Do you cut yourself..?

cutting=beautiful? what the fuck. cutters need to seek help. and hwo was the fucker that said when he meets a cutter it aroused him? goddamn you sick fucker, thats disgusting. cutting is a damns tupid thing to do. fuck other cultures doing it for whatever reasons, this is a socially unacceptable practice for a reason. i bet youd all think i was wierd if i start shooting myself with a gun like in my forarms or feet or some shit because i wanted a release. the only thing cutting releases is blood and thats a stupid fucking hting to do.

 

im not "pro-cutting" in fact i find it hiliarus the fact that some people here are in fact "pro-cutting" or "anti-cuting" it's fucking ridiculas...
any way to my point i agree that these people do need help, thats why the cut in the first place, but calling it "stupid" or "sad" is immature and unhelpfull, i agree it is sad they feel the need to cut, but them simply stoping doesn't actaully solve the deeper problem. c'mon people lets have an open mind and open heart... any way anyone who wants to PM me about it feel free... i know more about the subject then i'd actually wish to.

 

I cut, attemted sucide, I wad depressed, I was sad. Then this happened and now I'm glad

 

I've been cutting for half a year now, not deep though, but still.
At the moment I'm seriously trying to quit, have made it through 28 days untill now - yay for me!!
Cutting is not a stupid thing, it is a way of coping and sometimes it's the only one. Not a good one I know, but still.
And it's an addiction. I've never met anyone who cut once to try it, found out it worked for him and stopped forever. You just go on because it works and you do it more often and go deeper, until you realize it's too late to stop without problems.
And no, it's not cutting that is the problem. (That's what I can't stand about some counsellors: "Okay, you said you have problems? You can't trust? You feel lonely and suffer from extreme mood swings? You cut? Let's start with the cutting stuff..." ) It's an attempt to solve the problem or at least keep it bearable.
I don't think cutting is beautiful, but I've met quite some cutters online now and so many of them are so beautiful, caring people. Maybe I just like many of them because they have similar problems and can understand my feelings.

Oh, and for the "why?" part: Like most of the people who have written here - to release tension, to take out my anger, to stop feelings from getting too overwhelming, to feel alive, to punish myself... All sorts of difficult situations.

As I said I've gone 28 days without cutting, my goal is 30. Don't know how I'm going on after that. It's just so difficult and I really panic at the thought of never cutting again.

 

Good for you!! Congrats on the 28 days. Keep us updated and try to make it! Make everyday goals. make your goal for the day to not cut. Just think about that day. Then make another goal for the next day. Don't pressure yourself to be healthy forever.

 

i fully accept that cutting was an inadequate way of coping with the feelings i had, but i knew no other way. i could have told someone i was cutting but i was scared i would be met with some of the attitudes that are present in this thread. the 'you are such a freak - wtf!!!' attitude is what makes people scared to speak up about their problems - through fear of being labelled and judged. this leads to problems getting slowly worse and (from experience) becoming all consuming. i think you are entitled to your opinions but there are people in this thread who are feeling pain greater than physical cutting.

 

I don't cut...but I trim my cuticles so much, they'll bleed...i hate cuticles

 

So an x-box made you glad?

 

hehe well when i do get pissed i like killing helpless video game pixels

 

cutting is for the retarded or the cowards.

 

I use to do it.
My than boyfriend new and like 2 of my close friends
I did it because I wanted to make my emotional pain physical, that way I could control it rather than have it control me.

 

You should be cautious of others feelings, especially when speaking on subjects such as these. People who cut are very sad. Try having some empathy.

 

I would rather befriend a retard or a coward then some one who has no compassion.

 

i used to cut, still do every now and then. i started feeling sucidal when i was in the eighth grade. back then i would just hold a kitchen knife to my wrist, i never realy tried anything untill i was in 9th grade, when i was able to take apart one of my mom's unused razors. i went to Tuckers (hospital) twice for it. and once i even wrote (with the razor) DIE on my arm. i never cut too deep though. just enough to feel. i think it started out as me just trying to get some sort of attention, and i just grew addicted to doing it every time i felt sad, angry or felt that i was to blame for somthing. the last time i did it was this past christmas. i hate the holidays. but i haven't done it since, i still have the razor though.

 

Wow! You got a floor mattress! Dreams do come true.

 

Usually people cut because the depth of what they're feeling is beyond verbal expression. Inflicting self-suffering is dangerous, but not "cowardly." Taking that angst out on someone else is retarded/cowardly.

 

i meant for those who are too coward to kill themselves. its for the retarded because if they cut obviously they need help and are too retarded to seek it.

 

I'm too attached to my arms to ever hurt them intentionally.

 

*Applauds*

By the way, it's weird to see so many people here cutting for whatever reason, while I thought this was a forum that would attract mostly shiny, happy people, you know? I mean god damn, I listen to black metal, a genre of music of which many bands actively promote suicide, and I'm a fucking happy optimistic guy.

Face it: cutting is severely unhip. Cheer the fuck up, people, smell the flowers!

 

this phenomenon has always intrigued me and disturbed me. what i was wondering is how you all picked up this habbit. is it something you randomly tried? an idea that came to you on your own? or is it something you learned from somebody else? im just real curious because it has become so widespread. is it a learned behaviour, or something from within?