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March 1 is self-harm awareness day. Wear Orange!Links to information: [link]
I am always here for anyone who needs to talk. Send me a note if you want my msn/cell number/some other third thing.
**Sometimes it is obvious. And that's no less legitimate.
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Amazing photograph.
I've been a cutter since the beginning of my 8th grade year. I'm graduating highschool in three months.
I've tried to stop dozens of times...but I can't. It always pulls me back in.
I had stopped for months...then two weeks ago, I started again...
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Are you getting any help? Talk therapy and medication works well for me.
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At the beginning of 2011, I texted a friend about how down I had been. I admitted how I had thought of ending my own life.. I ended up falling asleep and not answering his texts. He called 911 and the police knocked on my door not long after... I ended up in the hospital for a few hours. I lied my way out of it, and had to go to therapy, where I lied my a*s off some more.. my family couldn't afford it.. If we could have, I would have kept going to therapy and actually got help. I'm also afraid that if I actually told them what goes through my mind, i'd end up in the hospital again...
I know it sounds stupid, but the thing I'm scared of the most is actually coming out and telling my parents and people that I need help. I'm scared what will happen..
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It's good that your friend cared about you enough to call 911. I don't know about where you live, but in Canada at the hospital I stayed at for a while they could set up therapy for people who couldn't afford it for free.
Ending up in the hospital again sounds scary, but I've been there and it's actually not that bad. It's a little stressful at first, but I came out feeling a lot better and there are a lot of resources there, especially for people who can't afford medication or therapy.
I'm sure that if you tell the people you love that you need help they'll be happy they can do something about it, rather than you struggling alone.
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I live in the US.. My mom is already pretty deep in debt..
Its hard to just come out and tell them that..
I'll probably be able to figure it out.. I just gotta see past today and toward the future..
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I love this.. This is so amazing.
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Every single popular girl I know cuts herself.
It's sad.
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Hm.. are you friends with them? If not (I'm assuming you have them on facebook), maybe start posting some links to information about recovery from self harm? Or even send them a message saying you're there if they need to talk.
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I have done that with a few of them. One called me a bitch, another called me a....darn....I think it was "nosy smart-ass motherfucker', and one refused to talk to me.
But I'll keep on trying. (sighs) I hate it when I see them show off their scars like their trophies, and I keep telling them, "Look at Sabrina guys. She stabbed herself last year and now she's in a mental hospital!"
They don't listen. : (
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Are they getting any help?
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I tell the counselors. They do nothing. Have any tips?
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Self-harm, your doing it wrong... lol sorry... couldn't help myself.
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I went to Busch Gardens, and there was this girl behind me in line and I was about to tell her how much I love her amazing purple hair, when I noticed her arms and legs. She was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and all up and down her arms and legs were giant cuts. It made me naseous. Because even when I cut myself, it was only my wrists, and it felt like a release, and I liked watching the blood drip out. It was....relaxing in a way. This girl was...I don't even know how she could stand having cuts like that.
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I feel the same when cuts are on display so openly, but I'm sure people have their reasons for it.
I couldn't put my cuts on display because I was ashamed and I wanted to hide them. I didn't do it for attention and I felt weak for doing it, so I hid them.
I don't know why some people put their fresh cuts so out there, but I'm sure in their minds, they're doing it for what they believe are the right reasons.
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It wasn't even that she showed them. It was the fact that they were huge, and I can't stand other people's pain. It's awful.
And I hid mine too...my boyfriend at the time laughed at me and just treated me cutting like it was nothing. I hated him for it.
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I know what you mean. It's horrible to see others pain, knowing that you can't do anything to stop them from hurting.
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Exactly. It's a horrible feeling.
And it's one of the reasons I can't stand bullying or the people that do nothing about it.
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I think this picture is right on the mark. I only wore pants and no skirts/shorts for seven years because of the marks I'd leave on my legs. Cutting is a hard thing to get away from, and something I still occasionally battle with along side depression. But, at least now they're too few and far between, and I'm starting to wear skirts again. My scars are hard to see! I'm kind of excited for that!
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Great message. A lot of people keep cutting hidden. It's never easy to stop cutting either.
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Great photo, and really symbolic too.
I used to cut not so long ago, and even though most of my scars faded, I still have these three fat ones on my shoulder,
and people always ask me where I got them and get this, compliment on it, and I always feel like crap after it.
I also had a friend who had bad anger management issues, and she would bite her arms and hands to release some of the energy
of anger. Sometimes it was so bad that she literally bit off chunks of flesh.
Self harm for attention isn't as bad as it sounds in most cases. At one point, my cutting was really a call for my parents to help me
with my problems, because depression and other mental illnesses and disorders are generally physically invisible, and people think
that when there is nothing wrong with you physically, then there is nothing wrong with you at all. Cutting and other forms of self-harm are
physically visible, so it might be a way to calling people's attention to yourself to get help.
But, I'm not pretending that there aren't some really sick people who think that cutting is a joke, and do it to call pity upon themselves.
Pity is not what self-harming is about.
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Amazing message. More people should be aware of this, and you're definitely helping.
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I actually know about this day. I've been cut free for almost two years and on this day I always think about what could have happened had I not stopped. I'm glad you put this up, because these were the places I would go for. I never wanted anyone to see my scars and since I was young they began fading but as I got older the cuts became permanant and noticable, when I changed at school for gym. Thank you again for putting this. I don't feel alone anymore when I see posts like this or when some tells me their trying to stop and I help as best I can. Thank you though for showing people, you don't have to cut your wrists to be cutting.
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I'm so happy you're cut free.
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Yeah, so am I. It didn't even help me feel better.
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I knew a guy who cut their legs and it was always hidden because he was a bit of a lumberjack. Boots, long heavy pants. It was only obvious when we would go down to the water for Crew team practice.
I used to cut up my shoulders and upper arms.
We're both out of it to a degree. There are occasional lapses, but we've found other ways to cope.
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i'm glad you have found other ways to cope.
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its nice to see other people actually care about the slef harmers
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Important issue for me.
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thank you!! i hate it when people call cutters ungreatful....
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I dig that you are doing this. More people should be talking about this then hidden it
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Thank you. I agree, it's a very hard thing to share though.
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So true. Thank you for supporting awareness towards this very important issue.
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i really like this. even though it's simple it highlights a really important issue for a lot of people. i started self-harming in 2004 and it has been really hard to stay away from something that i have come to rely on in times of emotional stress, but i have come to realise that there are other more positive and safe forms of stress relief. thank you for uploading this, it really goes to show that we aren't alone in our struggles.
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I hope you are doing a lot better. thank you.
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That's SO awesome .. i love it!
i wish my wounds and scars were only drawn ..
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i remember cutting my arms.....oh the memories..... nice work btw
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I used to slice up my stomach...still have scars :/
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I hope you're doing better.
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Oh I am. Last time was...many many months ago..
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Thanks for supporting self harm awareness. Without you i wouldn't have known there was a day for this.
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I'm glad it's raising awareness.
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