Instead of cutting maybe you should try plucking your p u bic hairs out with tweezers instead. This way you get that pain/rush and youre actually making your body look better! you win and so does your appereance.

Actually, no. Cutting isn't abnormal at all and that's not what I was getting at. It's just an unhealthy way to deal with things...a very common but unhealthy way. Sorry if I offended you, I didn't mean to, honestly. But I actually do know something about cutters, maybe not all of them but I've been through it and so have a few of my friends.

I'm just saying, you can't be aggressive when trying to help a cutter unless they absolutely need it. Cutting is an addiction and people who do cut are dealing with something that's harder than a lot of people can imagine.

so baisically ur calling us abnormal! ha ha guess wat!! u dont no ****!!!

Being a cutter myself, I have to tell those of you who've never been through that type of situation that it is a very dark place to be and it's very desperate. I haven't cut for about two months but once you're a cutter, you'll always be a cutter; we just hope that we won't cut anymore, that we'll find new ways to deal with pain. People who haven't experienced can't understand the thought process or the feeling behind it. There's no sense to it and yes, it's very harmful and unhealthy but it happens and condemning it won't stop it.

If you know someone who cuts, don't force yourself into their head to try and make them feel better. There is no good reason why it happens, but it does. Just say, "I'm here and even if you don't want to talk, just know that I'm here." Make them feel loved. Give them hugs and whatever; don't tell them that it's gross or wrong. That won't help.

Cutters can recover.

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Originally posted by depressedwavemaster:
[QUOTE]Frankly, I think that if you're broadcasting your "addiction to cutting" all over the net, chances are you're doing it for attention.

Or you're looking for help.

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really... so if they don't want to die, why cut at all? If they can't explain their actions, they might as well go to an asylum. People cut because they want to die and because they think the world is useless. Why else would they cut? normal people who don't want to die don't cut. Why would they? It will just cause scars and wounds. SHEESH!!!

Go to hell. Your ignorance is bleeding throug your pimply pores and is infesting my very being.

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I'm sorry, but I still don't see how talking to people probably miles away (not to mention some that are in another state or country) about it would help that much.

Depressed wave master is right hear ok who ever was aruging with them....people dont cut Just cuz they want to die. Or atleast I don't I'm trying to stop I cut my Legs SO no one can see. So no one will know. I don''t want to die, I always got mad at my self because weanever I cut it wouldent be enough it dident look bad enough for me. I hate it. this isent a thing people can controll and they can talk to who ever they want to talk to, and depressedwavemaster is VERY right talking to someone you DON'T know helps and we don't need people dissing us so please stop and I know the cutters that are RELY bad probley deff' wouldent like this eiather some people Just don't under stand. depressedwavemaster is right.

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Originally posted by bauhaus:
Instead of cutting maybe you should try plucking your p u bic hairs out with tweezers instead. This way you get that pain/rush and youre actually making your body look better! you win and so does your appereance.

I think that is very rude people who cut all cut for differnt reasons and you saying that isent helping Just macks them/us want to cute more I don't cutt all the time but enough that that pisses me off! and you rely should try to hold your tooung or in this case your fingers your could rely hurt someone ,maby insted of mocking people you should be nice or Just not say ANYHTING at all . thanx buh-bye!

Harhar, thats funny. I haven't read the other peoples replies but I hope they aren't dissing the idea, because its a good one.
You made me smile.
I like you.

perhaps cutting is an addiction, perhaps an attempt to seek attention, or maybe there are some of us who are so disgusted with ourselfes, others, some of us who have completely lost faith in our parents, relatives, peers that we know other outlet but to harm ourselves to feel anything at all.

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Frankly, I think that if you're broadcasting your "addiction to cutting" all over the net, chances are you're doing it for attention.

Or you're looking for help.

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really... so if they don't want to die, why cut at all? If they can't explain their actions, they might as well go to an asylum. People cut because they want to die and because they think the world is useless. Why else would they cut? normal people who don't want to die don't cut. Why would they? It will just cause scars and wounds. SHEESH!!!

Go to hell. Your ignorance is bleeding throug your pimply pores and is infesting my very being.

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I'm sorry, but I still don't see how talking to people probably miles away (not to mention some that are in another state or country) about it would help that much.

Words have a suprising impact on people.

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Originally posted by nikky2rock:

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I'm sorry, but I still don't see how talking to people probably miles away (not to mention some that are in another state or country) about it would help that much.

Sometimes being anonymous is everything . Have you considered that normally people who cut are the strong silent type . People who believe they are too strong to talk t other people about their problems . Sometimes being online and anonymous is everything . But then again it DOES depend on the individual .

It might be easier to talk to somebody anonymous, but in the long run, it won't get that person the real help they need.

And from personal experience, the cutters are generally not the strong, silent type. Maybe my school was just full of melodramatic teens so I'm probably just biased.

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Originally posted by stoked105:
I oNnLy Cut WheN i im Sad OR MAd...i coMe fROm A BrOKeN hOMe sOoO..iTs HArd NOt TO Cut

Okay, can you not right like that? I can't read it without getting a headache. It looks like modern day iambic pentameter or something.

