Do you cut yourself..?

are you a cutter? how long have you been doing it? who knows? why do you do it...

well... "true confessions" its one of mine.

 

I wouldn't want to have marks all over my body or bleed to death so no.

 

i do, well haven't for a few months, desparately trying not to. i do it for different reasons, sometimes to punish myself, sometimes because i feel so numb i want to make sure that physically i am still alive and sometimes because i get so angry and frustrated i don't know what else to do. i first cut with blades when i was 13/14, but previous to that i would hair pull, head bang you know, that kind of stuff.
peace

 

I used to. I haven't in... wow like 8-9 months now. I still scratch and head bang and things like that but not as often. I used to cut at least once almost everyday when I lived at home, and when I moved out with my boyfriend it was every time we fought which was about once a week.

It's so hard to stop. BUt the longer you go without cutting, the easier it gets. I still want to sometimes, but not very often.

 

I've been cutting for almost three years. 4 of my friends know. Three of them also cut (or used to). My parents found out with out me telling them. I do it because it relieves my frustration. I get frustrated because I often feel lonely or overly guilty about little things. I tend to over criticize myself. It also distracts me from emotional pain. It relieves emotional numb-ness that I get alot. I can't usually cry even when I am extremely upset. Cutting gives me the same relief as a good cry session does. So, lots of different reasons. Each time is different really. I use razor blades on my legs and always wear pants to hid it. I do the whole scratching/hair-pulling/head banging thing if I don't have a blade and feel really desperate. I do it less frequently now. Mostly because I have started smoking marijuana more often, I do not feel upset as much as I used to. I still do self injure on occaision though.

 

and babyfreak how are you doing with that? Better? Worse? the same?

I hope things get better soon. Sometimes you have to get worse before you get better, but I hate to see that happen to people.

Big (((((hugs))))) for ya!

big hugs for everyone who goes through or has gone though this ordeal. it's tough

 

I used to but I stopped.

 

nisha, I know this sounds dumb, but you are so beautiful and have such a cute guy why on earth would you harm your body?

 

if its any use to ya. about 10 year ago i used to do it a great deal.
then stopped when people started noticing and was getting difficult to hide

 

No, I dont see the point

 

I used to, though I've stopped (almost certainly permanently). I can understand why many people do cut; I think it's probably because we all care so damn much, but our world is still pretty screwed up, and we can't change it to make it better. That's probably why most of us turn to the hippie scene.

I haven't cut in ... probably about a year. Then again, I've also discovered cannabis since then! ^_^ It's hard to cut yourself when you have such a wonderful plant to take the edge off of life without causing you any bodily harm, no? =)

I guess the reason I started to was because it relieved a lot of the tension. I can remember coming home from school and seeing my parents and sister fighting, and I remember we used to have WAY too many problems. At one point, there wasn't a single day in a whole month where my family wasn't at odds with itself; it was usually a combination of any two of my mom, dad, or sister, arguing over some arbitrary, trivial matter. Usually, an argument ended up manifesting itself as slamming doors, screaming voices (and I don't mean shouting, I mean screaming), insults out the wazoo, and you know, that sort of stuff. It got me really depressed for a while (especially considering my social life wasn't exactly good enough to be fair), and that's why I used to cut.

My advice to everyone else out there who cuts ... do yourself a favour and don't cut deep. If you don't cut deep enough, and just scratch yourself repeatedly instead of really cutting through, it basically gives the same effect, but scratches heal and don't cause scars. =) Just remember that.

 

My advice for people that cut themselves.

why dont u stop and find something to be happy about. there are many things in life to be happy about. just look for it. Like the sun, but its a myth. Dont harm your body.

Listen to reggae, it will cheer you up.

And so will grass.

and looking at clouds.

 

I laugh at people when they cut themselves in the movies..........so NO!

 

haha. I think its like a waste of time.

Wait, posting about this is a waste of time...

 

I have never cut myself, not even last year when i went through a period of depression. Im sorry to sound like an ignorant asshole to everyone here that does it, but its fucking stupid. It does no good, and makes you look like a fucking psycho, then you have to see a shrink because people think your insane. And to everyone that does ti to get attention and look cool, just fucking die.

 

i don't cut myself.


but people cut themselves in all kinds of ways.

smoking, overeating, doping, drinking, junk food, breathing city air, going to war, beating their wives, husbands, children... what is with our self destruct thing?

roughly two billion people on earth go to bed hungry every night... where do we get off with the indulgence of cutting ourselves... i've done the self destruct thing. i know it's indulgent and stupid...

i think we're lonely, and we're lonely because we're lying, not reaching out... there are so many lonely people commiting a slow suicide... can we be lonely together?

 

I dont count that as cutting. Cutting you do to make yourself bleed to release your so called pain.

 

I did when I was in high school a few times, and that was it.

 

eh, i got over that a long time ago. when i discovered illegal narcotics. now im just happy as a clam, and havent cut myself in ages. woo for me.

 

use to... distracts from emotional pain basically. cheetah i totally agree with and understand what you're saying!

becknudefuck you sound very ignorant! no one cuts to look cool (from my experiance) most 'cutters' hide it, it's usually based on an emotional need as you've probably read!

anyway to all those people solving their problems with herb you gotta stop! it doesn't help in the long run... use it recreationally if thats your bag but DONT use it to solve problems!