I have a few questions for cutters?!
Question: 1-why do you do it?
2-how long have you cut?
3-Does anyone know. Like mom or dad?
Answers: 1-why do you do it?
2-how long have you cut?
3-Does anyone know. Like mom or dad?
well this is an interesting question........
well, i do it because (in all seriousness, i'm not joking or anything) i'm not exactly all to happy with myself. Its not like, i've been abused, or horrible things happened to me. I think its just becuase i've been rejected so many times, i just take it out on myself.
How long i have to cut? well, it depends, sometimes i'm happy, so i don't cut. Other times, i'm so upset about something, or so mad, i just keep on doing it, and after a while, when i'm calm i stop.
no one knows. A true cutter, is not a public one.
P.S. you may be thinking why i would expose myself on the internet, but fortunatly for me, no one i know has my yahoo account, so they wouldn't even know this is me.
The case is always going to be different. Is this a survey, for school or something?
The answers that you will usually hear:
- It's a coping mechanism.
- Times vary.
- Usually it is kept a secret.
But there is no 'norm' for anything like this.
1 - Someone I know enjoys the feeling and tortures herself for supposedly being a human failure.
2 - She started a year ago.
3 - Her parents don't know.
For me:
1. I used cutting as a coping mechanism. It helped me to deal with the depression I was going through and everything going on in my life. It helped me to numb myself so I didn't have to feel anything, but it also helped to feel something if I was feeling numb to begin with.
2. I was a cutter for about 3 years. It has been a year since I cut last which is such a major accomplishment for me.
3. My parents do know, but that was not my choice. I told my best friend and her mom because I felt like she had a right to know (I won't get into the reasons why right now though) and I always felt like her mom was a second mother to me. Later on I was able to finally say something to my small group leader. Him and his wife have been instrumental in helping me to overcome my depression and self-injury. I am nowhere near completely... healed I guess... but I have definately made a lot of improvement and accomplished quite a bit. Just a few months ago I was also able to open up to one of my friends about it so just recently we all celebrated the day that marked a whole year without self-injury.
1- Helps turn my anger/sadness into an action, a way of venting those overwhelming feelings out. Something about the physical pain takes away the mental pain.
2-2 years.
3-Close friends, not mom and dad.
I'm only answering because I want people to have a better understanding of why it's done; I'm so sick of people saying it's only for attention, or fake in any way.
1- Because it makes me feel better. No, it's not the physical pain. It's a chemical your body gives off when you are physically harmed that feels good.
2- I have cut on and off since I was 8. I'm 14.
3- My dad knows, but he doesn't care. My mom hasn't found out and my parents never communicate. And a few close friends know as well.
I don't cut, but I self-harm (burning and bruising).
1. why: because I get scared easily and can't calm myself down or bring myself back to reality without it. because I have depression and sometimes it gets so bad I hurt myself to get away from the internal pain. because it helps. there's so many reasons.
2. how long: almost five years. started when I was 12, I'm 17 now.
3. anyone know: a couple of my friends; my parents know but never talk about it. for all I know they think I've stopped.