Self-Harmers or Cutters' Confessions

“To those on the outside looking in, slicing your own arm with a razor blade is the stuff of horror movies,” writes Michelle Galley in Student Self-Harm: Silent School Crisis. People that self harm do it to help ease the pain of all the bad things going on in their lives. But, why do people choose to hurt themselves?
People who self harm are rarely just looking for attention, as many people seem to believe. Self harmers cut places on their bodies that no one will see such as their thighs, stomachs, ankles, and even the underside of their breasts. “…they may be more ashamed and disgusted by themselves,” Miller says in The Urge to Injure. Almost every person who self harms would be devastated if anyone ever found out the horrific things they are doing to themselves and would probably feel the urge to cut/harm themselves more out of guilt and self hatred.
When someone gets an injury, their body releases endorphins with affects much like those of morphine. This is why self harm, in most cases, provides a form of pain relief. “You don’t feel like you’re hurting yourself when you’re cu...