I don't know how it effects everyone, but I know that it helped numb personal repressed negative emotion.
I have also come to terms, and have been able to tell myself that as much as I wasn't doing it for attention, I was.
I know that I was doing it to numb the emotional hurt I was feeling, but I also know what I was doing it so that I had something to hide, so that maybe someone would see. I was like I didn't want people to see it, but I wanted them to know? I don't know. It was something like that.
Well, I started cutting when I was 16, and stopped when I turned 19; when the Lord got a hold of me. Well, as I gave myself over to the Lord, I realized that Jesus wants to deal with that pain for me. It will still be tough, and hard getting to the place where you can give it up to Him. But He will ease the pain, without numbing or scarring you.
I don't know who I'm directing this at, or why I'm even posting, I was just browsing and saw this was headlined on the teen forum, and having felt so alone when I was a teen, I thought maybe I could help someone.
The Lord is there. He does love us. He does Help. His Comforter is with us.
Lord Bless you