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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:15 pm
My experience with "cutting" was a long one and I admit I was kind of addicted to it. I'll give you a little story about why i did it first and then I'll get into what I think.
I used to date a girl who cut herself, I loved her very much and I wanted to show her I was there for her in anyway. So when she showed me she cut herself I tried to get her to stop, but she told me it was harder than that and I didn't know what i was talking about. She was right, I never experienced it so what did I know. So I tried it for a couple times to show her I was committed to helping her. And then she dumped me and said I was crazy.
I felt a spiral, it was so infuriating that i went home and i took a razor and wrote words all over my arms in cuts, i drew pictures, I couldn't stop. A trip to the hospital and 3 months in this place for suicidal and depressed teens attempted to "cure" me to no avail. I faked being better but when I got home I was back to my old tricks.
For me it was and still is something that I just can't seem to stop doing. the feeling I get when I cut myself is amazing, my senses are heightened even more, and I feel like I'm in control of everything. Don't feel pity for me, for this is my choice. Yes its bad and I know it, but i accept my flaws and live with them.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:56 am
There is something wrong in that their coping mechanism to deal with problems isn't exactly the best. Although most people who cut actually only do fairly superficial cutting simply to give physical expression to psychological pain. For example, very few people who cut actually do it to try and commit suicide as actually hitting the artery in your arm is relatively difficult compared to other places (your leg for example).
Since most cutters use their forearms as a place to cut it has been taken by a large portion of society as a desperate cry for attention rather than as a coping mechanism and so these people are viewed negatively rather than being helped with their issues.
I for one used to cut myself but rarely used my arms (since they are more on show than almost any other part of your body, especially when like me you must have you sleeves rolled up to do things) so nobody knew about it. It was simply a physical expression of my psychological pain. I was not trying to kill myself or anything like that, just to cope more easily with what I had to deal with.
Cutting however is NOT a good coping mechanism. There are tons of issues I could go into, the risk of infection, the risk of hitting something vital and dying, not to mention it can lead to other forms of self harm.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:23 pm
I have no idea, but they're the type of people I want to Kamina Punch.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:03 pm
Just like other people have said it's just not a good way to cope with problems. From what I've been reading it is a lot like ecstasy. You may feel pleasure from it or you may have a "bad trip" or pain. Either way it hard to stop but even though it might make you feel better, alleviate your problems and so on, it does not mean it is good for you.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:10 pm
I stopped cutting. i'm happy
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