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March 1 is self-harm awareness day. Wear Orange!Links to information: [link]
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**Sometimes it is obvious. And that's no less legitimate.
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I've self harmed a lot...starting back in 7th grade. It's been on/off for 3 years and I still get urges...I haven't done it in a long time now.
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To be completely honest, I was going to cut just a few minutes before seeing this.
I really don't have the urge to anymore.
So I guess....thank you.
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Oh my gosh I feel wonderful. Thank you so much for that comment. Send me a message any time you need someone to talk.
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This picture represents a bit of me because I did self harm years ago but I avoided having it being so blatantly out in the open. It was something of a dark secret that I can see now being horrifying to someone looking in from the outside.
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Thank you for the comment.
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I'm really glad someone did something like this. I'm surrounded by people who cut (it's a wonder that I don't), but it's almost never obvious.
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hi, i like this image, can i use it in my blog?
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As long as you credit me.
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thx, the picture is so fitting.
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so true
I used to bash my head against walls and bite myself into my hands to calm myself
my head was too hard to show any damage and my hands were easily hidden in my pockets or under my sleeves so my Mom barely notized them, unless I harmed myself in front of her eyes...
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I hope you're feeling better.
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yes, I had to visit some psychiatrists and stuff and I somehow got over it... at least mostly 
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a powerful photo here. My sister at one point used this as her escape... i was thankfully able to break her of it. I at one time carved mostly because it was a way to occupy my time rather than as a release. A simple picture speaks a million words.
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I'm glad you are both recovered.
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As are we. Again. A very powerful image despite how simple it is. Well done.
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I never harmed myself, but this really hits something deep within.
I hate when people make fun of depression and cutting, it's not funny.
They should rather have an open ear than laughing and pointing at self-harmers...
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It is not like I cut myself or know someone who does, but even to someone like me, who knows nothing of cutting, this picture explains the severity of the illness and that it should not be taken lightly.
Those who joke and or make fun about it, do not understand how much of a cruel thing they are doing. They should at least have tried to understand what those cuts are trying to hide, instead of show off and attract attention. I guess it is a matter of perspective...
Now considering the picture artistically. I agree to others who comment that say you should have used something else to represent the cuts. Maybe using half-dried fake blood would help you draw out the severity of the topic. Other than that, I love how you did this photograph, especially the hands that struggle with the urge.
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Thank you. It means a lot to me that it helps you understand.
Marker was actually a pretty deliberate choice in this - I've been told many times in my treatment for self harm that I should just draw on my skin with a red marker instead.
...also red marker would wash out of my favourite white tshirt.
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I've been struggling with this for 7 years. In hospital my family and I were told it would slow down as I matured, but it's only gotten worse. Like a drug addiction. I have hope that one day I'll get over it though. You portrayed the subject tastefully. I've seen too many images just focus on the blood or scars for shock factor, but the real focus of your image is that the scars and wounds are normally kept hidden. The relaxed hands also add calmness to the image. Well done!
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I like the message this sends
I myself have only cut once and it was bordem and to see why everyone seems so keen on doing it, but two of my friends use to do this kinda stuff. But still it's so simple yet really gets that message across. I like it
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This is a great picture with a very true message. It always irks me a bit when people always assume it has to be on the arms or wrists and then make jokes about it. It is no joking matter. Anyway, brilliant job.
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Thank you. Me too!
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You are very welcome!
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Thank you for this picture.
My cousin used to cut herself, and I always felt so helpless because I couldn't help her
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Is she better now? Just letting someone know you're there if they need you is really helpful.
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She's much better now after getting help. I used to listen to her when she wanted to talk, but you know, sometimes I felt like I could have done more. She's like a sister to me and seeing her go through this hurt me a lot too.
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I'm glad that she's better. I hope you're doing well too!
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I've got scars on my thigh from that ^^' I had gotten a large cut and scar there from when I ran into barbed wire and figured that would be the best place in case it was seen, I could just say they were from the barbed wire.
I've gotten past that though and feel rather silly for doing it now :3 This is a beautiful piece though and really speaks to a lot of people I think, and helps others to see that cutting isn't just for attention. Because if you cut in hidden places, you don't want to draw attention, unlike others who DO do it for attention and will make it as obvious as possible.
