Cutting One's Self and Depression...an Oxymoron???

[ironman]

tedsteriscool said:

ironman said:

tedsteriscool said:

Cutting one's self is a way of numbing the pain. In a sense they're bleeding their pain away.

But as I said in the OP. Pain reminds us we are alive. People who want to die, should not be trying to remind themselves that they are alive. Am I right?

Yes, pain reminds us that we're alive. They're bleeding out the pain, meaning they're trying to get rid of it/not feel it anymore.

But in doing so, they are creating more pain. They are in effect, amplifying the reminder that they havn't killed themselves yet.