Why do YOU cut yourself?
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do you think it is an addiction? or do you believe it was a choice to start with and if you took that choice then thats your responsibility...please share your thoughts reasons ect? i really dont understand some of these purposes ect
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well, i have only done it a couple times. after i did it, my friend opened up to me about her cutting herself. she didn't know i had done it, but she explained how it becomes an addiction and all that. i knew she cut before, becuase she has scars all over, but i never knew how much it took over her life. she also talked about how other people started becuase she had done it. she said how bad she felt and that it was dumb of them to do it. a lot of them had no reason. after seh said that i felt so ashamed and dumb and stupid. i never ment to do it. i just did. i never made a concious decision to do it. actually im just lying to you and myself. i feel so dumb. i did it becuase i was hoping someone would notice my depression. i was hoping someone would say "what's wrong" "why do you have cuts", yet i would hide them. arg. sorry for rambling. i do sympathise with people who do it. they go through so much pain. it really does take over your life and changes who you are as a person so much. i get really upset when i see people with braclets covering their arms and long sleves in winter. i know the sings of people who cut. oh gezze. i just hate it when i see that becuase i know what they are going through. I do think it is an addiction. i KNOW it is an addiction. i have a friend that proves it. (not sounding stupid) but no one WANTS to cut...it does become addictive. the false emotions that are associated with it become something that you crave. to get away from the pain. arg. i hate listening to myself in my head. okay sorry. well, it may or may not have been a choice to start. i personally didn't realize i did it untill after. i really did, but previously to that, i was thinking about doing it. i think that the people who cut need support. they obviously need support.well, sorry for rambling and blah. hope this helps. :0
I DONT I AM CLEAN
I think it's for lots of reasons: tension relief, feel better, show others there's a problem, feel "in control" of something in life, a little bit of suicide, see blood. I think it's addicting, like taking drugs or overeating. I'm not disgusted by it.
yah i cut myself & it is a addiction in a way cause ur body needs it in a way
if u cut when ur sad or mad then ur body feels thats its the one way that it can let go of what u r feeling & then when u do get mad or sad then u will stay that way till you do
& yes i no its bad for u but i cant stop cause it IS a addiction & most people dont get that
Being a Paramedic I see lots of this. I don't get it, but was told you get a good andorphan release from the cutting and it makes you feel good. This is done by some for attention and then others do it for the above reason.
Whatever floats your boat I guess!
There is no simple answer to this question. For me, it is a way to control the uncontrollable. Whatever stressor that is happening in my life that I can't control, I turn the emotion (anxiety, frustration, fear etc) inwards onto myself, and cut to releive that particular emotion. Sometimes, there is no trigger. I just see my impliments on my bedside table, and impulse takes over and I use them.
It has become an addiction and a major stress in my life, as I am now, 4 years after first starting, only begining to realise that I have seriously jeapordized my future due to scars on my arms and legs. I am currently attempting to find a job, and because it's winter here in Aus, it's esy to hide. However, once summer comes, I'm going to face a whole new set of problems!!
It was my choice to begin this act, however, sometimes I honestly do feel I have no control over it (ie: S/Hing while dissociating). I have done 12 months of DBT to try and learn strategies to overcome urges and use more positive ways of coping with stress, and I see a therapist weekly. My youth worker has all but given up on me, telling me there's no more she can do until I make the decision to change.
I'm not bitter at her, because that statement is 100% true and accurate. I have an addiction to his action, and until I make a concious effort to use the skills I've been taught and realise that there is more to life that what I'm currently seeing, no one can help me but myself.
Anyway, I think I've rambled on enough!! Hope this answers your question!
Well i cut myself when something HORRIBLE just accured and that's how i express my anger. i also release pain that way and cry as i cut myself
I haven't cut since November 1st, but still get huge urges to, for me I think its stress release, to feel less lonely, to feel happy, and to make things feel right again. Sometimes its because I can't get something out e.g. Ive hurt someone real bad but I can't tell them, or they don't mind, other times I used it to deny and get through tough times.
I completely sympathise with people who are still doing it, tbh because I've come so far since I decided to stop, and I know I've got far to go as well.
It is my coping mechanism, whenever I get pain that I can't cope with I really want to cut, even though I know how bad it is - I just want the feelings to go away. I think its an addiction in terms of once you stop it stays with you forever, I also think its an addiction in terms of it feels good, but it does so much damage, I became dependant on it, I didn't feel like "hrmm, go play a game or cut?", I feel like the only way to feel better is to cut.
I think yeah, it is a choice to start it, however once someone starts it, and becomes dependant on it it doesn't feel like a choice anymore.
EDIT: On second thought, if you're actually considering cutting, then read
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6265/...
first, my sister gave it to me when I opened up to her about my cutting, and it helped a lot to have that in a pocket to read whenever I felt like cutting.
omg all you freaks on here. you have to be seriously mentally retarded to cut yourself. go see a pshychyatrist before you become a murderer and cut other people too!
i used to cut.
i would do it when i was angry/tense etc but didn't know what to do about it.
when i was growing up, you weren't encouraged to discuss your feelings - if you felt bad or upset you were basically ridiculed. So whenever something lousy happened when i was older, i didn't know how to deal with it. i felt angry, but usually only at myself.
cutting helped ease that tension. it didn't hurt, it was like a release? hard to describe. my cuts are private and hidden, they weren't for attention at all.
to a degree i sympathise - but only with those that were in my situation and cut privately for a release. i don't understand cutting for attention.
it's still something that it quite taboo with me. not many people know that i did it.
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