cutting yourself... Options

[megan_x3]

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 ..

[Vozedale]

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.

[br0kenINSIDE_91]

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

[sleepie_cat]

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.

[xlaydee_v]

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.

[ANG33ZY]

Heck no, you're hurting yourself :(

[moo.]

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

[MeanBastard]

Now it is.

[gothicdork]

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~*~*~

[FailedSense]

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.

[iixSOOJINx]

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.

[[x]Mari[x]]

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...

[LOVE machine x]

cuttings awesome

wow ur cool.

[__heartache]

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.

[waitwaitwait]

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

[*XLilAznGrl592X*]

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......

[albusdolohov]

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

[fameONE]

[*suddenly she*]

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.

[fameONE]

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.

[inthemudhole]

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

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.

[FailedSense]

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.

[bbybevabluu]

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

[msseed]

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-

[rAwritsgWeg]

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