a sense. Why? because it’s a needle rush. That’s how it was for
