i never have, and don't plan on it. i don't see how it can be OKAY. i seriosuly don't see the point when it just makes you have MORE pain because well.. your CUTTING yourself. ah, just doesn't make sense. i have no idea why people would want to HURT themselves more. and it reveals pain? gaaah..


well anyways, just my opinion.

Okay..

For those of you that don't understand why a person would cut themselves or anything like that, please click here.

It is a very good site if you're wondering about why people would do such a thing.

Erg, i think Cutting yourself..is wrong, you're actually hurting yourself. w/o realizing it, because your hurt inside.. But just tell you friend HOW You personally feel, instead of telling her to stop...

tell her how you feel and be there for her.. find out whats bugging her if it doesnt bother her.. and tell her that she should try to stop or let her do what she wants for now. and alert her parents

Man..so many of my friends have done this..but its not really a problem solver, just another problem.

I think it's a really retarded thing to do to urself and whoever does it has serious issues. Why in tha world would I wanna hurt and mess up myself to feel better? I juss don't get it. That's sum depression shizz.

you either understand it or you don't.

it doesn't relieve pain as in "ouch i fell off my bike" kinda pain. but morely emotional pain.

and believe it or not, it actually works.

if you don't understand it, consider yourself lucky. because the pain that actually leads to it is so unbearable that sometimes people just... break.

cuttnig does help when your sad/angry. its impossible to understand unless you have actually been through it. all people who cut/have cut would agree with me. its a very interesting feeling that you cant express in words. if your really curious about what it feels like, then cut yourself.

I AM NOT A CUTTER ANYMORE

i cut myself. i havent done it for a few months because i promised my boyfriend that i wouldnt do it. I dont want to hurt him so i dont do it

your sig is waaayy to big.

I was originally going to write my whole paragraph on how I think cutting is stupid, but when I read the article about Self-Injuring that Despise linked, it all made sense to me now...

so this is what I think (IN MY OPINION):
people who like to cut can go cut because they can't control their own actions, while people who are smart enough not cut to won't cut, and can cope with depression without physical injuries, AND actually control themselves! Yay!

note to self: I am so going to hell....

^^ so basically your saying people who cut are stupid? wow...that is just...wow NO.

What kind of dumbf**k would cut themselves. Stupid white folk.

Dang Yula, why you gotta be so stupid. it's not an issue to play around with. I'm not saying people who do this are stupid, its the situation (because a situation that causes you to do it, is never as bad as we make it) & the idea of doing such a thing is stupid. Not the person. Just talk about things with someone you trust.

wow. give us more statements to support your "fact", please.

What's up w/ "white" folk You're quite interesting.

It's your right if you want to cut. I used to cut and I'll admit on several occasions I've thought about starting again, but it takes a bit of common sense for you to realize it's not helping. And that's where logic comes in and that's why I quit. People can cut if they want, but it's not doing them any permenant good. It's only temporary relief. But it's entirely their right and people who try to preach to them really need to get a life. It's not wrong or right.

It's a way of relieving pain and if people want to do it LEAVE THEM THE F**K ALONE

Hell yeah.

*claps*

Very well said.

Haha *bows* Thank you very much. Why is this in relationships again?

Now THAT I have nooo idea about...
Most of the cutting threads always get moved here, and I really don't understand that. I mean, I guess because a lot of people cut because of a bad relationship, whether it has to do with a friendship, a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, family, etc., but not everyone that cuts chooses to cut because of that, so honestly... I'm not sure.

err guys.. if you're like "dude that's stupid only idiots do that," please don't post.

sometimes it's better to feel the physical pain.... it kinda lets out the other pain... this is just from what i understand.... i don't think it's good for u to cut.

i do it... and worse sometimes.... don't think i can talk about it here. Sometimes I just want the pain to stop. I am seeing a shrink and i'm not gonna do anything REALLY bad... so don't worry.

