Yes it does, but others cannot get why people cut. It is sort of like when you get a painful surgery they might have someone sqeeze your hand or when you were around 7 and were told when you wreck your bike and get all cut up to put pressure on it or shake it off, well sure it hurts and is just more pain but it get s your mind onto a different thing to think about. So when you cut it helps take over or distract you from that Psychological pain.