I see that a lot. I love it. (Not the cutting ... just how it's like ... an analogy!)

I think its just nasty i dont understand how people can do that to themselves and it might relieve pain at first but its really causing more pain then before.

you obviously have never cut before

no, and u can cut a main arttery ppl o_O

leave the cutting up for michel myers, leatherface, jason vorhees, freddy kruger, ect.

its kinda wrong but no offnce but you are being a control freak or something...

i cut too..i think i have depression..yea...

it's not a matter of if people THINK that cutting is wrong or not.





BECAUSE IT IS. It's straight out wrong and disgusting...and pitiful. Cutting is for low-lifes that can't deal with stress or their problems. Inflicting pain on urself using a knife or razor or switchblade? Shame on you...fool.


And if you cut -- you may do it because you're a coward. Cutting is for people that don't have the balls to commit suicide. Why do so many people taking living for granted?

I do that too sometimes.....it juz helps sumtimes.....cuz u can let out the pain....

talk to her about how you feel about the situation and if she won't stop, just try to help her through her problems to give her another solution besides cutting.

I've come close to cutting myself but then i remember that my boyfriends psychotic ex used to do it and I dont want to be anything like her

well of course its bad for yourself. you can miss and kill yourself. But you need to be supportive. try and talk to a councelor about the problem. Any kind of self inflicted pain is dangerous. She needs to get some help soon. Just make sure she knows you love her and are there for her. People who cut usually feel alone. Help her not to feel that way.

oh my f**king god. some of you are making me unbelieveably pissed off.

like half of you are typing shit that looks like you didn't even take the f**king time out to think about WHY and WHAT MOTIVATES people to cut.

i cut. not for attition *COUGH COUGH*. i cut b/c i've tryed everything else and everything else only worked for a BIT.



you SOUND like a stupid little ignorant bitch. and same with the other person who quoted you..

DID YOU EVEN THINK FOR A SECOND ABOUT THE LITTLE EDIMORFIENES (sp? can't spell. its the happy hormones. haha.) THAT GET SENT TO YOUR BRAIN WHEN YOU CUT? THAT IS WHY PEOPLE f**king CUT. B/C IT ACCUALLY DOES MAKE YOU HAPPY. also it is a distraction it makes you focus on the pain instead of the other mental emotional things that are going on.

people who cut are the oppisite of suicidles. cutters cut to live.. its a way of managing things so we can get on with our life... suicidles try to f**king DIE WICH IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF CUTTING. like duh to the 437249 power.

*****

and to the girl with the cutting friend. what ever the f**k you do, do NOT make her promise you. if she breaks that promise it will most likely make her feel as if she can't come to you about it b/c she feels as if she let you down. and i can bet you, if you do make her promise that she will break it.

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AND BTW. only half of the post-er people in here are pissing me off because they are acting like little ignorant bitches and f**kers.

HAVE A PEACHY DAY

<333 you all. who are not little ignorant f**kers.



by the way.. umm.. karamelle.. that's a little bit unlikely. only if your cutting like WAYY deep.. you hit a MAJOR blood vessle.. and you don't DO ANYTHING about it.

This is a touchy subject..but eh...I join the wagon in saying cutting is dumb and wrong, because it is...it makes no sense to me as to why the hell people would do that to themselves.





Yes you can...there's been lots of incidents with people that cut themselves that have "missed" and struck a vessel...especially down towards your wrist area where there's a lot of vessles and veins...blood will pour like wine from a bottle.

I don't know why people cut themselves...if self inflicted harm is the way to relieve stress or something else then wow...I don't know what to say.



No they aren't the opposites...they're quite the same as suicidal people in my eyes...they're overly stressed...

...they inflict bodily harm upon themselves...all for the wrong reasons. I take that from all of the incidents where they've missed and hit a vein and just saying "screw it", they just let themselves die.

