umm dude drugs o.0 im doing self mutilation every day :S omg :'( i hate life lol yeah i agree being em oand cutting you're wrist is imature and a way to get attention as for drugs...its one of the great joys of life.... :wacko:
Just to clarify for evryone, when i said drugs, I mean abuse...like Pothead or Crackhead- level.....constant use. You know?
Cutting, burning, and all other forms of self-mutilation are exactly the same reason why alot of people go off and get high. Its a release of anger, its a high for some people (it was for me), it helps to ease your mind of all things going on and focus it on one area. Do I think it is wrong? No. Do I think there are more constructive ways to deal with the stress of life? Yes. Can most people who do cut because it eases their mind talk to others, or feel they are able to? Usually not. Keep in mind that not everyone has a perfect life, not everyone is as fortunate as others. Not everyone has 2 parents, that whether you know it or not right now (you will later on), do love and care for you. Not everyone has a place they can call home outside their car, or the streets. Not everyone is able to pay for feeding for a family, even with a job. Not everyone grows up with parents who don't abuse them, parents who don't harrass their children. A few people on this forum have come to me seeking help in the past, and each know my story, and each will agree that what they were going through was really nothing, whether it be them cutting, burning, or even contimplating suicide. Those of you who can't understand why a person would put themselves through such pain as to cut, burn or contimplate suicide need to take a step back from your own life and realize that people are in far worse conditions with yourself. I, for one, grew up in an overly abusive household, and in doing so, I was taught that aggression was the best way to handle your feelings and your emotions. I quickly learned the trouble I got in for hurting others, and how it made me feel personally, so I took my emotions out on myself, cutting, burning and even resulting in attempted suicide resulting in multiple day hospital visits. I have since found other ways of dealing with my stress, and the knowledge that someone ALWAYS has it worse than you is somewhat comforting to me, and it keeps me quiet about my complaining and my obsessive nature about hurting myself when things go wrong. There are many psychological issues that deal with self-mutilation as a means as comfort, and it should not be frowned upon. Many people have it as an uncontrollable disease (see: Lesh-Nyhans Syndrome), or a severe psychological disorder. Now, yes, there are people who do it for attention, those are normally the people who will show off their cuts, who do them openly (as in openly confess, or do it publically), or display them as an accomplishment in general. These are the people that should be frowned upon, not those who have it in an uncontrollable way.
I agree with you maybe 80 %... just cuz someone can openly talk about it doesn't mean that they do it for attention. I've gotten so many ppl to be able to talk about it openly. Being able to talk about it, being able to go outside without covering up...that is such a majorly big deal. It's like this big break in the step to getting better. But yes...some ppl do si for attention, and I HATE THAT!!! They're the ppl that give the rest of us that certain image of I"m so emo, I just want to die, and I hate the world. Cuz I for one am not like that...thank goodness...
Openly talk about it as in not to a counselor, and not to someone concerned about it. But feeling no remorse for doing it, and openly displaying it as an accomplishment.
i used to self harm by cutting my wrists, i wasnt immature, i didnt need help I WANTED to die. simple. thats all there was to it for me, i hated myself, i hated living, i didnt see any point to life at all, i wanted to die. i thankfull got myself out of my slump. there are so many, many kids whom do need help to get out of the slump, i guess i was just lucky. some people just dont understand how scary/hard life is and for some its just too much. my veiws. 666
They do it because something is wrong, and if you see that happen to a friend and not help, you are stupid. Thats nothing to make fun of. Thats how they deal with it, and if they dont really want to get help themselves or can't, then thats THEIR problem, not yours. You dont need to make fun of the people that harm themselves, but as dem said, if someone sticks a pen in their arm and thinks they need to show everyone is stupid.
Your typing, you obviously didn't WANT to die, as you would have lost your ability to use your hands if you even remotely came close to cutting deep enough to make the amount of blood spilled be enough to kill yourself. If you WANT to die, you don't care what happens to yourself, you do it, you don't tell anyone, and the only way you live is if someone catches you in the act, which is how my suicide attempt ended, followed by numerous psychiatrist meetings before being released from the hospital and making me sign some contract saying I would not hurt myself again under penalty of law.
