<p>I havent read this thread, but I used to cut. I used to cut myself a lot actually. I dont want to send the wrong message or anything, but I think its not that harmful IF you dont cut your damn veins. I used to cur places like the veins on my foot, legs, etc....NOT! Cutting is horrible! I actually had a bad experience with cutting. But ive changed a lot since 15. Im not emo anymore and I thank God for everyday I have. People that cut have issues and need to to get help. Unofortunately, the only people that can hyelp them most times are themselves.</p>
<p>you're lame. why would you discuss this on a college board?</p>
<p>Because it's in the Cafe. This isn't just a college board, hence the "high school life" forums</p>
<p>Are you talking me, KID?! Because thats what you are, a kid who is 17. Maybe when you mature a little bit, youll understand that cutting is a part of life, even the life of college and high school students.</p>
<p>azheng89.
I may be wrong. But this is how I see it:
The person who said that he cuts himself is either lieing (which seems unlikely to me) or actually does cut himself and decided to post it here, for a bunch of strangers to see, because talking about this kind of stuff with a family member is not easy. Meaning that, a stranger's opinion would be much more objective than that of a relative.
That's how I see it; but I could be wrong.
And there's no need to be rude about it.</p>
<p>imo, It's nothing a little counceling can't fix. Just expressing one's feelings and getting it all out in the open can have a positive effect.</p>
<p>cutting is pretty bad. doesn't it persistently hurt like a mother? i would not do cutting just because of the fact it would keep hurting after. </p>
<p>The best way to get rid of stress is to get out to a tennis court, and hit some tennis balls as hard as you can. it feels great. Let me list the benefits: </p>
<p>Release of pent up anger.
No lasting injuries to body.
Tennis is cool.</p>
<p>There we go. =)</p>
<p>or just pick up a really expensive vase and throw it straight into a concrete wall.
I've always wanted to do that with a vase here in my house.</p>
<p>haha i love tennis. yep! hitting the balls hard is fun.. especially if it hits someone lol haha j/k but yeah i think that there is no help in situations like this. Problems don't just go away when you tell others about it or when you talk about it with a professional. It might help to some point, but doesn't exactly get rid of it. I think only TIME can do that. haha i know this is totally cliche but time heals all things lol :). Soon, this will just be something from the past and you move on right? i'm not even sure myself, but if i tell myself tomorrow is just another day, it helps keep me going.</p>
<p>What's cutting?
Anyway, you should play sport and put all your anger into it. Do some sort of American football or wrestling.</p>
<p>PS. Shut your <appropriate_for_your_breeding_substitute> up. Nirvana forever. Seattle forever. Starbucks forever. Frappucino forever. Duh.</appropriate_for_your_breeding_substitute></p>
<p>cutting as in using that shiney thing most people like to call a knife or a razor on your skin so that the skin gets cut -hense the word "cutting"- and it starts to release a thick liquid known as blood.</p>
<p>Ugh. I thought about that too but decided it was too sick and gross to think someone would od that :)</p>
<p>Geez. What IS it with the world? First THAT now this... Cutting is NOT a joke, and is NOT a normal reaction to everyday struggles. I would urge the OP to seek help. There are other, more productive ways to channel/express pain, such as through art, poetry, reading, writing, music, and talking to friends/family. Please, please, talk to an authority figure or someone you trust, do not keep this up! Everybody has bad days, gets bad grades...sometimes the key is not focusing on the negative, but the positive, if I cut myself everytime something negatively affected me, I probably would not be here typing right now. Please, get help! You will thank yourself later! You're not crazy, you're just misguided</p>
<p>that's what everone's been saying for the past five pages.</p>
<p>^ Stuck, in case you haven't noticed, I CAN read... The majority of the posters have been making jokes for the past 5 pages. Basically, cutting is a serious problem and can lead to a life of terrible darkness, perpetual pessimism, preventing individuals from seeing any good. I really don't think anyone should be joke about cutting, calling it "emo" or w/e. The OP needs help.</p>
<p>The OP hasn't posted a single time in his thread. (but yeah, he needs help).</p>
<p>thanks everybody who replied... I'm trying to control my cutting issue now, I realized how bad it is and how I'm only making it worse. Instead I started to burn things, I like how the fire eats up everyting, I get this really satisfying feeling inside... thanks again</p>
<p>Be careful not to injure someone. Just because YOU enjoy the way "fire eats up everything" doesn't mean others do. </p>
<p>Good luck with taming the whole cutting issue, by the way.</p>
<p>let's post about it on the internet</p>
<p>I don't have anyone else to talk to...</p>
<p>I suggest talking to your parents, guidance counselor, physician, therapist, religious leader or to any other caring, trustworthy adults in your life. Posting your concerns to strangers on the Internet is not how to solve life-threatening mental health problems.</p>