I guess i've made enough of a fool of myslef

its not the fact that its right or wrong its the reasons that you do it. I know lots of people that do it to relieve pain and honestly...sometimes its the only thing that helps. If your friend says shes doing it because of that then let her figure out her own mistakes. If shes acting suicidal and talking about death and not wanting to be here anymore then take action and speak up.

I used to cut I was under so much stress.

I use to think it was "pathetic" not that i dont now,
but i understood more about it after my friend started to
cut herself.

they don't wanna keep hearing us say they're stupid,
if people start cutting themselves they really need someone
to talk to or just to be there for them.

Well, my friend ,i helped her out by making a dairy
cause whenever shes in pain, when she wants to
talk about her problem shes starts crying and it makes
me cry, too and i feel that i couldn't help her,cause
all we see in the end is everyone drained in tears.

the diary helped us both alot when she was in pain,
i'd pass her the dairy ,pat her back and told her im
there for her and left her alone to write everything.
this diary thing went on for 2 years and she LOVES her skin now
even when we talk about her cutting her skin, shes scared :D.

they need time to heal, instead of dissing them.
DO LISTEN and take things easy with them.

STOP CALLING THEM STUPID, everyone has those troubled days.
i never did it cut my wrist, i won't and will never but i don't mind helping those
who do.

old as the topic is I feel like throwing in my 2 cents. Cutting helps. This is how it used to go for me - I'd get pissed off and depressed and I couldn't express it because I was so obsessed with keeping up this perfect image for my parents and for my sister to look up to. After building everything up I'd cut myself. Deep enough to bleed. Deep enough to scar. The adrenaline rush and release would put my in a calm for awhile, until the whole thing repeated. I think what helped me stop the most was having friends that understood AND having friends that wanted me to stop.

FS Brie! That site. Escalates in your 20s?! Escalates?! That would have killed me... God.

im sorry but, f**k you. that pissed me off real bad. you obvoiusly have never cut before or are too shallow to understand why people cut and how it feels.

im not even gonna quote all the people who say cutters are stupid ignorant bitches because there are just too many and that just pisses me off so bad. as i have said at least 18 times now...YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT FEELS UNLESS YOU HAVE DONE IT. AND IF YOU DECIDE TO AUTOMATICALLY JUDGE PEOPLE WHO DO CUT THEN YOUR A STUPID IGNORANT BITCH.
cutting is not for cowards who are afraid to commit suicide. at least cutters have the courage to hurt themselves, im sure you people wouldnt even have the guts to prick yourself with a needle. im sorry, but im just so pissed off right now after i read all the posts from people who say that cutters shallow.
I DONT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH CUTTING, i really dont. society is what makes cutting seem so bad. honestly...answer my question..whats wrong with cutting? besides its "causing more pain" or "its hurting yourself!" cause those are just all the reasons why cutters do cut. cutting is a beauiful thing, and i dont say that in a morbid, depressed, psycho way.
its hard for cutters to debate about cutting because its just so much easier to be on the non cutters side because all cutters have to say is "you never know until you've actually done it" and i think thats why so many choose to be on the non cutting side of todays society. they're confused about it.
FUUUCKK


okay im done, thank you. *takes a deep breath* IM HAPPY.

if you're doing it on purpose i don't think that's ok.

cutting is stupid, it has no meaning... and it does hurt, never tried, but i know what hurts and what doesnt... tell her that you dont like it, and try to get her help

I've known people @ my skool who cut themselves..This one girl cutted herself & her boyfriend started cutting himself soOo she would stop soOo that everytime she cutt herself he would feel her pain with her!!..seems kind of dumb to do, but the guy realli cared for her & realli loved her...& she felt guilty so she stopped..

how do you know if its stupid or not when you havent even tried it?

i don't cut. i cringe at the thought. but people have different ways to handle the pain that they face && i respect that

^thank you.

cutting is bad I guess... that's what everyone tells me, but it is a way to get rid of some emotional pain for a little bit. All my friends get mad at me for doing it, but I don't care. It helps keep me somewhat sane... although my friends say that you have to be insane in the first place to do something like that... so I rephrase that. It keeps me alive. Think about it.

cutting isn't really that bad

Um.. isn't the pain the point?



