cutting yourself... Options

[KiriKiri]

I cut myself?..i don't do it for fun or popularity..I do it for depression and no love..even if my friends tell me to stop..it's my second time..the 1st time i did..i cut myself 3 times..then 2nd time..23 times on both wrist..I only do it..because my parent's hate me even if I'm an honor student and a good kid..they don't care and don't know what i do..

so if your saying I do it for attention..your all wrong...

and I'm not an maniac...or obsessive

[AngelinaTaylor]

I cut myself?..i don't do it for fun or popularity..I do it for depression and no love..even if my friends tell me to stop..it's my second time..the 1st time i did..i cut myself 3 times..then 2nd time..23 times on both wrist..I only do it..because my parent's hate me even if I'm an honor student and a good kid..they don't care and don't know what i do..

so if your saying I do it for attention..your all wrong...

and I'm not an maniac...or obsessive

Hold on. You can afford the internet, you have parents, you're a good student, I'm sure you're surrounded by people who love you, and you still cut yourself?

That seems illogical to me. Just.. don't do it. There are many people who can only dream to be in your shoes. Think about that.

Taylor``

[*This Confession*]

Then why not go get help, if you read all this stuff and see how people think its for attention and how wrong it is and how its "suicide is a perminant solution for a temporary problem" i just copied and pasted it.. And well cutting yourself is to kill yourself in other words. I don't get why you just sit there and cut yourself if your that depressed cut the other way and kill yourself already

Thats how I always looked at it. and if you only to do it for just a sudeen relief then go to a doctor and get some anti depressants
It takes about a week for them to fully start working
its better than nothing though


Look.

everything happens for a reason and somewhere out there someone has it worse than you

[musicfreak191]

cutting helps some people feel better. lots of people dont know this but cutting keeps some people from commiting suicide. i am a cutter and it helps a lot.

[AngelinaTaylor]

cutting helps some people feel better. lots of people dont know this but cutting keeps some people from commiting suicide. i am a cutter and it helps a lot.

Tell me, how does it help? How does it solve your problems? Don't give me that bullshit - I've been in your shoes and it DOES NOT HELP.

Taylor``

[*Uronacid*]

I STILL THINK CUTTING YOURSELF IS STUPID!!! I see it as a solution for people who don't want to face their problems. People who feel helpless. People who are weak. The funny thing is that, people are only as weak as they allow themselves to be... :?

[bnura]

Cutting oneself is something which only fools will do...

try to seek practical solutions for whatever problem you have...

seek the help of some good elders...

that will help you a lot...

[*ECD & C0*]

She might just want attention.

most cutters do so i don't give them any and usually they stop

[iminlovewithTomD...]

People that cut themselves are simply seeking attention, nothing more.

UNTRUE!

It's actually scientifically proven to relieve pain.

Pain releases endorphins, (which can also be released by working out, running, etc.) and when endorphins are released, it relieves your stress.

I've done it before, and after I did it, I didn't tell anyone for a month... my friend was cutting, and she didn't tell anybody for a long time. she didn't tell anybody until her arm was already really chopped up. People don't do it for attention, otherwise they'd show everyone right away. My friends that used to cut were really embarrassed about it. It's not an attention thing.

Though I don't believe it's the right thing to do. I think people should work their problems out instead of cutting them away. But there is this happy feeling that you get when you cut... sort of like, "Okay, I've punished myself good enough. I should be fine!" And plus the endorphins thing.

[sexthybeans]

sorry if this phrase is overused but....
tell her how you feel!
have you tried the "i care for you too much to see you hurt yourself like this," talk?

but if her cutting gets really serious (getting hospitalized for it, etc.) then you should tell a trusted adult. she may get mad at you at first, but she'll eventually realize that you did it for her sake.

[x_curse_of_the_c...]

okay listen i used to cut for a year and a half and what people need to realize is it's not for attention. you do it cause you hurt so much inside that you think maybe if it hurts physicaly i won't hurt so much mentally. and then you do it a couple of times when you feel sad and then afterword you feel incredibly guilty so guilty that you hide it from everyone. after a couple of times it's just like automatic you don't even think about doing it you just do. it's just what your brain knows how to do to make yourself feel better just like people who eat for comfort. and it's not because you want to be emo or hardxcore it's cause you have a problem. and yes i know some people do it for those reasons but after a couple of times they will get sucked in and they will be stuck until they can ask someone for help. like someone said it's a coping mechanism, a really hurtful one but a coping mechanism nonetheless. also if someone you know tells you they are cutting don't you dare call them stupid, retarted or anything like that cause then you just make it worse.

[*StanleyThePanda*]

^ Actually it did become a fad, and about 85% (or more) of the people I knew who did it, did it for attention.
Maybe some dont/didnt, but a lot of them did.

and yes, I have known people who didnt do it for attention either, but you can tell when one is doing it for attention or not.

[x_curse_of_the_c...]

yeah that's true it has become a fad. and it's really stupid cause it's making fun of and making it no big thing if people cut themselfs or any other form of self injury and that's sad. but it's still considered bad since they are doing it for attention because then what else are they doing for attention drugs, premiscuous sex, abusing alchol?[sp?] and they are more than likely deppressed and need help. i started doing SI for attention. but that was when i was like 10 and i would just scratch myself and my mother would be like what happened and be like aww. and stuff. and then it turned into an obbsession i was obbsessed by constantly making new cuts and then i actually started to think i looked better with them. but i got help and now im back to well i hate to use this term but normal.

