Teens cut themselves sometimes because they are emotionally troubled and can't deal. Other times, it is for attention. Some feel sensory deprived and cut to feel the sensation of it. Most of the time, it is because they are really freaked out at a very difficult time in their lives and that is a way of controlling one aspect of things.
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In my opinion, teens cut themselves or try to kill themselves because they have emotional problems and do not know how to deal with them. I also believe that teens cut themselves because they do not have an adult who talks to them. Teens need to have people to talk to them about life and self-esteem. If they had adults that will talk with them and listen to them, they will not be doing things like cutting themselves.

I had a difficult life. My brothers did too. But we did not cut or hurt ourselves. Our relatives, from my mom side of the family ,took care of us. Church took care of us. The Guidance Counselors and the Social Workers at school, took care of us. My mom took care of us. When I say they took care of us, I mean they talked to us. They listen to us. They treated us with respect and they kept us busy (working) and happy all the time. We did not have time to be alone and do nothing. We did not have time to think about hurting ourselves.
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I used to cut when I was 14-15 and my reasoning was to release pain. It felt like everytime you felt your skin cut apart pain would flow out of the wound. Many fellow classmates/peers who did it felt the same, doing it for the same reason. Yes I will admit it was partially for more attention, but that only gives negative attention, but ultimately it was a pain releaser...Hope that answers your question.
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