Posted by Noa on May 22, 2000, at 8:22:33
In reply to Re: Rage and Cutting Revisited Noa amd Janet, posted by Elizabeth on May 22, 2000, at 3:46:07
Elizabeth, good to have you around again. Where ya been?
>You know, what I don't get is, why does it work at all (even in the short term)?
I wonder, too. I have heard that it can stimulate endorphin release, but so can a lot of other things. Why cutting?
I keep thinking there HAS to be an evolutionary analog---some way that cutting or an analogous behavior has advantages for survival in certain circumstances, either because of the apparent effects of the injury, or because of biochemical effects.
Could there be any relationship between pathological self-injury cutting, and ritualized cutting for cultural initiations, like circumcision, or the kind of cutting that is done in some cultures, creating elaborate designs in the skin?
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