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Published: 2006-12-15 02:24:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 8142; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 256
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The 81st secret.It can be my own, a friend's, or a fellow deviant's.
Please take into consideration, that some of these secrets contain sensitive issues, so please choose your words carefully. I will not disable the comments, because what someone has to say, may help another.
Additionally, take the time to really understand the piece. See it. Feel it. Live it.
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I self-harm and contemplate overdosing daily when I volunteer to save peoples lives, distract them from hurting themselves, get them to call a hotline. The hypocrisy.
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I use to do this to myself. I was quite ashamed. the cuts on my wrists are gone, but those on my leg exist, and it bugs me. It's so imperfect. And yet I havent done it for a year. Even so I have a pack of razor blades in my backpack. Sometimes I still want to use them.
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i feel like i know this one well.
i and still trying not to cut but i used to every day and when i found out my friend had started cutting again i reacted in a verry hypocritical way.
even if you cut your self it hurts and makes you sad when you see that some one else is doing it.
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I feel connected to this pic.
I used to cut.
And i was hypocritical in the sense that i wanted no one else to do it.
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beautiful, emotional picture. I admire the bravery of the person willing to share this.
Most people don't understand SI and rather not see or hear about it... but they're just hiding the truth. Millions of people in the U.S.A. hurt themselves, it's very real, and people just got to accept that some people do it. People just need to read about it and TRY to understand it before they can judge someone and say "They're doing it for attention."
It's like some of my work that I've been posting.
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and agian i say i feel like an outcast because i am unlike the billion of angsty emo teens that cut themselves....seriously suck it up...i was secretly molested by a family member since i was 16(18 now) and i never once cut myself so guess what your emoness with oh my life sucks...SIT your asses down for the people who have real problems..
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I find it unnecessary for you to judge someone who cuts herself. It's sad that people who truly do have problems and find that hurting themselves is the best way of dealing with it, are overshadowed by what the mainstream call "emo". I don't condone self-mutilation, but if that is how a person deals with his/her problem, then so be it. Hopefully that will be the worst thing they do to themselves.
You shouldn't compare the person with yourself because everyone deals with their problems in different ways. Additionally, you don't even know what the person fully went through and why she harms herself. For the most part, if people cut themselves in places that they can hide (other than their arms and wrist) then that is a good sign that that person isn't doing it for the attention. You can't say for sure if the person isn't one of the "people who have real problems." And next time, can you at least read what's in the description box? You should be more considerate of others.
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gah.
the sheer hipocrisy of my life in picture form.
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Me too.
And I completely agree with IssaPritty's comment. People who put it out in the open are doing it for attention. People who hide it have a serious problem.
I haven't cut in months. But I know whenever I get upset it's the first thing that floats into my mind.
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I like how you show a place that is hidden. Fore-arm is usually done by emo kids wanting to impress their friends at school. The most normal looking people usually have the most ugly scars underneath their clothes. And it's not just teenagers. Thank you for accurately portraying a very serious disorder.
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so do i.
it makes me feel so hypocritical.
but i just tell myself that i need it more than them.
i hope everything gets better.
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I did this a bit when I was younger. The one remaining scar reminds me of how far I have come since then.
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I do not cut, but there are other ways of hurting one's self that do not show on the outside. They fester on the inside until they must be released. Everyone has some inner pain that demands to be exhumed and released in some manner. If only the exhumation could be a healing event for us all. I know that for some, it becomes a limbo from which there seems to be no release. For others, it is a slow progression from darkness into light. I tell myself every day what led soldiers through the jungle in Vietnam each day: "Keep your eyes on point." I will not lose my way in the jungle, nor will I fall prey to the enemy. Never give up and never look down.
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I have hundreds of scars, darling, all over me. Time is what fades them (they tell me cocoa butter lotion helps). And I tell those I know to keep from self-mutilation, knowing I have a razorblade in my night table (I don't want them to become what I am). It's an addiction, that's what people don't understand. Heroin, alcohol, marijuana - those are addictions too, but cutting and the like is never taken seriously from what I've seen.
To stop... you just have to try. I've been stopping and starting for years. Replace it with something else? That's the best advice I can give. I run, now. The razorblade is still in my drawer, but I run to feel better.
I write stories, songs, poetry, draw. I have a multitude of journals I write in, depending on which I find at any given time. But.... ::shrugs:: My hope is that the running is enough this time.
I wish the best for you.
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I don't think it's wrong to tell people not to do something you yourself still do... you know it's not good, and want to stop. You don't want them to go through what you are going through...
There's nothing wrong in that. It's noble, if anything.
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dont cut, express in better ways.art,music,sports,poetry,acting,singing, living.
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I am the same way, and it pains me everytime I tell someone not to cut or pick fun at "emo kids", when I know that I have scars of my own.
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i also went through this. i told my sister for years to stop cutting herself (she still does) but yet i myself have about 8 or 9 deep scars on my left lower arm (iv been trying for years to get rid of them, i will forever regret them, but never forget why they are there)
thank you for posting this pic with such noble intentions, to hopefully warn others of the mistakes that some of us have made
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I know exactly what you're going through; for years I secretly cut and hurt myself in other ways, while lying and telling people that self-harm is wrong. 
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I did this for a long time. You can get through it, you just need to find something else to replace it.
Try holding a piece of ice... It wont cause lasting damage, but it will leave a temporary red mark, and its cold as hell. It takes the edge off the temptation to cut.
One day at a time. Feel free to message me if you need to talk about anything.
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I really don't get it what is the advantage of doing this. I'm only 15 years old and I'm trying to help girl of my age and older with those kind of problem. You have a beautiful life, why you destroy it?! Are people with worse life's and they pass on .... I'm not judging you, but I really hope you get threw this.
PS: sorry for my English, if I have misspelling mistakes.
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My girlfriend use to do this alot. I finaly got her to stop a year ago. I just told her that if there was anything that was bothering her that much she should talk to me instead pulling out the razor.
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I do the same thing. I've tried to stop so many times and I did for awhile but things get to be too much again and I can't help it.
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i really hope you get help dear and know that you are not alone.
You can stop this..
If you want t to talk, feel free to note me.
I will listen.
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damn. If you can get away with this, then ur special. People started yelling when i submit a pic with my wrist, with "Celer" carved into it. I deleted that pic.
Now i just regret that my wrist is f.d up.
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This was a private moment, that the person was willing to share. It does not condone or encourage cutting.
I hope that DA will not decide to remove this from the gallery, as I believe there are many people that can take something from it.
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