It seems like the people that support cutting call the people who are against it "ignorant"

So I'm ignorant as well... ^_^

There are other solutions to this problem rather than taking stress out on yourself. I mean...don't you see something wrong with inflicting harm upon yourself????? Or is it just me.



Count me in.

-Kevyn

you seem to think that people who do it dont know that it is wrong. maybe they know that it is wrong, but hey if its the only thing that you think will help that will take priority in your brain over what is wrong and right. i mean its not the best way to deal with problems n i know that for a fact but if its your only option at the time then thats what your going to do. its a mental state that somone puts themselves in. its hard to explain unless your in that situation wich u obviously have never been in.

And what you said about cutting making somone a coward...sory all i can say back to you is you arogant bitch.

i have done it before. I did it a bit ago I think because i believed it relieved some things. I know I wouldnt do it. I promised my boyfriend that i wouldnt so I am keeping my promise. I dont like to see it when he is hurt because it hurts me

i use to cut myself when i was in grade 1 or 2.... the pain itself makes you forget about the emotional pain, it also helps release anger and haterd.... since everything was always my fault and I was always the wrong, I had to forgive myself inorder to live, so I cut myself as punishment... I thought I deserves it, and I thought I was doing everyone else a favor...

And no, I didn't cut myself for attension!!! I had enough of that crap already. I just want to be alone without the blames, the yelling, and the beating. And no, I didn't have anyone to talk to! My silbings were the ones who were against me! My teachers were the one who yelled at me 24-7! My parents were the one who did most of the beating! Plus the kids in school are kind of like bullies, I get made fun alot. AND NO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS THAT I TRUSED! I'm not even sure if i had any sort of friends back then... But than again, nobody had any friends, making friends in school is not a right thing in the place that I grew up. And no, I do not want or need pitty! I don't even know the word pitty means no more.

I gave my brother and sister a chance and told them what's been happening, and they told my parents! And guess what!? I GOT MORE BEATS!! They told me that I was selfish and it really hurts them and is true. It hurts them because if I die, there goes their 7 or 8 years of effort and all the benefits that they are going to get when I grow up! Like my parents even told me and reminded me. I'm sorry for hurting my parents, but hello!? I HAVE FEELINGS TOO !! Shocking eh!? Althought I was only in grade one or two, I was indeed very selfish. Nobody cared how I felt or my thoughts, so I considered myself.
Am I a selfish b***h? Hmm.... Sure why not, is not like it matters.

i've never been in the situation because i choose not to be. you all are acting like cutting is uncontrollable, when it isnt. YOU ARE YOUR OWN PERSON. YOU HAVE THE WILLPOWER AND STRENGTH TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. it's like being hooked on drugs, smoking, or having an alcohol problem. you choose to put yourself in the situation, and you CAN get out of it with the help of others. There are so many more solutions to relieve stress than cutting. It's as if people blame their life and problems for the reason that they cut. If you are ok with yourself being cut up, bruised, and scarred for life--then by all means, cut away. just stay away from me.

i wouldn't be able to wake up in the morning with marks all over my body. i dont know how anyone could. you call me an arrogant bitch, but i think that cutters are selfish, and the arrogant bitches. they inflict pain on themselves when other helpless people are being abused by their parents everyday and getting scars all over their bodies. it's sickening to know that people take life for granted.

uhh. EXCUSE ME? i mean come on! you know like they did a study in 1988 or something that showed out of every 100,000 people 780 ((or something like that)) people have SI? AND DO YOU THINK THAT ALL OF THEM ARE SELFISH ARROGANT BITCHES?

AND HELLO! CUTTERS DONT COMMIT SUICIDE NOT BECAUSE THEY "DONT HAVE ENOUGH BALLS TOO" BUT THEY ARE USING CUTTING AS A WAY TO HELP GET THROUGH LIFE. I mean. DO YOU THINK?!

And haha.. if you accidently go through a thorn bush you'll get scratches all over your body and you'll wake up in the morning WITH scratches all over your body. AND SO PEOPLE CAN AND THEY DO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH SCRATCHES ALL OVER THEIR BODY. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY CUT.

