as a person who does injure themself, i would first say that i find it offensive to be labeled a "cutter." while it is important for your friend to get help don't force them. In a crisis situation my best friend called the police and got me put in a mental hospital for a few days exposing my secrets to my family. Now i have to see a counselor who is stupid and doesn't know what they are talking about. I'm no better off just not trusted by anyone. And still mad at my friend.

Okay. This is the last time I'm going to post this on a cutting thread.

I'm a cutter, I have been for 5 years. I don't tell people I know how they feel, because I don't. Everyone feels differently about depression or cutting. Therefore, for those of you who want to talk about something, problems, etc. Noisemail me. Seriously.

I don't give advice unless asked.

Hey I when I cut my wrist it is because my Parents are yelling at me and I just want to get away from it. But whenever I cut my wrist I always think about other people and thats the think you need to tell them is to think about other and to look at what they are doing to themselves.

I still cut my wrist but I don't do it like I use to.

Somebody should start an entire new forum just for cutting .
If anything should stop people cutting . Its reading through all these posts .

quote:

...its great! however i know its bad...me and my boyfriend both do it and we both want to stop so we made a deal...you cut i cut..you drink i drink...you smoke i smoke ect...

I think this is the second time now that I am calling you retarded. The things you say just overwhelm me with this deep sorrow that someone could be so dumb!

Anyway, that is not the best way to go about things. Have you ever heard of the saying "two wrongs don't make a right"?

"Hey, honey, I know you smoke, and it's bad for you, but I think I'll do it too, cause that'll make it better... I guess." NO! That's not what you do! "Oh, and also, let's go have sex even though we don't want to..." {Read What's the BIG deal}

quote:

we dont have sex because we want to

I just don't understand what goes through your head when you write these things...

Also, back to the topic, I think we should ban all threads on cutting. The topic is so old and people always use these threads to start a big sob story. Everyone just wants to get attention for their problems (ahem... PrisonerOf) however true they may be.

ok im a cutter and if you want your friend to stop cutting then thats your problem. she dosnt need someone yelling at her because she prob already has that. if you really wanna help her then shut the f*** up and listen to her. the thing she needs most is to feel like shes not alone (prob will anyway but worth a try) one thing you can suggest is she can snap a rubberband me and a friend both cut and it seemed to help. the welts dissapear and its got the same affect as cutting. but dont listn to me cuz im just one person. u need to listen to her. and you gotta b kidding if u think cutters hav got mental problems and need help. cuz if you try to get a F****** councler or w/e it just screws up things more. believe me it just gets worse if you do sumpthing like tht and if you get "help" behind someones back thats like stabbing them in the back its not your choice. it is kinda like the blind leading the blind except one of those blind ppl might be able to find the way through the darkness while the other person trips and falls.

ok look...im a cutter

have been for 2 years

i do it because i punish myself for things that have happened to me when i was little

its the only pain you can control...to a point

it becomes like a drug, it affects you mentally like its the only way you can stop the pain

me and my friends are ALL cutters...a cutter cant help a cutter

its like the blind leading the blind

youll know it when you live it

First, learn to spell.

quote:

cutting is a mental disorder. it can't be helped by you or anyone else who isn't a professional

Cutting is NOT a MENTAL DISORDER! You're making it sound like we're crazy. Even if someone that is a cutter is clinically depressed, that's a hormonal inbalnce NOT a mental disorder. And Yes it can be helped by the cutter, I'd know, you wouldn't and also it can be helped by people that aren't professionals. I'd know this, unlike you I'm a cutter and I actually know what I'm talking about. People like you **** me off...

hm. i've had a few friends who have cut.
and honestly it is very scary. its even scary reading someof your messages.
honestly briezyD, and i'm not saying this to put any of you down what i'm about to say so PLEASE DON'T GET AFFENDED.
cutting is a mental disorder. it can't be helped by you or anyone else who isn't a professional. yea those gay guys who say what are u feeling. but they really do help. you need to get you friend help despite how much she may ask and pleed you not to, you have to.
infickting pain on yourself with a sharp object just is horriable.

and to you guys- does it help or would it help that before you cut to talk to someone? i mean really truthfully answer that one for me please.
i know sumtimes you may not want to open up to someone or thinkt theymay not understand, but would it hurt so much to try?

That's probably not the best way to deal with it but I know what you're feeling. I've started cutting at least twice as much since I was raped and I cut a lot before then too.

i am a cutter...no shame taken in it. the reason i cut is because there is all this anger and stress and suffering inside of me. i feel like i need to explode! i want to take all of this out and i dont want to hurt anyone in the process, so i cut. the pain covers up and releases everything that has built up inside of me...its great! however i know its bad...me and my boyfriend both do it and we both want to stop so we made a deal...you cut i cut..you drink i drink...you smoke i smoke ect...and we know we cant be doing this stuff so we try to avoid it at all costs... so its a win win situation.........

i cut because i cant handle any of these stresses in my life. my friends family love life school....ect...i also cut myself instead of killing myself. just like risika2004 said its the "rage" rage beluding up inside of me. ive been cutting my self for the past 3-4 yrs and i havent been able to stop ppl think i do bt i cant its like it has controlled/taken over my life. thats my i do

i cut because of stress, fear, anger, mostly stress. ive been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and extreme depression. i just cant take it sometimes, life i mean. things are just so hard and the thing that would help ur friend out the most is you being there for them but not constantly pestring them, just letting them know that you're there to talk and will try to understand... *shrugs*

Are you aware, California, you mispelled so many words that you almost sound incoherent?

Well to be honest i am a cutter myself and the reason i do it is because about a year a go every thing has been going so wroung and i am not able to talk about my feelings that well and when i have trouble cooping i cut myself. its the only way i can keep a handle on things. When i cut its like i am getting rid of all the **** in my life waybe your friend is going through a really bad time right now and thniks there is no one to turn to and feels that cutting is the only waythat person can deal with the pain by realeasing it.

I agree with Jenos

quote:

but then u start cutting b-cuz ur bored or somthing

Heh, you idiot, that isn't the reason why most cutters cut. If that is why you cut then you need to get some help.

quote:

it helps for a while but then u start cutting b-cuz ur bored or somthing

Actually no. I'm a cutter and maybe it worked that way with you but not me. I don't cut because I'm "bored or something" I continue to cut b/c my life's a falling apart mess and I feel like it's the only pain I can control and it takes my mind off my emotional pain. I've been cutting since I was Jr. High..and I wish I could tell you how to help your friend but I don't know what to say b/c I've yet to find a way to help myself. I think the first step would be admitting you have a problem though, something I've yet to come to terms with.

I used to be a cutter and now I've stopped because of one reason let me tell you why...I was babysitting one day and the lil girl I was babysitting had a really bad migrane I sang to and relieved her head ache, she looked at me and said I love you!! That's when I knew That I couldn't do that any more! Cutters cut becuz it's a way we think to relieve our pain and it helps for a while but then u start cutting b-cuz ur bored or somthing
singer0331@yahoo.com