All cutting posts, this is the thread

a reply to sick and tired of waiting.
i agree totally with what u said about not ever being able to do the things u love and want to do.
it's so true. i know that i will come out of this one day and when i do i will be able to enjoy all those things and much more. and i will treasure the memories that they give me because i will remeber that i was in a very long bad patch, but came out of it. i know there are people out there with more/worse problems then me. it does take alot of mental strenght for one to control how deep the blade/cutting implement goes into their skin. but one day i will get over this whole cutting thing because i will have found a diffenent way to deal with the pain. alot of other people will find different releases. it may take a few months to several years. but to all those people out there who are against cutters: GIVE THEM A BREAK. WE HAVE FEELINGS TO U KNOW AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT WE ARE DUMD AND STUPID FOR DOING IT THEN THAT PUSHES US FURTHER INTO THE BLACK HOLE WE ARE ALREADY IN. ok, i think i'm done for now.
bye, love willow xxoo

Well at least you show some common sense. =]

You'll get better and you'll get where you ought to be with that attitude. =]

This was said a LONG time ago, but I just wanted to make it clear to Truest Lies that cutting isn't a "sissy" type of thing.

It's seriouse, and puts your life in danger. People die from sliding a blade across their wrists, what do you not understand abou that?

---I'm a cutter. For three years now. I've attempted, of course I failed. Just now after all of these years I realized that because this has been going on forever my depression is as worse as it can get. And I didn't even know it. My mom won't let me take an antidepressent even though my therapist tells her it's the best thing to do. Says I'll just think of suicide. Not like I never have. I'm dead. Yepp, I'm dead. On the inside. I feel nothing. I can't even reconize my own feelings anymore...

Call my pysco... I know.

Actually, Don't give yourself the label psycho because you would be completely b**gered if you were a psycho.

This isn't an attack. I am CURIOUS. But if you can't feel anything do you still feel depressed?

Instead of cutting. Face your problems, sort yourself out. Go out, socialise. Meet people and work your life out, it's hard, giving up cutting is hard. But you will feel a damn sight better when you do. People who work their lives out are MUCH STRONGER than cutters.

WOW...what to say what to say. I just read every single post and I think I am about to throw up. I am so overwhelmed. Well, I think it's good that this forum turned into something more serious instead of a complete joke as it was originally. I was in a very good mood and I clicked "sadness&depression" because I wanted to help someone if I could, but this forum actually MADE me depressed....laughing at other people's depression and self-harming. That is very disrespectful. If someone is depressed and thinks a good laugh will help them, they'll head to the Fun&Humour section. Am I wrong? Well either way, Sick&Tired, you've got some excellent points, as well as most others in here. I'm glad you, Sick&Tired, stopped kidding around and actually wrote some motivating, helpful stuff. You ask what advice a person who cuts can be given, and well...you gave it..so I'm a bit surprised. Someone who cuts needs to hear from other cutters, especially ex-cutters and how they were able to stop. That is the best advice. Seeking help on a website, I think, is very rational..and unselfish. It's a way to get broad advice, lots of different opinions-- from people that you don't care about. You can't directly hurt those you don't know. Even if cutters crave attention, and search for it on this forum, so what? Everyone wants attention, which has already been stated above somewhere ^ . If attention will make someone who cuts feel BETTER, then that's a good thing. One comment for you Sick&Tired...I get the feeling, no harm intended, that instead of preaching to people about how you cut or are feeling down on yourself...you preach about how you used to cut and how you've risen up out of the darkness and you have so much to live for even though you've been through hell...and in some sense, it seems you get the fulfillment from telling everyone how you overcame cutting, that you used to get FROM cutting. Some sort of fulmillment. That was badly explained, and maybe not very grounded..so I understand if you disagree. Anyway, I think it's wonderful that you're looking at life open-mindedly now and embracing all that life has to offer. BUT, people need to experience their own desire of self preservation...not have someone else experience it for them, then be told how stupid they are to be in the same situation you once were. Being told you are stupid is not necessarily encouragement..it might make people who are depressed even more depressed. Then again, I could be wrong. Anyway, I do think cutting is cowardly..but sometimes people are forced into such a deep, dark hole of depression that it's almost impossible to stand up and be brave. I've been clinically depressed for years, but I refuse to take meds because I want to overcome my depression by myself. Only I can motivate myself, and for the past few months I have been. But I don't really want to talk about me.

SOoOO...I'm very relieved this board became more serious...but I still think it is intimidating for someone who needs to talk about personal cutting issues. I for one, will NOT EVER tell you (generally speaking) that you are stupid, if you come here saying that you cut and want to stop. I'll be the first to willingly and open-mindedly talk to you about it. Not every cutter is the same.

okay.. cutting.. what to say about it? well.. i'll be honest.. i had been a cutter BEFORE.. that was when i was feeling suicidal.. LoL.. the main reason why i did cut.. was because.. the physical pain temporarily blocks the emotional shackles i feel inside.. [shackles.. is it even a word?.. ugh]

okay.. we cant rule over the minds of people who are cutting.. they have serious reasones why they're doing that..

every person.. every single being.. is entitled to his or her own opinion.. but.. NEVER to their own facts.. [i read that quote somewhere..]

got what i mean?

cutting.. it may be a terrible thing for others.. but for most.. it relieves some sort of pain.. i myself have been in that stage.. i did cut.. a lot.. before.. but.. in the end.. you'll learn.. those cuts will only remind you more of the pain you were going through.. the scars will haunt you.. the remnants.. constantly reminding you of the reason why you did that.. and it will only worsen the pain..

i wont go over your own thoughts.. your entitled to your own beliefs.. but.. think of this.. cutting isn't a joke..