And seriously, cutters don't nessicarly take life for granted... what the hell gave you that idea? I mean, cutting is a weird cycle type thing for those who try to quit. And people like you MAKE THE CYCLE WORSE. Hah.

So bitch, i'm giving you some advice, SHUT YOUR TRAP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOING TO SAY BEFORE YOU SAY IT, OR FACE "LITTLE SELFISH IGNORANT BITCHES" LIKE ME.

oh and. what you said, just crossed the line for me. i'm sorry to tell you. but most cutters end up going to counciling, or getting put on anti-depressants. Its something not only your friends and family can help you with. But to start with, do you know how scary it is to be put in the position of coming out and trying to get help? I mean, that means you have to hurt someone else by telling them that the person they love is hurting themselves ON PURPOSE and they can't stop, and they didn't even come to you for help AND it seems as if they didn't attempt to try a diffrent method. The one of the most heart breaking moments in my life is when i finally told my mom. and we got in this huge agument. and at one point i said "but i'm not killing myself" and in TEAR FILLED eyes she quietly stated "but it seems as if you are" And don't get me started on alcohol problems.

but enough of me... i want to know what YOU have to say about all what i just said. and anyone else too.



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^^yayyyy! good for you!! you deserve a cookie. b/c you didn't cut. And remember, don't. It isn't that great when you get started.



umm. but some people DONT CUT TWARDS THE WRIST AREA FOR THAT REASON. And if they do, well then they should already know the consiquences of cutting neer there. Its like if you were gonna cut your finger, you should know that its gonna hurt a lot the next day b/c there's a lot of nerves around that area. ((people should know this from finger pricks and such))



and yess. the feeling of knowing there is someone that is going to be there for you and loves you is a wonderful feeling. Expecially if they love you and are going to be there for you NO MATTER WHAT. EVEN IF THEY DO CUT.



yeahh a lot of people i know are like that. They either are afraid of the pain, or something of that sort.

jeeze, i dont know why ANYONE would...the reflex of pain is there so you can react to a stimulus that would damage your body...

i saw a comment up there about parents n how it hurts them. ohhhh maaan i CANNOT TELL you how much it hurts them. it took me a lot of sh*t to realize this...i'm not just my mom's & dad's "investment". they expect great things from me, yet they want to keep none of it. i'm their baby. yes at freaking 17, i'm their BABY. im also their immortality. their legacy. future. whatever. im sure your parents feel the same way. if i was a parent witnessing my child engaging in self-destructive behavior...God, i don't know what i'd do. i'd be so overwhelmed with helplessness i wouldn't know what to do. mann...anyway...its a terrible cycle of negative feelings. it comes in your teenage years. jus hang tough. deal with theshit. if life's being a bitch, slap it up reall nice and make it your bitch. excuse my French. this is a delicate topic and i'd rather say no more besides

Prozac....^_^ daaaaaahhhhhh

you cant just choose not to be in a situation like that. what if you dont have that inner strength? then wat are you going to do? you right it is like being hooked on drugs it can turn into an addiction. yes i think people can get out of it with help of others but they have to get taht help and its sometimes embarrasing for people to tell people about it. you seem to think that its something that people to do show off. and you think people who cut dont wake up in the morning and realize what they have done? When your in that mental state it DOES NOT MATTER. nothing matters except feeling better. and then after a few times your brain connects and makesa circuit that wenever you feel a certain way your brain knwos that to make yourself feel better you cut. thats why it is so hard to stop. i dont think that they are ok waking up and having scars or bruises.

i dont think cutters are selfish (some might be depends on why they are doing it). but tell me this if your mom has passed away from cancer (no mine hasnt im just givcing and example) and you cut just to relieve this huge loss and this huge emptiness that you are feeling is that being selfish? i think cutters to know how sickening it is that they do it. but i dont think they know how to stop.

btw, im talking from alot of experience here

hem.... i think cutting yourself is a very stupid and naive act.

ive done it before and it relieved pain

well it didnt relieve pain it some what the pain felt good but anyways lemme get to my point cutting is bad (i dont do it anymore) so if u want u can do it but if u stop thats good

I have the same problem, my friend does it too :( She told us to stop, but i dont really believe that.. I dont know what to do too

please care to explain why.


ah hahahha. i love that.

but yeah, cutting for me does help. and now currently i'm trying to get help with it.

