Cutting yourself???

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Originally Posted by maryjanemama

I don't know why ppl cut themselves, I do understand the feeling of pleasure from pain, though,...like the "good" feeling of being tattoed. That girl sounds like she has more issues than cutting herself, but I'm no psychologist. Has anyone seen the <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=movie&v=56">movie</a> "Secretary"? It's very sexually charged but the most important part of the <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=movie&v=56">movie</a> is that Lee has just been released from a mental institution because she cuts herself...which leads her into the whole relationship with her boss. Anyway, I think it has something to do with being in control of your life and enjoying the pain of cutting...some ppl get a high feeling from physical pain.

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its simply a physical expression of self hatred. some are secret some not but if someone is open about it it could be a few reasons- fake, to get attention- or they acknowledge its a problem and want help. The point is that if someone is cutting themselves its probably not to get a buzz but a release from intensly bad emotions. I am doing a degree in psychology and have friends at uni with mental heath problems. Anyone cutting themselfs to get attention in a direct and obvious way either has really big problems or is faking "adolecent angst" type shit to be cool ( I hve seen this and it really is sickening). self harm is a release like smoking a fag and speaking from experience comes from very low self esteem.
I'll point out that i have used magic mushrooms to alter my self perception and since then i havent been feeling depressed (not clinical).
Understanding has helped me help myself, but ignorance of mental illness hardly helps those in psychotic (not hannibal lecter) states. I am lucky in that i am able to see beyond my current mood, but some people are not. so to simplify their problems in a black and white way wont help anyone. Life is complex

I had a friend who cut herself to emulate a girl she admired named Carrie. I eventually met Carrie, and after a while she explained her psychologist's theory on why she did. Her psychologist had said that she was completely out of tune with the world, that she doubted her very existence, and causing herself pain was her way of proving to herself that she had some tangible role in the world.

thats some messed up shit

i decided to walk out because I was high and she was blowing my buzz,

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haha, hell ya

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Originally Posted by Omun

i thinks its a shame when people will cut themselves. But I guess some people just like to scar themsleves up because it somehow feels good?? I don't understand it at all.

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when you put your body through a certain amount of pain, it produces a morphine like substance which gives off a euphoric feeling. Many people become addicted to it.

I was a cutter before, well it wa slast xmas i stoped.Now I just get high and relax and dont think about things so much. And it works. Im more calm and patient with others and myself. In other words im not depressed. Why? Because marijuana makes me feel happy. Im very aware that weed wont make me happy but i sure am happy about every last toke i take! Violence is controlable and that girl could have controled her anger if she werent baked. So hopefully she stays off bud!

i use to cut all the time... then i found ciggeraettes i found i do get irrtated after smoking a few bowls but only when watching cops on tv like seriously i cant stand cops i find myself standing up yelling at the tv when cops are assholes to ppl or beat black ppl when they didnt do anything

you guys are f'ing weird
why cut your self? to release what? blood ?
do you worship satan or something, im not gonna try to hate
but seriously, that must be one of the dumbest things you can do..
make your self bleed on purpose..when it does nothing at all
and same with ciggerets, all they are doing
is killin you, and making your life span shorter
i know reef will do the same, but shit..ciggerets are worse in my opinion

that last poster is a little kid. Trust me.

Look, I ended up in a place for post traumatic stress disorder and I managed to befriend someone of whom I found out later liked to carve herself like a thanksgiving turkey.

I didn't understand it, because God, why would anyone do such a thing? My psychologist helped me with it, because I sounded like ol buddy Shiz over here talking about satan worship and whatnot.

So here it is. Cutting is an ineffective coping skill that people use for the same reasons that others become alcoholics or drug addicts.

All of these people are unhappy with their lives. Maybe they've been through a lot and seen things you hope to God you never saw. Some use drugs to alleviate the hurt. Others cut. Now why do they cut, you ask.

Its complicated, but generally the idea is that if you relocate the emotional pain to a physical pain on your leg or your arm or wherever, then it's such a visceral painful and real experience that it distracts you from the burning pain on the inside.

It kind of sounds nutty at this point so heres a great example of something similar.

When Jim Carrey had to don the Grinch suit 12 hours a day, it was incredibly incredibly painful, and so to focus on his performance and not the discomfort, he had a survival expert teach him some things. So what he ended up doing is randomly punching his leg as hard as he could every now and then so that he focused on his leg and not the claustrophobia of the suit...

This is what the cutter does, except that the suit is themselves and they'll never escape that. This is why cutting doesn't work, and why therapy is very important to find the sources of their discomfort.

That girl that freaked you out, u know, that was a very good thing you did to help her. Good for you. A lot of people including me might have gotten scared and run for the hills.

That is an extreme case of cutting, but there are actually some incredibly normal people that cut and don't tell anyone. Just like the pretty girl that you have a crush on that goes to the toilet and pukes her guts up 3 times a day. You just never know.

So it any case, promote understanding, everybody. Not fear of what you don't understand. :)

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Originally Posted by Stooj

that last poster is a little kid. Trust me.

Look, I ended up in a place for post traumatic stress disorder and I managed to befriend someone of whom I found out later liked to carve herself like a thanksgiving turkey.

I didn't understand it, because God, why would anyone do such a thing? My psychologist helped me with it, because I sounded like ol buddy Shiz over here talking about satan worship and whatnot.

So here it is. Cutting is an ineffective coping skill that people use for the same reasons that others become alcoholics or drug addicts.

All of these people are unhappy with their lives. Maybe they've been through a lot and seen things you hope to God you never saw. Some use drugs to alleviate the hurt. Others cut. Now why do they cut, you ask.

Its complicated, but generally the idea is that if you relocate the emotional pain to a physical pain on your leg or your arm or wherever, then it's such a visceral painful and real experience that it distracts you from the burning pain on the inside.

It kind of sounds nutty at this point so heres a great example of something similar.

When Jim Carrey had to don the Grinch suit 12 hours a day, it was incredibly incredibly painful, and so to focus on his performance and not the discomfort, he had a survival expert teach him some things. So what he ended up doing is randomly punching his leg as hard as he could every now and then so that he focused on his leg and not the claustrophobia of the suit...

This is what the cutter does, except that the suit is themselves and they'll never escape that. This is why cutting doesn't work, and why therapy is very important to find the sources of their discomfort.

That girl that freaked you out, u know, that was a very good thing you did to help her. Good for you. A lot of people including me might have gotten scared and run for the hills.

That is an extreme case of cutting, but there are actually some incredibly normal people that cut and don't tell anyone. Just like the pretty girl that you have a crush on that goes to the toilet and pukes her guts up 3 times a day. You just never know.

So it any case, promote understanding, everybody. Not fear of what you don't understand. :)

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yes and self harm is often a big indicator of mental illness as is drug abuse. I spend hours trying to explain that drugs are an atempt to allieviate in many cases bad existences of fucked upness, the drugs didnt cause it - it caused the drugs. but simple (religious) people always believe the easiest to understand solution and their inherent desire to simplify existence is the cause of so many problems. life is not black and white but christianity would have you believe that. dont fall prey to institutionalised stupidity, live through human nature and not a hatred for our inherent being.