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wrist cutting
My best friend f/16 told me she cut her wrist yesterday and I started crying.
She came over and showed me, it's a diagonal cross on her left wrist about 3 finger widths down from the start of her wrist on the left hand side. The cross is only about 1cm long and it isn't very deep. How come she didn't die? Is it because she didn't lose much blood or because she didn't cut deep enough or didn't cut the vein?
I don't want her to do it again. And I just want to know why she didn't die?
Thanks
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well the thing is that she did not cut deep enough to hit a vein it is commen sence if you really want to cut yourself to kill your self then you cut deep enough so the thing is that she prbly didnt really want to kill herself but jst to get some attention from doing it but if the only reason why she did is to get attention then she really needs to stop because it has no point i dnt mind if people cut themself but only if it was for a really good reason
so you need to talk to her and get her stop but if she is really haveing problems then let her cut away if it is what helps her the most
(i know from exprenice)
nd yea i still do cut it makes me feel more relived after words
-TARA
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Injuries to the wrist aren't always deadly. If she didn't even cover it with a bandage, then it probably isn't very deep. Getting cut on the wrist is just like getting cut on the top of the arm or leg. The only thing different about the wrist is that it has larger veins and arteries in it and if your friend had cut through those she could have bled to death. But she obviously wasn't trying to kill herself, and if you aren't used to the pain of cutting then you aren't in too much danger of accidentally cutting too deep. So basically, she didn't die because she didn't cut deep enough.
But you shouldn't focus on why she didn't die too much. What you need to focus on is getting her to tell you more about why she cut herself and if she has done it before. Hopefully, this was just a one-time thing and she will never feel the need to hurt herself again. But if she has cut before or plans to in the future, you really need to help her through this. Like I said, find out WHY she cut herself. It could have been a cry for attention, but it could also be from a problem in her life or just from stress. Talk to her and let her know that if she ever gets upset like she did and feels like cutting herself, you will be there to listen to her.
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I'm being straight forward right here. It doesnt matter why she DIDNT die. The matter is why YOU didnt tell someone. You have to tell someone right now. If she keeps doing it she will die and you'll know you knew and that wont be good. You'll end up doing it yourself. So for her good, and your good. Tell someone
I hope you do
I also hope this helps
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don't you ever scratch yourself? does that cause you to die? no. she obviously didn't dagger the thing into her wrist, therefore it wasn't that deep, so she survived.. talk to her about it.. and if she really cares about you she'll stop. usually cutting is just a plea for attention, nothing more- nothing less. it's 'my life is sooooo baddd, i want attention!!!' so thats probably why she did it.. felt cool one night, thought it would satisfy her, when it only hurt the people that do care about her.
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cutting is alot of time just a 3way to relieve stress and depression. it feels good for some ppl to hurt them self. you should defenitly tell ur friend to get help so it dont turn bad and you should also tell her you love her and care bout her and dnt want her hurting her self no more. it will be comforting for her. also she didnt die cz she didnt cut deep enuff and it depends on if it was over a vein.
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okay, cutting is a lot of the time just a way to release w/e i guess, my friends tried to explain it to me, but unless tehy're really serious about wanting to die, they wont die from cutting themselves, unless the like cut really deep, then they'll die from blood loss. by the sound of ut it wasnt serious, so yeah. It owuldnt have killed her unless she cut an artory or something.
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