<3 erin

there was an article about it on the Magazine Seventeen. .. i get monthly subscribed to the magazine . . .^.^ i've read that this girl had been raped by his cousin or brother ? and she was really stressed and had pressure for the reason that she got raped.. so she began cutting herself .. which she thought relieved her pain ... she quickly got help from those doctor ppl .. which made her feel better and had stop cuttin herself .. you should tell an adult or eventually teacher that she has been cutting herself ... it can maake deep scars or if you continue doing it for a lot of times , it may be a habit and you cant quit it .. watch out over her , i suggest .. .

sorry to hear about that ..

It has been over 4 years since I cut myself. It is so stupid. I don't think i did it for attention, maybe partially. For one, it definately shows that you are not satisfied with yourself, you are blaming everything that happens on yourself, and then feel a desire to punish yourself for it, so you cut yourself. Abusing yourself makes you feel better because you don't like yourself. Cutting yourself is a sign of low self-esteem and self-acceptance, and for me was a prelude to a depression that lasted for 2 years of my life. Then it was serious, I wanted to die, I seriously wanted to kill myself. I had a seizure one time. The scars of depression were much deeper than any wound I could have made with a knife.

Don't tell her not to do it, tell her why she shouldn't do it. Tell her it destroys your skin and blood cells, or something like that. I'm not exactly the doctor type. lol

Sometimes people just cut themselve not for attention but maybe because they are missing a part of their life and don't know what to do. I say this because my friend used to cut herself before.
The advice I can give you right now is just talk to her and that pretty all you could do. Try to figure out why she does it.

cutting isn't good at all. it makes you bleed. i've done it like 2 or 3 times.. but that was a while ago. and you know what it doesn't relieve shit. sometiems its just them wanting attention.. but yeah help your friend cause that's self mutilation.

Heck no, you're hurting yourself :(

bad bad. it hurts even when i get a paper cut.

Now it is.

I dun think it's right. One of my friends used to do that. She was going through a really tough time and there was always one thing that happened to her dad that she blamed herself for. She was threatening to kill herself and I told her...it's not worth it. I told her as well to let it go and that it wasn't her fault her father died adn she had no idea what was going on.

Just tell her that you don't think that its worth it, you know her cutting herself. And that whatever the problem is that with your help (if she'll let you) she can pull through it. It'll make her a better person to know that she has a friend like you she can count on.

I'll be praying for your friend that she'll pull through. And No I'm not a big religious person either if that's what you all think.

~*~*~DeCePT10N -ess~*~*~

heh. I've been on again off again about that. I don't do it for attention, I do it because it really does relieve stress for me.

*shrug* I haven't done it for a while now, though. I suppose thats a good thing.

i really dont get why people cut themselves.
yeah they must not like themselves, and hate life, but dont most of the people in this world hate life?
cutting yourself just loses blood.
if youre going to cut yourself and make everybody worry about you, might as well kill yourself while youre at it.

no offense to the people that does it.
i just dont like the idea of hurting your ownself, thinking it wont hurt others when meanwhile, its hurting others that knows about it, BADLY.

JUST.. think before you act.
...
seriously, whats losing blood going to do to you?
you should be trying to work things out, not trying to lose blood and get your carpet or just wood floor dirty with red spots.

wastes time cleaning all that crap up.

It is wrong- Most of the time people don't realize what they're really doing at the time.

