is it bad to cutt?

do you think its bad to be a cutter if its not to commit suicide? i do it. but for me, it is to turn mental and emotional pain, into physical pain becuz i think i can handle that a lot more. i have tried to commit suicde 4 times and im only 14 years old. my friends get mad at me when they see my wrist and how red they are from all the cuts, but i dont see what the big deal is. its just a way to release my stress, and i would rather seeing someone cutting themself to relieve stress rather than taking drugs and ruining their life that way.....agree or disagree.. let me know becuz im stuck in the middle .

I know that this may sound annoyin hunni but god has only given you one life and you shudnt waste it by cutting yourself and destroying one of gods gr8est creations YOU! You should talk 2 sum1 and tell what ur doin and tell them how u feel! If needs be try punching a cushion or smash a window or something! Anythings betta than messing with your body like that! Think about it! Love Emily x.x.x :)

Hey laura- that how i feel to- i used to cut too till my friends saw em and went to the chaplain at skool which made it one billion times worse- and it still is. One thing to make it easier is on ur hips, where ur pants or skirt always cover, that way no one can see em, parents or wotever and u wont have the chance of killin urself.

OK- now to everyone else- IM NOT ENCOURAGING IT! i just know how it feels. Im 14 and i've tried suiciding twice and i would have if i could get pills or gun(but livin in Australia makes it a lil difficult) but i just want her to be able to move on, and she will eventually wen things clear up for her. Tellin her not to do mit aint gonna stop it and going on about how "precious" life is wont either. If she feels like that- then life isn't precious is it?

I knowwhat you mean, you can't get over the problems untilyou are ready to. But at the same time you can make it quicker for yourself, by trying to think positively.

Yes hips are better. and i also am not encouraging cutting.

Laura- I just turned 15, I dont know how long you've been cutting, but it is very addicting! I did it twice and its really hard not to go back. I was lucky that my friend told a counselor. I did it because i felt like i had no control over what was going on wiht my life... blah blah blah...

i have been doing it for about a year now. and i have tried it on my legs and hips and i actually have HUGE scars in my legs from it...but it doesnt seem to hurt as much as if i do it on my wrist...maybe its jsut me? i dont know...

everything just seems to be going crazy and i know that life is a precious thing and that i am so lucky that i got to live...but sometimes it jsut seems wayyyyyyyyyy to hard for me.

i talked to my mom last night and she only knows about the first time i did it (becuz my friend told the counselor and got me put on anti-depressants blah blah blah) anywho. so we were talking and she was telling me how im the strongest person she knows becuz i have been through so much for my age and i have matured so much and all this other stuff and it made me feel so horrible becuz she doesnt know how i break down every night and jsut lose it and it kills me...so anyway. yeah thats all im gonna say for right now...thanks for commenting...keep it up please!!!

I used to cut, and when you're doing it, it doesn't seem wrong. I stopped cutting after I was put on anti-depressants. I didn't realize how bad it was until my best friend told me that she cut just last week. I realized how I had influenced her in a negetive way. (It has been proven that friends that have friends that cut are more at risk to start cutting.) I know that you think it's okay to cut, but what are you going to tell your kids (when you have them) when they see a huge scar on you, and you have to tell them the truth. I can't tell you if it's right or wrong. At moments it's right, but in the long run I feel it is wrong. If you want to stop cutting, you can...it's just a matter of doing it and staying away from it.

No its great to cut. You should get a metal now because you're like the rest of the teenagers who cut.

I give you a D-

I think it is bad. I have never done it but harming your body to relieve stress or what ever feelings is sad. There is better ways to do it. I know its hard to quit but thats my thoughts. I have nothing agianst cutters though. But self harm to me is always bad.

Its bad any way you look at it, whether it's to kill or not. It becomes addictive.