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I'm sorry, but I still don't see how talking to people probably miles away (not to mention some that are in another state or country) about it would help that much.

Sometimes being anonymous is everything . Have you considered that normally people who cut are the strong silent type . People who believe they are too strong to talk t other people about their problems . Sometimes being online and anonymous is everything . But then again it DOES depend on the individual .

I oNnLy Cut WheN i im Sad OR MAd...i coMe fROm A BrOKeN hOMe sOoO..iTs HArd NOt TO Cut

[QUOTE]Originally posted by aninvertedlove:
Do you know any cutters? Look, if they wanted to die, they would just slice it down the block and end it there, but obviously a lot of them aren't.

I'll speak for some cutters, repeating what almost every self-proclaimed cutter has been saying this whole thread - they do it to feel the pain, to feel alive. They do it to know that they are capable of bleeding. They do it to numb the emotional pain by their physical pain.

If you'd listen, they'd explain.[QUOTE]

I know I've been argueing on this subject but I completely agree w/on that.

[QUOTE]People cut because they want to die[QUOTE]

Thats not true some cutters do but not all.

if your stupid..read a book!

Do you know any cutters? Look, if they wanted to die, they would just slice it down the block and end it there, but obviously a lot of them aren't.

I'll speak for some cutters, repeating what almost every self-proclaimed cutter has been saying this whole thread - they do it to feel the pain, to feel alive. They do it to know that they are capable of bleeding. They do it to numb the emotional pain by their physical pain.

If you'd listen, they'd explain.

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People cut because they want to die and because they think the world is useless

Not exactly.

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Not all cutters want to die. I think most of them don't. They just need to see the silver lining and that more people are worse off.

really... so if they don't want to die, why cut at all? If they can't explain their actions, they might as well go to an asylum. People cut because they want to die and because they think the world is useless. Why else would they cut? normal people who don't want to die don't cut. Why would they? It will just cause scars and wounds. SHEESH!!!

Not all cutters want to die. I think most of them don't. They just need to see the silver lining and that more people are worse off.

wow.. what an advice bauhaus... *sarcasm*


To cutters: Why do you feel the need to die? HELLO!!! Its not just you who is having problems... its all of us... so, please just live life.. who knows? God may grant you a peace of mind.

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Originally posted by honey13:
b/c if they don't know you in person then you can't really say anything about them.I mean you can but you wouldn't have the authority to go and tell people and them call that person a freak.Its hard to tell people b/c then they'll tell somebody else so instead of saying that maybe you should put yourself in the cutter's shoes and look at his/her position.And about the seeking help part most people are too ahamed to get help.Think about it.Parent/guardians can look at what you've went to online so that throws the support group online out,they are the only ones that can get you an appointment w/ a sycologist so that is out and about the school counseler(if I spelled that wrong I forgot how to spell it)its out b/c I did that last year and they called my parents so what can you do to get help?

Oh right. I forgot to check back to see if there were replies and I didn't actually plan on posting again, but I thought I should set the record straight.

I'm an ex-cutter. I was a total perfectionist and I couldn't stand doing anything wrong, like grades or screwing up in band, etc. If I messed up academically by getting something like a B or lower, I'd tend to have breakdowns and take it out on myself. There's no need to "put myself in a cutter's shoes" because I've been there and I know what a stupid thing it is to do. And I'm comfortable telling people now because I'm not looking for sympathy - my story has a happier ending.

My school counselor found out, called my parents and forced me to get in touch with a psychologist. And guess what? I'm a happier person. I can't say that my stress is gone - rather, I'm still quite a perfectionist in some aspects and I'm still prone to tearful (thought less hysteric) stress-induced episodes - but I don't have to carve myself up to deal.

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people don't cut for attention just because they are tring to get help by posting it online

I'm sorry, but I still don't see how talking to people probably miles away (not to mention some that are in another state or country) about it would help that much. Sure, they might not judge you as much, but how will they really be able to help? I have a friend in New Jersey that I talk to every now and then who talks to me about these things because he knows I won't go blabbing to people he knows in real life and because we've known each other for a few years, but it's not helping him a single bit. All I've noticed is that he's been getting worse and worse as time goes by because he hasn't been able to get any real, tangible help.

Okay, maybe I should rephrase the "attention-seeking" definition to just people who post to people they do not know at all...Like the people who are telling everybody about their problems on this forum

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And even the people who are doing it for attention...it's a cry for help.

Maybe so in that case, but most people just want to jump on the "look at me, I'm so cool and angsty" bandwagon. I've known far too many of them. It's almost "in" to be depressed. Oh. My bad. It's cool to be something like bi-polar, because plain ol' depression is so boring now.

It's sort of like people who pretend to be bi so that they look rebellious.

As I've stated, if you're bi or really depressed/bi-polar, there is no need at all to get mad at me because I'm not even talking about you then. I've said it again and again.

iVe BeEn cutting 4 2years now..........i dont know if i can stop...if im not cutting im smoking or drinking .....im only 14