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Emo?...
Background info before I start: (warning: this might be long)
My lil sis = 13
My cousin #1 = 12
My cousin @2 = 10
Those three are really close. When they're together, they're 'the bomb'. My cousins go to a diff. school though. So naturally, the three of them see things differently.
My prob is the following. Today, I was at church and my cousins and lil sis were sitting next to me. I looked at my sis and she was scratching the inner side of her arm (where all the veins and stuff are). I told her to stop 'cause I get uncomforable when I see people scratch themselves. Long story.
Anyway, she kept on doing it till it started to bleed and there was this 'line' on her arm. One of my cousins was doing it too.
I told my mom, she didn't know what was going on. Later, I asked my sis "why the hell were you doing that?" and she replied "because I'm emo".
Emo? Is that scratching act considered to be emo-ish? I'm not against stereotypes and all that, but I'm not sure she knows what she's doing. I think she's been influenced by my cousin (the school she goes to is just .. 'bad') and my cousin's case is worse...Or is this the 'cutting' everyone talks about? I doubt that but I wanna know what's on her mind.
I don't get along with her well and we always end up screaming and kicking after speaking 5 words or something to each other. I'm thinking of creating a new email address and emailing her about all this. I need help. How do I get to talk to her and tell her what she's doing is wrong?
Please help me..
I'm 18/f, btw.
Thanks.
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I think that your sister might know what she is doing , but your cousins are most likely folowing your sister and trying to be like her. And i also have a friend who cuts herself , and she 14, and the only reason she dose it is for attention, and mabie that is the reson she is doing it. But your sister might be influenced by people in her school. I dont know if this is much help but it might just be a trend that will blow over.
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She thinks that because emo kids tend to cut themselves, that she is. So scratching herself is basically a replacement.
You need to sit your sister down and have a long talk with her.
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I've actually never heard of this type of self-harm. Cutting is when you actually have some sort of blade, and you cut your skin. Personally, ten and twelve year olds aren't truly 'emo', but that's sort of besides the point.
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That link is urban dictionary's definition of emo.
This one:
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is cutting. When you cut, it's generally, "NOT across the street, down the road, all the way!" [or atleast, thats what my friends say] Because cutting across your veins won't do much, seeing as they don't run that way.
Straight up ask her why she does it, and tell her that isn't being emo, that's being retarded. [no offense] Tell her you're worried and that you deserve to know, because you care.
Cutting is emoish, yeah, but this.. is odd, at least to me.
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