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yes, maybe, no, i don't know.
what kind of pain are we talking about? living is a pain in the a** on it's own, i usually don't need anymore. and there's no way to relieve that pain afaik.

Do you ever cause yourself pain?
Sometimes yes. Sometimes intentional, sometimes unintentional. I think it's very difficult to avoid self-caused pain.

Does certain pain make you feel dead or more alive?
Nope. It just makes me feel pain.

How do you relieve yourself from pain, or what do you do to make it happen?
It depends on what kind it is. With physical pain, if it is severe I will use pain-killers, if it is mild I will tolerate it until it goes away, if it is minimal then I'll probably forget about it before it goes away.

If it's emotional pain then I'll just be patient with myself and work through it, or with it, or something.

I don't think you're crazy, I also know that you're not the only one. There are other people out there that I have heard mention it before.

[+] Yes, well, at least my body does. Cramps painful enough for me to faint on the way to the restroom and then vomit out of my nose. : D

[+] "It just makes me feel pain." and vomiting. xD

[+] Ummm... Take enough medicine to put me into a dazed muggy consciousness, so that even though the pain is stil there, I am not fainting from it. : D

Yup that's me and pain.

I get mental pain from school most of the time. It isn't because I'm learning, it's because it causes strain on the eyes and neck muscles which can trigger painful headaches for me.
Emotionally I think I'm corrupt. I try not to make myself emotionally hurt, but when I'm writing it happens often from what's going on. Also things or people around me could upset me but I try not to make it too much of a scene.
Physically I hurt myself often to make myself feel real, or to forget about my other worries. Pain is something I adore, because normally I'm all shut up, and after I cut or something of the sort I either feel better or it helps me let out tears. The thing I don't like about it is I'm addicted to it, and also the next day it's painful and sometimes annoying to cover up.

There you are! I've been wondering where you have been. biggrin

I suppose it also depends on who is listening. I don't understand cutting completely, and I do not judge people who do cut because judgement doesn't do anything other than inflate one's own ego by using the limbs of others' suffering, in my opinion.

If someone, in person, told me they cut, I tell them that I am honored that they felt comfortable enough with me to disclose such personal information. Then I would ask them why they cut. The cutting itself is not really important, in my opinion, but what thoughts and emotions motivate it.

If you take away blades and other instruments, you are not solving the causes of cutting. You're looking only at the symptoms - something that the West is notorious for doing. It is like banning a video game because you think it causes violent behavior, rather than looking at the behavior itself and where that comes from.