It's especially stupid to do it just for attention, but if this person is the nice, sweet type they probably have a reason. Cutting is probably really common in those types of people because when they have a problem they don't want to take it out on anyone else, so they take it out on themselves.

Either way, it's wrong but most cutters do wish to quit- they just feel like they can't handle it most times and don't regret it until after they "recover" from their self-mutilation issues....

Or something...

wow ur cool.

I've been through the same thing as you have before, but i've been in your shoes and her's. the last thing she needs right now is a friend who's all over her back, be there for her but don't be her mother. let her come to you if she needs help and comfort her as much as possible and try to hint that cutting isn't a good thing but don't insist her on stopping. maybe you should see if she wants to talk to someone- professional. the school psychologist, guidance counselor, or a therapist or psychiologist outside of school. she may need to be medicated.

That's f**king sick.
Hit her.

I've thought of it once... but i knew it would hurt... ppl always think im happy, even though deep down inside im not... well, some b*tch i really hate cuts herself, since i hate her i wish she dies but u should tell ur friend to stop. though i was just thinking of trying it......

suggest her painkillers! not funny.
But, cutting yourself relieves pain?!
What wryed logic is that?
And i thought it inflicts more pain.
Cutting yourself, seeing your blood gushing out and all that does not make your emptiness, your disappointment, your depression go away.
Those might not get more serious.
But you will be leaving scars for yourself and may die under the hands of oneself.
WAKE UP HER IDEAS, that's what you should do.
I know it's not gonna be easy. But that's the only way

the point.. or my point when i did it was not to see my own blood move. i didn't do it to know i was alive, like some other people. people have different reasons for doing it.

cutting does release pain, but people fail to mention that this is emotional pain. cutting causes physical pain, which to me, is much more bearable than the emotional type.

people also do it for attention. which is stupid.
and i never did it so much that it soaked into the floor.

just be there for the person that's cutting.

One of my closest friends committed suicide grieving over his sister's suicide.

She was a cutter. But she only cut once. Right down the main vein.

Two months later, he blew his brains out with a .357.

Don't let people cut.

It is supposed to help with relieving stress. Some people get all emo and say that it's the only pain that they could control, so that is why they did it.

I'm not going to lie. I've done it before. I used to do it a lot, but I don't even see the point in it right now. I don't get it. It doesn't relieve much of anything. If anything, it adds onto your problems, because you have to go to the trouble of keeping this a secret (that is if you're not doing it for attention) and hiding the scars/wounds and all of that, so it's almost more trouble than it's worth.

the very act of cutting defies logic.

the song Bad Habit by The Dresden Dolls is very accurate as to how it feels.

It does relieve pain of a psychological nature. Its hard to e xplain, but it does.

cuttin urself.. seems normal to me.. i noe.. ppl say it is ew and it hurts... but if it doesnt hurt why would u do tht?? ... my gd fd.. cuts herself.. and altho i agree that u shouldnt do it.. and i dunno... cuz i do sumtimes cut too.. it hurts.. but it reali relieves the pain.. u hve to try to noe it.. but.. one thing is... if u arent hurt or depressed DUNT cut urself...
BeV

i think its wrong-
its funny though, cause i used to do it and it felt like it was relieving pain. but i later realized that what it was really doing was distracting me from the other pain i was feeling. and later, i had to hide the scars, i would look at them and be fascinated by them and at the same time somewhat disgusted by them. the only thing that helped me quit was to deal withthe situations that made me upset enough to cut and then to take a look at the bible- Psalm 139 and others- where it talks about how God sees me and how he was in total control and could comfort me if i let him. i won't lie, the thought to cut does cross my mind but i just think of how i used to feel and how i've changed for the better and that i don't want to be there or like that again.
i'll be praying for your friend-

i have done in the past but i stiopped cuz there is really no ponit

what it does is get rid of the pain rite there becuz ur feeling other pain but later on its gonna hurt even more


i regret doin it