Well, they don't care what you think.



It RELIEVES pain. It's taking your mind off of your mental stress and into physical pain. There are several reasons why people cut. Stop being so narrow-minded.



SO f**king TRUE.



You are extremely narrow-minded as well. Retarded? What the hell is wrong with you? Please, go educate yourself before you make a comment like that.

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ARRRRRR

^People are stupid.

I used to cut, but I don't anymore... and it really did take away my emotional pains...

^ i completely agree with you, even though i've never done it i hear it relieve stress-painfully, but i guess people are used to it i totally respect that although i'd prefer findind a different way to relieve stress like music, i have nothing agaisnt cutters. But sometime they worry me im afraid they might lose blood or cause an infection.

^ Whoa. That was an awesome post. Anyone who can't respect other peoples' choices can burn in hell.

i am trying to quit. it is so hard, but i know that it hurts so many other people and i dont want to be like this anymore.
i agree with both of the posts above me.

cutting helped me out alot. it was nice having something secretive about myself. like my little thing i could take care of and no one else could see. i ended up fussing to my dad [i was already on depression pills] and i got a high dosage and realized i don't need to cut and plus it will get me in alot of trouble if anyone finds out. there are other ways to cope with pain.

I understand the reasons, just wouldn't do it myself.... thought a bout it, but won't do it.

eh...cutting. i tried it once to see what the hell the big deal is. I didn't really find anything to come out of it, but w/e. Anyway, tell your friend how you feel about it and make her see the reality of cutting herself, i.e. doesn't take away the pain, hurts herself and her family, etc. Also tell her that nuthing is so bad that you have to hurt yourself over.

all your doing is killing yourself.. or just getting your self killed in a slow way...

how are you killing yourself? unless of course you cut really deep... in which case you could die, but most people don't. What people don't understand is that the emotional pain is so bad that it feels like it's killing you slowly... eating away everything you ever cared about or ever enjoyed... eating your very soul away. It's hard to describe, and you don't understand unless you've felt that kind of pain. When you cut, it releases some of that. Your mind focuses on the physical pain and it relieves some of the emotional pain. Without the release that it provides, it gets harder and harder to live each day and I noticed that the longer I go without cutting, the more I start thinking about suicide. So think of it this way. Cutting helps you live.

Anyone who says that cutters are stupid or some shit like that can burn in hell for all I care. I know everyone says it's wrong, but think about it. If it helps the person live then how can it be so wrong? People can't help the way they feel to start out with... but they can relieve some of the pain. so quit being narrow minded bitches and try to see it our way for once. I've at least examined your point of view before making my conclusion, why can't you do the same? maybe you'll change your mind if you at least try to consider it from my point of view.

Emo faggots. End of story.

... If you try to cut and say it's stupid, you are stupid. People only cut because they want to cut. Cutting your flesh in itself is usually not necessarily for pleasure, but merely to neutralize pain. And again, respect other peoples' choices and opinions and don't say they are stupid for doing what they need to do. They have a reason. Leave them alone. Thanks.

f**k you a**hole.

there are a lot more healthier and less painful ways to deal with anger and depression

Cutting releases endorphines which give you the sense of happiness...but, y'know what? There are safer && more beneficial alternatives than cutting yourself. Suggest eating chocolate...umm, but not going overboard, chocolate makes you feel happy because of endorphines...&& excersising, endorphines as well.

I used to cut whenever my dad was, yeah. I got over that, my mom kicked my dad's ass for me.

Sometimes people do it && say it makes them feel better for attention, but I don't wanna accuse your friend of that, I don't even know her, it's not my place. Whatever her reason is, all that matters is that it's dangerous && it draws your concern for her health....Telling her your feelings on what she's doing to herself is the best tactic. Maybe she just needs to know someone's there for her? I'm sure you're there for her, so she can talk to you about things.

You people are idiots, cutting yourselves? How lame. Go cut someone else and see how you feel then.

yeah, I heard that... but that's the main reason people cut. It's more... redirecting the pain