coming on here wont help you

if u come here asking for advice on how to stop all the cutting, bulimia etc...it wont help if ur past the stage of it becoming an addiction and not being able to stop yourself..do u think some people online who dont kno u are going to be able to talk you out of it, you probably think im just being a ?but if your serious about stopping its going to take more than coming on here u have to start on the inside and talk to someone in real life

sometimes coming here does help... everyone is different. Sometimes all someone needs is to be told that something is not good because they might be doing something cause they thinki tis cool. Also they need to know they are cared about.

indeed, just knowing that someone, even if it's somebody you don't know, cares a little, or just enough to make a reply to a post one makes here, that really can make a smile upon one's face,
for a lot of people it indeed may seem silly or stupid, for a lot of people it's a real support

okay...i posted on here to get advice on how to quit...i havn't cut in close to 3 months....although i still want to sometimes. it took me awile...but still...i'm pretty sure i've quit. idk...maybe it doesnt help some people...but it helped me.

i think that if people think it will help them to stop cutting ect. by posting on a website then thats fine

They come here for attention.

They get attention from bashers.

They are happy.

The bashers are happy.

And the world -does- move on.

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(")-(") Arrivederci!

It is fine for people to vent here and know people care about them, yes, it's fine.

BUt I totally agree with trubbled that it's most likely not going to help them. It never helped me. The only thing that helped me was real help from a person close to me. Coming on to a poetry website probably won't help the situation all that much, tho it might make someone feel better knowing that other people understand and feel the same way. And I supose that's the first step. but I don't think you can say"I think I've quit but idk" and really think you've really quit. my best friends said that to me once every month and she hasnt' quit yet.So I suppose yes, it helps a bit b/c you don't fell as lonely, but we need to take the next step so that instead of saying "idk" we can say "i'm done for sure".

Hope I didn't offend anybody.

I disagree with everyone.

The only person who can help you, is yourself.
Sure, you can come on here and ask for advice, and you can listen, and want to stop. You can even seek real life help. But in the end, it all comes down on you. You are the one in control of your life, and you make your own decisions. Whatever we say on here can help, whatever people in real life can help. The fact is, right here, this is real life too. The people who are giving advice is real. You may not see them, but they are real. Whether it be real help or internet advice, it all either helps, or don't help.

I agree sorta. But, some people may not be ready to talk to people they know. If they are ready to talk however then they are wasting their time.

i dont agree. some of my mates are on this site, mates help

this site + mates = help

^^ mates - this site = help

You don't need this site to get help. Even if your 'mates' are on here. You can talk to them elsewhere.

uhh, yea, for me atleast:

This site was a major help, a giant support system! with out you guys i dont know where'd i'd be...lol

*huggz*

xoxo

Lauren

exactly. it HELPS

^of course you don't agree, it's your nature not to agree, most of us refuse to agree, especially with reality

^^^^^Im surprised you even know what reality is.

uhhh Sluvy's ideoligies are more realistic than half of these people.

I disagree, this site has actually helped me a lot with more than my poetry. I used to cut, I didn't really have a clue what I was doing. I read a few of the 'cutting' threads and read the sort of things that people write about cutters, and realised that wasn't who I wanted to be. So some of the harsh things people say, do actually help! I agree with the comments on the other thread that one cutting thread is enough, but I think this site does a lot more than help with poetry for some people.
- Polly

I kind of agree, a few peices of advice on here may be a little useful, but not really. I also think ONLY someone close to you in some way could stop you quitting BUT by asking for help on this site you allready want to get better, and have started improving, probably, so poeple who have been helped like this may actually have done it all themselves without realising it.

"I have a friend that Im keeping from killing herself"

^ You know what, I would just say to her if she wants to do it it's up to her. See what she does, if she was really going to do it she'd have done it by now.

Honestly, If she was going to do it. She wouldn't tell anyone. By telling someone it proves you want someone to try and stop you. Meaning she really doesnt want to do it.

But thats just my opinion. And with the thing about coming on here won't help you. I disagree. I used to cut, And after reading threads about cutting and what people would say about it, I realised it wasn't worth it. So coming on here did help.

`Taleee xx

Travis...don't think for one second that the teens in this forum are the ONLY people that experience those things. Also remember that some of the people in here trying to lift the young ones up have gone through tougher things than that and even the ones who haven't are only trying to encourage the kids and show them that there is more to life than a self pitty party. A person doesn't have to experience painful things to know a thing or two about life.

y r ppl in all of these so mean to eachother? ur on here complaining about ur problems to so just stop u proble want more attention then anyone else and its sad

the thing is many people believe tht talking 2 ppl they don't know will help because people they dont know wont judge them

True, but if you really want help with an addiction problem, you have to stop being a *#&. These people want to help you, you have to a least give everybody's opinion a thought. If you come on hear for help but is stubborn and absorbed in your pain and is unwilling to change or try to change, you're wasting your breath.