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cutting age limit?
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i am eighteen years old and i still cut myself. i have been cutting myself since the age of 13 and before that, i used to inflict o pain to myself in other ways. such as crushing my hand under a table or under a rock. i have never cut for attention or with suicidal intent. i cut myself simply as a release. because i feel so detatched from reality, pain makes me feel human again. i am also a recovering junky, been off H for over a year now. i still cut myself, not on the arms because i am considered an adult now and i REALLY dont want people to know, so I cut my chest and my legs. i am eighteen years old, is it normal for me to still cut myself?
Do you think it's normal?
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nearly (10533)
2007-09-21 06:52:27
Try up a bit, up a bit, that'll do. Throat next pmsl
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milky1 (10712)
2007-09-21 12:12:03
lol thanks but im not trying to kill myself.
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CabbyHubby2st (10646)
2007-09-21 18:21:44
Maybe you cannot express your anger/disapointment at life in a safe way?

I often box or at times when it's quite deep and you are on the brink of an emotional meltdown I usually paint expressing my anger.

Maybe you could express it in another way that is safe to yourself and others around you.
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Potato (7428)
2007-09-21 18:48:33
@: CabbyHubby2st
It does not sound like the poster is having problems with anger or dissapointment though.
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milky1 (10712)
2007-09-22 01:34:20
lol i dont cut myself to try to commit suicide. why isnt that getting through to anybody?
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CabbyHubby2st (10646)
2007-09-22 02:53:46
@: milky1
Maybe you could explain what is the reason of you cutting yourself.
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Potato (7428)
2007-09-22 02:54:08
@: milky1
Honestly I am 20 years old and am still recovering from a form of self-mutilation (had nothing to do with suicide or being "emo")so I know what it means to feel compelled to do something like that. Everyone's circumstances are different (I never abused illegal drugs) as are everyone's reasons. Self-mutilation and self-harm come in many forms, some socially acceptable, others not. Yes, I think where you are right now is normal, especially as a young adult. Healthy? no, but since when did that change anything.
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CabbyHubby2st (10646)
2007-09-22 02:54:36
@: Potato
It's the usual reasons of one cutting themselves. I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in that context.
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Potato (7428)
2007-09-22 03:07:18
@: CabbyHubby2st
huh? be more clear.
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Orochimaru (9975)
2007-09-23 00:34:32
DAMN EMO SON-OF-A-BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CabbyHubby2st (10646)
2007-09-23 01:25:07
@: Potato
I'm implying that feelings like anger, depression, sadness, etc are the usual contributers to one cutting themselves.
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milky1 (10712)
2007-09-23 01:44:53
@: CabbyHubby2st
well i have a few mental disorders, mainly generalized anxiety i tend to have psychotic episodes and fits of depression from tiem to time but they don't really contribute to my cutting. sometimes i just feel so unreal, and unhuman, like i cant tell if the world around me is realistic or not, so i cut myself, it makes me feel more like a person.
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Potato (7428)
2007-09-23 01:58:02
@: milky1
What you are feeling is "normal" in the sense that others with similiar problems have experiences similiar compulsions for similiar reasons. At the height of my illness I would feel so removed from reality that hours would pass and I would suddenly "wake up" fully clothed in an overflowing bath tub with icy water... lol I guess it was a way of grounding myself again... to phsyically connect back to reality.
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SlimFast (11113)
2007-11-03 11:27:41
http://isitnormal.com/story/16233/
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turnstile43 (9189)
2007-11-24 23:49:01
as long as your not cutting your mom
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ilikemysister (12774)
2008-01-08 17:19:54
buy a bigger knife
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BDSMKitten (14478)
2008-08-12 15:49:36
Next time, try hitting a vein. =]
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