Why is it so bad to cut yourself. if it makes you feel better isn' that good?!
Question:
Why is it so bad to cut yourself. if it makes you feel better isn' that good?
Answers:
Cutting can and nearly always turns into addictive behaviour. It's maybe the 2nd or 3rd most addictive drug.
It is like a drug in that it screws up your mind. A friend of mine who was a former cutter, in a state of hysteria when she found out her boyfriend was cutting, told me, "It's horrible. It makes you feel like your dead. I felt like I was dead, everything seemed dark and he can't start. I can't do this. He can't do this to himself." Other cutters have reported that they cut because they feel numb and need to feel alive, but after a while even cutting doesn't help them and jsut continues to make them feel numb.
She also suffered from nightmares in which she was cut in places all over her body and was drowning in blood. She's been clean for about a year.
Cutting has an effect on people you love. I walked in on this girl once when she had a pair of cuticle scissors held against her wrist, prepared to slash herself. I just said, "Your boyfriends on the phone," and she put the scissors down and took it from me. Then I went in my sisters room and cried the hardest I had in a long time, out of fear for her and and her future.
Although most people do not cut with the intention of killing themselves, if you cut too deep it can happen. This girl passed out once from cutting too deeply, and went to the hospital another time to get stitches.
If you are a cutter, you need to get help. Tell your parents, and if they don't help, tell your school. Schools will assist you in getting help.
There is nothing okay about cutting.