Punch something and break your fist. You won't be sad anymore, and you'll get the attention you wanted. I've done it, I admit to my selfishness.
Wow....... it's so scary how many people have been in this situation. I hope to never be like it again. Hugs all the people been depressed
Trendy. If it were an impulse thing, I'd think it be a more legitimate cry for help, but if you heard about someone else doing it and started to then that's just foolishness.
i hate when ppl do sumthin to get attention and when it comes to cutting............................ i use to cut myself so i noe how that shit feels, but i diditn do it cuz i was depressed or wanted to get attention, just did it a couple of times to get the blood out i like the taste. call me anything you want for that....yeah im stupid but then sum ppl started to notice and think that i am depressed sinse well i like wearing black and dont walk around like an idiot smiling the whole time......but that attention pissed me off and i stopped rite there
i have a friend who cuts herself. Shes really bad. She cuts everywhere, her legs and arms. Shes supposed to be going away because of this but she said shes just not gonna go. She said shes addicted. I dont understand why destroy yourself. You cant like scream into a pillow or punch something, but cut yourself?
See that is a very good question to ask, but for 'cutters' its not. It releases all the worries, anger, and tension going on for a lil, once its gone, your fine. But it keeps coming back. Then it gets addicting, uncontrolable. It is true that its addictive. I had a research project about this, plus I kno this first hand. But its just like the pain or tattooes and peircings, but they may be doing it for attention, for closure, or to release anything they need to get out. So yea... I wish I never knew anything about this subject at all, then I would have been okay.
Ye, i know its supposed to release pain. And she says its very addicting. She told me shes tried to stop but she cant. So for everyone out there dont start.
It will take her awhile for her to stop.. The only think you can do is try to keep her away from sharp objects and tell her that whenever she is down she can call or talk to you whenever. Lucky for me I wasn't so addicted I could stop. Just dont get mad at her, make sure she knows that you care and stuff that like. this is the only wat it will have her stop.
After you've done it a couple of times for depression, your brain starts to tell you that if you do it you'll feel heaps better. That's how it becomes addictive. I was never addicted but I read about it on a teen support site.
so people that walk round smiling are idiots? i hate to say it.....but yes i agree with you. You WERE stupid.
thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. all i can say is THANKYOU for posting that, finally someone with some actual concrete answers which is what most of us have been searching for. you summarised everything i wanted to say but didnt. THANKYOU. and extra special hugs to fallen angel and evan, the beauty of this is that its all anonymous and you guys made my contribution worth my while and dredging up things. it helps to have people say stuff like that, thankyou.
I thought it through, and I realized besides looking at it as something somebody does to get attention, or to numb the pain, or that it is supposed to soothe, or as a act a devotion, it can also be seen a fetish....just a thought. A strange one. Don't mind me.
The idea or principle of one's own self-destruction, to some may be slightly, romantized in one's mind. An infactuation perhaps, or tragedy of one thing or another.
It's sad, but cutting is like a drug. It can kill you and it is very addictive. Ive been depressed before, but I have never cut because I know that if I do, Ill regret it later.
im i the only one who find it hilarious that people post some chain letter that says "1% of the population self-mutilate blah blah blah, if youre part of that 1%, repost!!" the funny thing is, not only is it quite obvious that they want attention, if it were really only 1%, the chain letter would go absolutely no where, and i wouldnt have seen it so many times. i dont know why its turned into such a trend. whats there to worry about? relationships. there are people dying in third world countries. compared to them, all these kids cutting themselves have a much better life. i know i say that a lot, but its true.
I'm feeling down... I need something to help me feel better... the first thing I think I ABSOLUTELY DON'T want to happen, is for me cut myself.
It's really sad certenly the people who do it cause they think it's cool but you can't hate people who need help they just need HELP