Laura,
It probably isn't the best thing to be doing...So try and stop while you can...My friends mother is 39 and she was doing it since she was 16 up to about 7 months ago...I myself have been doing it since the 8th grade..I started out really really really small, then just did it a lil bit more..
Then a little bit more and more and more and more...
5 years later...Not good.
One thing is though, I have realized that there are alot that do. I have two best friends. And no one ever said anything. But about a month ago. We all realized we've all been doing it,for years on end. It's amazing how many girls out there actually do.
And how many say they do. So if you can, try your hardest to stop. Cause It only gets harder.
---Ashlee--- Hoped that helped a little..
And Jackie wow that was really really harsh the whole D- thing.

i understand i have the same feeling that leting your emotional pain through physicle pain but i dont think its right for me theres nobody i can really confide in so i cutt instead. but i know that the longer you cut the more addicting it will be and it will become harder in the long run try instead starting a sport personally i Do Tae Kwon Do the marchial arts really relaces my stress through violence that dosnt hurt anybody

I know how you feel Laura and i used to cut, I haven't cut for about 2 years now! I know people are always saying get help and you must, but get it from yourself! Why did you start cutting?
Well when i WANTED to stop cutting i took up Kickboxing, and whenever I'm pissed off or hurt I just punch the punching bag while listen to music that makes me cross or sad (Sevendust usually does the trick) Once i punched my knuckles raw and it hurt but I felt much better then when I cut and I feel much happier now! I also take alot of my emotion out when i write poetry! But to stop you need to WANT to stop and do it for yourself! Because it is bad and when you get older you'll probably end up regretting it!
If you ever need to talk I'm here 24/7 and my email address is phoenix_shadowed@hotmail.com!
Take care of yourself and be careful.
love
*x*ShadowedPhoenix*x*

Oh and try resolving the issue that made you start otherwise it's gonna haunt you forever and then you'll never propely heal!

thats the thing, i have tried to stop and somehow i always seem to go back. i just want to have the will power to stop. i kno that its a bad thing to cause self harm but its seems like that is the only thing that helps. this sucks

Nooooooo...its o.k. to cut, I mean..hey, whats better than being all scarred up and bleeding all over yourself? And think how cool you will be with all your friends...sounds cool to me...cut away

you could do worse, but that is the worst reason to do something.

i didnt post this question because i wanted to hear sarcastic remarks. im sure you could come up with a little nicer way of expressing what you are trying to say. this is totally serious. please. im asking for answers that can help me....

You are asking if self destructive behavior that becomes an addiction is bad? The answer is emphatically yes for so many self-evident reasons that the question itself is rather absurd.

In 2002 there were 24,000 teenagers admitted to hospitals in the U.K. because of self inflicted cutting injuries. These were not suicide attempts. I don't have statistics for other countries but the numbers are probably proportionately similar. That means people like you who engage in this behaviour are creating a major drain on hospital and medical resources, to say nothing of the cost for this care. Those facilities should be there to service the needs of the truly sick and the injured without having to devote a significant amount of their services to people like you who voluntarily choose to embark on a course of risky self harm. In that sense what you are doing is very selfish and very wrong.

And that is only one of the very many reasons why this is bad and needs to be strongly discouraged.

well. not everybody goes to the hospital for it, i have never been. and when the people who go, do go....maybe they are really sick, maybe they are the people who really need help. i do agree that there are bigger emergencies but you cant leave those people out. they have problems to...

Laura, I did not say that EVERYBODY who does this goes to the hospital. But the large number of those who do are people that did not intend to wind up there. That should be a clear indication that the people who do this have no idea of the extent of harm it can bring.

heya
yes it is bad to cut, but if it helps well its your choise, if you wanna die then stop cutting and just kill yourself. i dont cut because i think its silly yea i wanna die but i have one thing keeping me alive and thats my darling boyfriend sam, hes the only big of happyness in my life.
but just remember cutting is very bad but its up to the people who do it if they carry on doing it thoough, and you can also help people to stop i did and it worked.
love hannah

i have never cut and i dont plan to, but i dont think cutting is a bad thing, its just another thing people do. i think the best thing for you could be to tell your mom before you get overwhelmed by her too and will never be able to tell her. the best thing she can do for you is understand. without her knowing its just making it harder for you