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I like to cut myself because I don't know why. But it always makes me feel better. And I can't explain it to anyone else. It doesn't seem to have a logical explanation, but it makes me feel better.

I like to cause myself pain.
And sometimes it's satisfying to do it to other people.

Is this normal?
Do you think it's normal?
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Comments (9)
STOP!!!!!
For advice on this subject, please refer to the 25 other posts on this matter. What can I say...seek help? stop? call your mom? fuck off? What do you frickin Cutters want!!??
Anonymous
OK you cut yourself becuase either (1) you feel guilty and and feel the need to punish yourself, probly becuase you are depressed and/or have poor self-confidence (2) your a masochist and/or a haematomaniac (someone who is excited by the apearance of blood) or (3) you are an attention-seeker. In my experience most cutters fall into the 3rd. I cant decided which of these three (if any) apply to you becuase i dont know you. You wil ahve ot figure that one out for yourself.
Anonymous
You cut for the same reason you post about it on the internet. Attention. Start a livejournal and write
about it.
STUPID!!
i don't understand why people like you cut yourself. It is of no use. i DON'T KNOW WHO STARTED ALL THAT SHIT BUT IT NEEDS TO STOP!! Ever since i moved out here with a whole bunch of white people that is all i hear about!! No offensive to u but it really does seem as if all ya'll want is attention. For advice all i have to say is tell your parnets and get help. I knew a person who did the same thing as you and she finally got the attention she needed and doesn't do it anymore. It only takes that one time to cut your wrist and you could die.!!
it's pretty hard to die from cutting your wrists. but i don't think it's good to try. you should probably seek professional help (yes, this is my answer to everything).
@: appleve
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there is a large tendon in your wrist and if you cut it and many of the blood vessels in and around it it could actually cause a long and painful death. very long and VERY VERY PAINFUL. death by blood loss is never quick.
it's normal only in the way that it is far too common. having had two close friends who were cutters i understand what it is like to be on the outside looking in. they both told me it was because feeling pain on the outside made the inner pain more bearable. i don't doubt that. whatever is troubling you, you need to find someone you can talk to...unless, of course, you want to go on feeling as you do now. and i don't think that's the case.
It's only normal if you remember to cut along the veins, not across.

Happy cutting.
Normal!!
Get Help Kid.
Don't do it to other people even if they like all that s**t too, Its just feeding their desire, so to speak.