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Thank you for posting this. This is something that needs to be understood.
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Just curious, sorry for the personal question, but would anyone mind why they started cutting? It's just something that I've never quite understood even though I've gone through it myself.
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I'm not sure why I decided to pick up that razor blade. All I knew was that I felt so worthless, so alone and in so much pain. I was abused as a child for 14 years. Then I ended up in foster care, with foster parents who didn't understand me or like me all that much. I struggled with severe anxiety and self-hatred and I was in so much psychological pain that I just wanted the pain to end. It was the kind of pain where in a moment of madness you do anything to make it stop. So, I picked up a razorblade, dragged it across my skin, and I felt relief, and from that moment, it became like an addiction. That was the only way I could make myself feel better. Then I realised that seeing the blood made me feel like my pain was real. It made me feel alive when I felt like I had no identity and that I hated myself. There were many reasons for carrying on, but primarily it was because I felt relief when I did it, like it made all that pain go away, even for a little while. Until, the next time it pent up of course, and then I'd turn to the blade again...
I've also struggled with Anorexia Nervosa since I was 9 (I'm now 25) and self-harming was a way of making myself feel better about that too, when I had ate too many calories or not exercised enough.
I self-harmed for nine years. As I said, I did it for many reasons but none of them were for attention. I didn't want people to see what I did to myself. I felt like a freak - weak and useless. I hid my cuts under long sleeves and jeans.
I then got diagnosed with something called Borderline Personality Disorder and then I realised that maybe I'm not a freak - that the pain I feel is real but I just need a better way to deal with it. The thing is when you've only ever dealt with something one way, it's hard to try and deal with it in other ways.
My husband was the one who helped me to stop. We did it together. It was a challenge but one that we have overcome. I don't cut myself anymore. I do self-harm in other ways, though. I still struggle with an eating disorder and I hit myself alot but I don't cut my skin anymore.
My husband says that he finds my scars sexy - not because they were caused by cutting, but because they show that I have been strong enough to overcome it and show that I am a strong person. I've never thought about it before, but I guess he's right.
I'm really sorry for the essay! It wasn't meant to be this long, honestly!
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No no no, that's quite alright! And honestly amazing that you've been through some much in your lifetime. I really don't know what to say other than your story is somewhat amazing as well. To think that the same year I was born there was someone in Elementary that had an eating disorder, had problems with their parents/guardians and called themselves a freak... And that you're still fighting in one way or another. You mustn't get enough credit for all that you've gone through and I hope that your scars really do help you remember how strong you've been so that you can get through whatever else may come, and the same goes for you and your husband as well.
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Aw. Thank you sweetie. I really don't think I'm that amazing at all, though. I just did what I had to do to survive. I tried to commit suicide almost 4 years ago because I couldn't take anymore of how I was feeling and how screwed I felt my brain was. I was admitted to a psychiatric ward. When I came out, I met my husband (on this site 
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I started because I felt no one understood me and I was sick of seeing the things and having no one believe me. I felt if I just died I wouldn't just see spirits anymore, but I could be one of them and haunt those who laughed at me. My parents were constantly fighting too. I was bullied since the 1st grade and called lesbian constantly because of how boyish I am (which stopped, thank god). I'm recovered though thanks to some amazing people.
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I'm very glad to hear that and sorry for everything that has happened. Hopefully things will just keep getting better and better, though, and you will be able to discover new people and things to cherish, just like art
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Because it gave me a degree of control. I couldn't control how I looked, how I ate, what I was told to do day in and day out but at least I could control one aspect over my body to remind myself I had the power to do things without somebody telling me. It was kind of an odd way to put it, I suppose there was other aspects that drilled down on me enough to want to harm myself, but even when my world was going completely to shit at least I had control of every scar on my body.
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Wow, I've never though about it like that. I suppose in an odd way that's true, though. Hopefully you've been able to overcome it and have learned something valuable from the experience and that's all that matters in the end, right?
By the way, I just wanted to say that I visted your gallery and that you're an absolutely AMAZING artist as well
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dgsuygdsuydf thanks dude ;3; <3
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