Many teens claim to cut not for the thrill at all, but for the feeling that they get that confirms that they can "feel something real."

I think that is so sad. This is not a small group of kids - all trying to feel something in a world where they have become so de-sensitized. Apparently the cutting gives them some sort of "relief" that they are not completely numb.

I think there are a lot of copycats out there at this point - just want to look like they have this deep need to feel something.