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hello! i'm a 15 year old girl and i cut myself, not all the time, but just whenever. i don't even have to be really depressed to do it, just in the mood for it. i've been cutting since i was 14, and a bunch of my friends think it's gross. my problem is this: i can't find a reason to stop. it helps me with my problems, and i'm not trying to commit suicide (no wrists). the way i see it, i would rather cut than do drugs, drink or smoke, and cutting makes me happier. otherwise, i'm a good B-average student and athletcially involved. i write a lot. so why is cutting so bad? it's my personally choice, and it helps me. i just can't see the cons...
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Its NOT healthy at all to cut yourself; no matter where it is or how you do it.
It CAN be addicting; some people rather cut thereselves rather then getting high because seeing the blood MAKES you have a high.
Please get help.
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It should set off some alarm bells in your head that people make the exact same arguments about smoking weed or having an eating disorder.
'It doesn't affect anyone but me! And I'm otherwise okay right?! So fuck off it's my constitutional right to fuck myself up!'
Self-harm, in any sense, is evidence of an unhealthy state of mind. Mentally sound people simply don't hurt themselves. They have little to no desire to do so.
The worst part, as I see it, is you aren't even doing this when you are depressed, just whenever. That means it's a habit, possibly an obsessive one, and that you are likely addicted to the endorphins that are released.
Endorphins. You know that is why cutting feels good right?
Your brain released endorphins to help deal with the pain. It’s a natural high. You are doping yourself, naturally, but still altering your brain chemistry for pleasure.
That is why cutting becomes a compulsive behavior. Your brain begins to crave those endorphins.
Compulsive behaviors and addictions don’t just flat line; they escalate, because sooner or later it will take more pain for your brain to get the endorphins it wants.
That is why it’s not okay. It’s not okay because it is compulsive and screwing with your brains natural functions. It’s not okay because we know, scientifically, that your self-harm behavior is probably going to get worse.
You need to learn to express your pain, and to get pleasure, from behaviors that are NOT compulsive and don’t result in a high. It’s as simple as that.
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I don't know if you belive in Jesus Christ our Savior, You need some special guidenance and attention on you're daily activicties, you must realise that cutting you're self is not in any way solve you're problem's, You must change the way's you are living you're life, you are lacking something and you must analise as best as you can to see what could you do in order to add something that would make you're life more fullfiled, you can accept Jesus Christ as you're savior and let him come into you're life and bring new and safe activities, ask him for guidness and streanth for you to find love in you're life, annoitment of the body comes from the faith and beive in the thing's of the Creator which will appear on you're life when you accept Jesus Christ as you're Savior, All of this is free and you have to pay nothing, only you're loyalty and honesty into salvation, you're shall start a new and better life, May the Savior be with you alway's.
HEALER
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you need help honey!!!!! and some positivity im glad your not trying to hurt your life ...but the reason it feels good is becouse your reliseing indorphins with each slice ! you ARE dammaging yur body a sacred vessle !!!!! your cuts will scare and you wont be able to change that ! look i can give u more info metal_beauty_4_life@yahoo.com ok! email me i c give u reasons and picture trust me been thee donse that !
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The truth of the matter is, is that cutting is not helping you in any way. You says it helps you with your problems, but physically harming yourself to relieve some sort of pain you're feeling emotionally is not helping you. Those who cut themselves are usually not aiming to kill themselves anyhow. I'm no expert, but to me, it seems as if by cutting you are emotionally stunting yourself. Alcoholics drink to relieve any pain or sadness or unhappiness they feel. They don't want to feel emotional pain, but in a sense they are hurting themselves. They are not learning to deal with their problems in a safe, healthy way. Similar to people who cut, alcoholics and people who partake in heavy drug use cannot deal with the way they feel without having a quick fix. Cutting, drug use, and using alcohol to help you relieve problems are all things which deter a person from growing into a stable, assured, adult with high self-esteem. Unless a person can take their problems head on, they'll never learn to be happy...even if you think your cutting is doing that for you.
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