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wonderbandalice — self-harm is not always obvious.
Published: 2012-02-28 01:45:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 87446; Favourites: 4345; Downloads: 3970
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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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This is so true. When my friends think i'm cutting myself, they always check my wrists. But that's not where I would cut if i did. To obvious.
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I looked at this picture and the comments and i started to cry. Im going to go telling everyone about march 1st and tell them all to wear orange
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march 1st is my birthday wahahahaa
I like this photo as well its very meaningful
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Wow, what an excellent idea!
I love the colors in this shot, too! Great work!
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Thank you for creating something so powerful.
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I lost a friend to this, so thank you.
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I have been struggling with cutting and depression lately...But, well done on this image.
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Just remember, your skin heals. So can you. Keep calm and don't forget to be awesome.
Also, my inbox is open if you ever want to vent.
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Yes. Just... yes. This picture speaks volumes which I relate so heavily to.
Thank you for creating this.
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My bestfriend cuts.. And it's a really sad thing. A hard thing. I don't know how to talk to her, or motivate her to stop, because I know it's hard to quit. Most of my friends used to, but I never have.
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that was so meaningful. it made me feel so strongly.
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I totally relate to this, I used to cut, and I'd always do it on anywhere that was covered by stuff I normally wear, so...I cut my shoulders, my stomach, my breasts, upper legs, and feet. I also saw some of the comments below, and to be honest, I didn't cut because I was numb, I cut so that the physical pain could block out the emotional pain. I also cut to become numb. I went into some odd "trance" or something when I cut, my mind would go numb, and it was an escape. I'm glad you posted this, so many people think of cutting as on the arms/wrists, but it's not just there.
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Great concept for a great cause.
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I used to cut.....construction paper in pre-school. It made my skin crawl when I did. I was hooked.
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I used to cut. I did it for a little over three years. I was hospitalized because I was contemplating suicide and nearly acted upon it. After I had cut my wrist pretty badly I looked in the mirror and started to sob. "What have I done?" was the question racing through my mind. I was in the hospital for 9 days and while I was there I prayed and prayed that I would no longer feel that urge to hurt myself. It was evident to me then that I wasn't just hurting myself, but I was hurting the ones I loved. Over a year after being hospitalized I am going through counseling and have not cut since. I'm not the same person I was at the beginning of 2011 and although I went through hell for most of that year, I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you so much for posting this!
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That's great! 
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this is awesome. thank you for doing this.
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This a wonderful way to approach this subject, I really admire your honesty.
I was thinking about uploading art about self-injury, but I've refrained because people from school follow my dA...
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People from my school follow my dA too. But I posted it to facebook too, so
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That's kind of awesome, I admire your openness~
I'm afraid I would get bad reactions if I put something like that on facebook...
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I do get some bad reactions. But the positive ones, and the relief from the stress of having to hide it, make it worth it.
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That's wonderful to hear (:
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Still as ridiculous though. Buy a punching-bag. Punch it.
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Hahaha not always the best solution, sport. Before I started systematically hurting myself intentionally, it all started innocently with a punching bag and one day, letting out years of pent up stress on the damn thing, I looked down to realize that my knuckles were flowing with blood; But I kept punching.
That was my first experience with self-harm, and from there, it turned into "cutting" with broken glass and eventually scalding/burning myself in various ways. Really, the problem is not letting out stress, but rather, finding the root of years of self-hatred and fixing it, through therapy most likely.
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I burn myself a lot, I also burn my lips. Not a lot of people do. I cut my shoulders, waist, and hips too..long story
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D:> I'm so sorry, do you need to talk to someone, I know a stranger isn't the most comfortable person to spill your guts to, but, I'm here. 
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I'll send you a note, thank you
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thks for posting this iv had the same issue still do 2 
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I like this. Alot. It's powerful.
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kind of looks like me.....not as red now....
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Wow, I'm really glad to see this on the top 24 hour page. (:
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Wear orange march first!! Yeah this is a pretty big thing for me and my friends
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I just heard that! I better go plaster it all over facebook.
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I know someone who doesn't cut, but they will light their fingers on fire.
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It's very relieving.
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It can even be unnoticed on the wrists. I did small nicks on the skin, that looked like I had a bug bite that I scratched too much. But unlike those, I have small scars that remind me that I was stupid and had a good life. They don't always have to be long marks.
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I remember doing the same thing when I was depressed and younger. I still have 2 - 3 inch scars on my upper thighs. Thank you for raising awareness about this.
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I used to cut myself before. It's hard to stop. Kinda like a drug. I just stopped because persons I loved made me promise to don't do it again. Sometimes people can't understand why we do that and they judge us. It's hard to explain the reasons, but it's a need. A compulsive need. To make the pain get out. To evacuate to rage that overwhelm us. To forget how we are suffering in our head. Still today, I often scratch my arms with my nails cause I can't bear the pain. It doesn't bleed, but it keeps bleeding in my mind, everyday. Well, all that to say... I don't approve, but I perfectly understand. Thank you to talk of this reality. (sorry if I made mistakes, English is not my language)
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I can relate to this, three months ago I scratched my thigh all up so my family wouldn't see it and the scars are still there, but they are slowly fading.
But seriously, don't worry about me, I am totally better thanks to my best friend/kinda-sorta-girlfriend.
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I don't cut, and I don't know anyone that does.
But now after seeing this picture, maybe I DO know someone, and I just never realized.
In any case, this is definitely thought provoking to say the least and I hope people who stuggle with this have the courage and strength and support to find the help they not only need, but deserve.
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The fact that people think some of something like cutting as beautiful is sort of disturbing. Honestly this picture in my eyes looks like a horror story. It's a desperate thing to want to hurt yourself for what ever reason you have, and it scary to know that people are walking around like this without somebodies knowledge. I've known many people that have done it, I have done it, and if somebody walked up to me and said 'Hey, that's hot' I'd be legitimately sick. I'm sorry, I know some people have a thing for blood or self abuse, that sometimes when they're deep in shit they enjoy the sight of their own gore, but self mutilation isn't meant to be for 'Art' and this piece certainly isn't pointing to that side, it's pointing to the people that are searching for help in some shape or form.
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Thank you so much for this.
Cutting isn't "beautiful" or "deep," it's disgusting.
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