When I'm angry, why do I always feel the need to hurt myself?

When you're angry, your mind starts to feel the need to hurt something. Since you're the closest option, you feel the need to hurt yourself.

I don't know. Maybe its your anger getting the best of you. Sometimes we all let our emotions get the best of us, its just part of being human.

You are turning your anger inwards. Experiences in life could have taught you to do this, for example, being punished when expressing anger towards others. Another possibility is that you feel you deserve to be hurt more than others, which could be because of a low sense of self worth.

Most probably because it is a way to release your anger without expressing it to the other person or because you think it was your fault?

Anger is something which overpowers you. It's so powerful that makes you think that by hurting yourself you can actually suppress it. But that's not true because anger only unleashes the devil inside you. You just have to vanquish it by the good in you.

When we hurt ourselves, we release certain hormones in our brain to tackle or relieve the pain. Psychological and physical have strong ties and by relieving our physical pain, we could relieve our emotion pain (anger).

It's a need to punish myself when nobody else has or will. Growing up in an abusive household, every mistake was grounds for physical harm. When I make a mistake or I am angry at myself or the world, it's just normal to feel my body being hurt. It's simply a habit that is hard to break.

You may relate self harm to release. You do it as a way to release your anger. I suggest finding safer alternatives.

People sometimes need to distract themselves, alter the focus of their attention, or regain control over their minds when experiencing pressing, unavoidable and overwhelming feelings or thoughts

When I feel like self-harming, it's always because I need to express the built up negative emotions I have. I need an outlet for the negativity harboring inside me, so I thought of self-harming as a way to let it out. When your anger builds up, you may feel the urge to hurt yourself and relieve yourself of the anger you're feeling. Punching a pillow, stomping on the ground with large shoes, or taking up exercises can give you the feeling of letting out your anger without hurting yourself or anyone else.

It is something we usually do when we feel sad, it is easier to handle physical pain than the emotional pain. But we should never do it, and we should speak up whenever we feel that way.

Self harm is a way to cope to overwhelming emotions. It releases endorphins that make you feel better. I personally have battled with self injury, and it's not easy. I relapse here and then but it is possible.

Por que cuando te enojas, tal vez pienses que le haces daño a los demás y entonces tu necesitas hacerte daño

This could be because you may think that the problem is yourself and you caused the pain and anger. This can stem from anxiety or guilt.

Hurting oneselves is a cope mechanism to stop whatever is hurting you on an emotional level. For one moment you don't feel all the build up of sadness, loneliness, bad thoughts, and so on. You just feel the pain. But it doesn't even hurt. It's a way of dealing with emotions. It's distracts you from your feelings. But thats the problem. It's just a big lie you tell yourself because truth is hurting yourself doesn't make the problems go away. It just makes them worse.

try to get rid of these bad thoughts you have my relaxing, either take a long bath, go in a room with other people or just listen to music or go on social media, remember the person you care about most and think about what they would say if they found out

angry is an emotion and when we are angry with someone or about something we are actually upset or is disappointed on someone or over something. it can be anything and yes we feel sad and depressed and full of anger can cause you harm by being stressed and a lot of things to consider so we always need to be sure how to relax ourselves and how we can do that by doing things in which we enjoy but please include movements whether its a dance or something else its up to you.

In my opinion, when I felt that way before, it's just a way that feels like it gets the anger out. I don't know if it's the same for everyone, but it made me feel better.

Perhaps because you feel the need to purge yourself of the emotion, so hurting yourself is a way of getting rid of that emotion and controlling it. Or perhaps because you are angry at yourself and feel you deserve to be punished.

you feel the need to have an outlet for your anger; you need to cope with what you're feeling. the need to hurt yourself stems from the desire to make your angry feelings go away and to be able to focus on something else. however, never ever hurt yourself - use a safe coping strategy that will not hurt anyone.

Sometimes we can view self harm as an outlet to let out our frustration and, in some cases, punish ourselves for the anger/what caused the anger.

Anger is an emotion that demands to be felt sadly. It takes quite awhile to understand this concept and realize that regardless to how much you put off releasing your anger- it'll build up. Take your time, take some deep breaths and find a safe outlet for your emotions c:

Hurting yourself is viewed as a way to take everything out on yourself instead of others. It can be a way to try and hurt the demons that are inside of you. It is never the way to relieve anger and seeking professional help is always a smart idea if it comes to that point.

Usually when we are angry we just want it to stop. Sometimes we can't relieve our anger by expressing it to the person we are angry at, or change the situation we are angry about, so we just have to endure it, and that can be very hard to sit with. We may direct our anger towards ourselves and feel the need to "punish" ourselves, or we may seek the relief that comes from the endorphin rush that often happens after self harm. Self harm can become a habit since it can give relief, so it can become a self-reinforcing cycle that is hard to break. Identifying coping methods to deal with anger and using replacement behaviors instead of self harming can help break the cycle. You can find more information about self harming in the self help topics section of 7 cups.

It could be for a sense of relief. Or to perhaps punish yourself for whatever has made you angry enough to hurt yourself. It could also be so that you take your anger out on yourself and not others. It might be a good idea to go see a counsellor to get a perspective on the issue, providing you feel comfortable with the idea of course.

It looks like you blame and try to punish yourself. Everything is not your fault and hurting yourself will not make anything better.

Anger is expressed outward. You are angry at someone or something causing you pain or frustration. When your personality is repressed, anger becomes directed inward, both as a punishment and as a stop-gap release measure. The punishment is supposed to, like a flame, remind you that you are doing something you aren't supposed to. However, because you are expressing some form of anger, even incorrectly, you still get a moment of release from it. However, because of that lack of full release, it creates more tension and anger, which spirals wildly inside the person. Its why hurting yourself doesn't do anything but provide momentary release. When you incorrectly apply anger, it creates more of it, like drilling a hole in a boat to release water. More holes, more water gets in. You have a right to your feelings. Validating your feelings is part of what the anger is there for. Without feelings, we'd leave our hands in open flames, pick up knives by their edge, do other dangerous things. That much anger needs physical and outward expression. Wanting to punch something is quite healthy. Boxing gloves and a bag are actually very therapuetic tools for expressing anger. It gets you active, it allows you to express anger in a healthy way and, properly done, no one is hurt in the process. Before you can deal with the cause of your anger, you have to deal with the feeling, and that feeling needs a physical expression for it. Screaming while you box would be even better, double the amount of expression. After you have exhausted yourself from boxing and screaming, then you can begin to understand where that feeling is coming from.

Sometimes when we get angry, we either blame ourselves for the situation or view becoming angry as a loss of self-control that needs to be punished. Regardless, feeling as if you need to hurt yourself is never a good feeling and those thoughts need to be addressed.

It is a way in which you channel your anger. Anger usually makes people do destructive things.

Because you want to feel something else other than anger. If you hurt yourself you won't just feel angry; you'll feel pain too.