[Allycat]

I think that MOST people cut themselves for attention. Most of the people i have known that cut did it for attention. All of them say that it releives pain and all, but i just think its retarded. I mean, why not, cry instead or something.. I dont know.. So many people do it nowadays that [b]NO ONE FEELS SORRY FOR YOU!!!!!!![/b]All you're doing is giving your parents a stupid reason to take you to a therapist or something. So my advice is...JUST DONT CUT YOURSELF.
DUH.
its THAT simple.

[QueenAkahsa]

Tell me, how does it help? How does it solve your problems? Don't give me that bullshit - I've been in your shoes and it DOES NOT HELP.

Taylor``

aye.
It just increses the depression and pain.
I now believe cutting is nothing but craving for attention. A very lame way to do it, too.

And remember, it's not a f**king trend.
Also, if you cut your inner wrist, you risk to hit the tendones, and then your hand will be nothing but a lifeless toy for your entire pathetic life.
Enjoy. :)

[*IVIike*]

^-- wow haha

[RyeCatcher]

Something like this is pretty serious i would get some form of help.

[Anna-x-chan]

HHm....my friend started cutting herself and im woried
She says that she does it to relieve her paine and suffereing, but i dunno, I've tried cutting myself before, and it hurt, so i stopped and to me, it doesn't relieve pain [IT HURTS]

I want herto stop, but she said that shewants to keep doing it because it makes her feel batter
Should i back off and let her do it? [im sorta backing off right now] but i still want her to stop

I think its bad to cut..what do ya'll think? And Do you guys think i should back off and let her do it?

I was the same way.
My ex caused me to do it almost everyday, he didn't care though.
But now I don't, I use other ways to solve the problem.

[preciousbabyrae]

Back in 7th grade, I cutted myself. My homelife was a wreck and school - well the people were just .. i don't know. All my friends got mad at me and until one of them told the nurse and i stopped after that. I didn't get mad at them, i thanked them and we both cried together. And yeah. After a few years, friends were cutting themselves and luckily I was able to tell them my whole story and now they stopped.

[kynacolada]

In 6th grade, I had this friend.
In 7th grade, I no longer saw her anymore cuz we changed schools.
Then last year, I heard from my other friend she was sent to juvenille rehab,
and she had to miss 2 weeks of school, they searched her house, and it's bad enough that she was only in Junior High.

I've never really considered cutting,
and don't know how =]
I am thankful for my stupidity.

[lalalaLANUH]

Sometimes I feel like cutting myself because I feel like it will "purge" me of all the bad things I feel inside. Sometimes you get sick of crying...Cutting is some serious s to the hizzle though so I just don't.
It's dangerous to your health and if you really want to keep on living then stop focusing on the pain. My advice (even though this is an old topic) is to tell your friend to get active and stay away from sharp objects =)

[magicfann]

okay listen i used to cut for a year and a half and what people need to realize is it's not for attention. you do it cause you hurt so much inside that you think maybe if it hurts physicaly i won't hurt so much mentally. and then you do it a couple of times when you feel sad and then afterword you feel incredibly guilty so guilty that you hide it from everyone. after a couple of times it's just like automatic you don't even think about doing it you just do. it's just what your brain knows how to do to make yourself feel better just like people who eat for comfort. and it's not because you want to be emo or hardxcore it's cause you have a problem. and yes i know some people do it for those reasons but after a couple of times they will get sucked in and they will be stuck until they can ask someone for help. like someone said it's a coping mechanism, a really hurtful one but a coping mechanism nonetheless. also if someone you know tells you they are cutting don't you dare call them stupid, retarted or anything like that cause then you just make it worse.

way to bump this retarded shit
stafooo emo you are clearly _butthurt_ and you need to C R Y M O R E
/end discussion

cutting is bad for you and its stupid
and anyways, theres cooler ways to kill yourself, like sticking a revolver in ur mouth



and it HAS to be a revolver

[Mikael]

I want you to write this on a piece of paper in big letters across the page and stuff:

World Trade Centers. Hunger. Terrorism. Disease. Disabilities. Homeless. War.

Then write on the bottom: STOP CUTTING YOURSELF, CAUSE THERE ARE FAR WORST THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!

And leave it somewhere for her. Act firm! Save a friend! Even if he/she will hate you!

[smoke]

way to bump this retarded shit
stafooo emo you are clearly _butthurt_ and you need to C R Y M O R E
/end discussion

cutting is bad for you and its stupid
and anyways, theres cooler ways to kill yourself, like sticking a revolver in ur mouth
and it HAS to be a revolver

Uh, too bad cutting isn't a way to kill yourself unless it's intended to. I'm pretty sure that's not the kind of cutting we're talking about. And quit name calling.


Some do it for attention. Some don't. I don't understand it any more than you guys do but telling people who do it to get help and making them feel more ostracized isn't helping. I hope you guys are intelligent enough to realize that. It's a way of releasing stress and pain, however strange to us that may seem. Some people might think the way you release pain is strange. Ever think of that one? Someone very, very close to me used to cut badly but I didn't sit there at ridicule them or act as though they needed mental help. I was there for them and now they've stopped completely. Why don't you try to actually help instead or making ignorant assumptions? Put yourself in their shoes.

[AngelinaTaylor]

It's a way of releasing stress and pain, however strange to us that may seem. Some people might think the way you release pain is strange. Ever think of that one? Someone very, very close to me used to cut badly but I didn't sit there at ridicule them or act as though they needed mental help. I was there for them and now they've stopped completely. Why don't you try to actually help instead or making ignorant assumptions? Put yourself in their shoes.

It's a way of releasing stress and pain.. hmmm.. does that make it less stupid? I'm sorry, but those people DO need mental help. Plus, it's not assumptions.. it's the mere truth. Oh, and I regret to say that I have been in their shoes.