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Self harming- any harm??
Replies: 20Last Post June 29, 2008 4:37pm by silverbullets
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I don't see the major problem with self harming.

I mean, obviously there are self harmer's out there that just take it to the EXTREME and carve themselves to pieces and have to go to hospital and stuff like that... but couldn't self harm in small doses be acceptable??

I mean, if the self harmer wasn't unhappy about it, if it provided the harmer with away to cope, why should we scrutinize it??

Because it isn't socially acceptable or what??

What actually IS wrong with self harming if it isn't making you unhappy??

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People connect self-harm with suicide.

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because it's considered unacceptable by society.
because for the most part, it's been blown out of proportions.
and because it can be as addictive as crack.

this is coming from an ex-cutter and abuser of legal drugs.

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Quote: from blufindr at 3:04 am on June 28, 2008

because it's considered unacceptable by society.
because for the most part, it's been blown out of proportions.
and because it can be as addictive as crack.

this is coming from an ex-cutter and abuser of legal drugs.


why did you feel you needed to stop cutting?

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um because self harming leads to worse self harming which leads to suicide? And that has been proven. No one just nicks themselves forever then gives up.. they get progressively worse.
Don't encourage self harming. Isn't it better to cope in healthier ways than thinking it's ok to hurt yourself?

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As long as the damage isn't something that can lead to serious problems in the long-run, I say it's fine. Cutting is dangerous... but biting isn't too serious.

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Quote: from roflfuckyou at 3:05 am on June 28, 2008

um because self harming leads to worse self harming which leads to suicide? And that has been proven. No one just nicks themselves forever then gives up.. they get progressively worse.
Don't encourage self harming. Isn't it better to cope in healthier ways than thinking it's ok to hurt yourself?

please specify these "better ways"

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I heard that there are people who teach you to harm in the right way, for those who really can't stop. Or so a teacher once said when someone brought it up...

And, I think it's just unacceptable, because of people's ignorance. They push people too far, and then wonder why people SH or even try and overdose.

There are adverts about excessive drinking and smoking, so why not depression?

Personally, I think there needs to be better promotion when it comes to finding counsellors too. Where I live, they are impossible to trace.

Also, as a nation we need to be more focused on the fact that depression does happen, and need to find solutions - and fast!

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its bad cuz it creates more depression... its kinda like alchahol in the cold, u feel warmer for a while becauz it makes u numb and postpone the cold, where its constricting ur bloodcells making u colder

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Quote: from blufindr at 8:04 pm on June 28, 2008

because it's considered unacceptable by society.
because for the most part, it's been blown out of proportions.
and because it can be as addictive as crack.

this is coming from an ex-cutter and abuser of legal drugs.


I agree. Myself being a sort of ex cutter and an abuser of ill/legal drugs.


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Quote: from giddytoads at 3:05 am on June 28, 2008

Quote: from blufindr at 3:04 am on June 28, 2008

because it's considered unacceptable by society.  
 because for the most part, it's been blown out of proportions.  
 and because it can be as addictive as crack.  

 this is coming from an ex-cutter and abuser of legal drugs.


why did you feel you needed to stop cutting?


because i stopped being able to stand looking at my boyfriend and seeing the absolute devastation i caused by that particular form of self-abuse. eventually, it got to the point where i just couldn't cut anymore, because i'd just start thinking about him.
he doesn't know about the drugs, though, so i haven't been able to quit that.

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Self harming is fucking stupid. It's just attention seeking imo.

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yes and no

i cut for a yr and i was fucked



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Self harm isn't really good though, the way I've had to deal with it anyways. It's just like any drug, the more you do and longer you do it, the worse it gets.

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because its addictive and only gets worse.. if its gets to far out of hand it gets dangerously addictive and you lose sight of the other ways to cope. Though i dont think its fair when ppl say 'stop cutting' because what people dont realise is it is addictive and if its the only way you know how to cope, then its never just as simple as stopping

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