Cutters

[BrOwNrIcE]

Views on issue

[The_Almighty_Stan]

A cry for attention in my view. How can you possiblybe a productive member of society if you can't even deal with personal problems. I've also noticed that a large number of cutters start at an early age, in turn the cutting becomes a conditioned response to their problems, instead of dealing with it like a rational person

Of course they are just my own personal feelings so I'm sure someone will disagree.

[serendipityxo]

i agree. i don't really have anything to add because i think the whole idea of "emotional cutting" is completely ridiculous and nothing more than a cop-out. hm... i guess i did have something else to add! haha

[WaterFish22]

I perfer blade model KS 85/21.

[Maria]

LOL

[Kayra Jordyn]

=0( That sucks, love. How you're still such a sweetheart, I don't know...

[Goodomen]

It's all a hazy dream.

[Janessa Gayle Nowell]

I used to be a cutter, and I find that it is easier to understand if you think of it as a mental illness. Normal people, when they can't take the bad feelings anymore, get professional help and sometimes medication is needed. For cutters, it's like the cutting is their home recipe for medication. They have developed coping skills to deal with their bad feelings. Although, cutting is a VERY BAD IDEA. It becomes addicting and once you start, it is very hard to stop. Personally, I cut myself because the feelings inside were so intense and out of my control that I felt like if I could just make something to control and pretend that was what was hurting me so bad, it might be okay. And of course, you can make a wound stop bleeding and eventually go away. So it seemed the simple answer at the time. My scars are not ordinary, they are the remains of battle wounds from the war within myself. Of course, I am diagnosed Schitzo-Affective Disorder, Bipolar Type, so if you want to call me crazy, go right ahead. This is just my opinion, nothing more, nothing less.

[Patricia]

We sometimes tend to criticize what we fail to understand. One of my closest friends is still a cutter, and far from hating her I somehow admire the braveness to bear the scars of her deviated pain. If you think about it we all do an equivalent to 'cutting', so although I think it's a tad extreme way of self punishment, I am not the kind of person who feels smarter than anyone else just because I don't make a certain thing so obviously wrong to the rest of the world...

[krystal L. moore]

I used 2cut

[DiamondRose1976]

Cutters have the same problem that alcoholics, smokers and drug addicts have -- they cover their feelings through a destructive action. They can't stop because dealing with the pain of their problems is too much for them to emotionally and mentally handle. It's simple to say "Grow up and stop" but you can't just say that to an addict or someone with issues, it's deeper than the actual act of cutting. Cutting is just a manifestation of the pain they feel inside.

[Andrew]

people cut habitually imo for the same reason they do drugs. Why they start is USUALLY not the important part. Cutting yourself and bleeding in particular has the same effect as many other drugs. It gets you HIGH.

[Cerridwen]

That's one of the reasons why I use to burn my arm. My family frequently look at my arm as if to say, " you're doing this for attention, what's wrong with you?" Cutting / burning can be considered a ' kink ' / fetish.