Self Harming

[Muniflex]

I know somebody in my life who slit themsleves. He was my best mate at one point, it was mostly to do relationship problems but then he said his mum was ill, nobody knows if she is, abd then he was told he had high blood pressure (he is 14 now i think). He used to talk about suicide alot and always slit himslef but in the end people realised he was doing it for attention, he used to make such a big deal out of it. All my mates stuck by him the whole time helping him out and once we realised he was doing it for attention we just left him to it, and he stopped goign on about it, hardly see him now, he moved to the middle of nowhere, 15 mins from where we are. He still my mate but i have no idea if he still cuts himslef, i hope not but there was nothing else we could do...

It's a shame.

But all you can to do is stick by her. Be the best friend she needs right now and just let her know you will always be there for her.

Hope all ends well

[Pyroka]

It's weird how self harming is so good for you. I think it's because you wanna take out your anger in violence, but the only other way you can do such is by attacking someone, so I guess you attack yourself? :S

I do wonder what goes through peoples heads to do this, but I've done it myself. can't fully remember why either.

[Virgin Mary]

Some people do it for attention but some people do it because it helps them deal with depression and stuff and becomes an addictive habit. People don't always cut themselves either, that's made popular by people who do do it for attention because it's one of the most noticeable ways of harming yourself.

[EverSteve]

I was once addicted to self harm, but when I got dumped back in October, I promised myself i wouldn't slit again. I have only slit once since then, compared to when i used to do it 3 or 4 times a day before.

[Slowpoke]

Ohh a friend of mine who lives in America slits. He says its because he hates he life and feels that no-one ever appreciates him. He also tried to kill himself once through overdose but it didn't work.

[Stephen!]

I don't understand.. the essence of self preservation is what makes us living things.. why would you opose that?

[sarey]

its nothing to do with self preservation.
most people who selfharm do it secretively and do their best to hide their selfharm. some bang their heads, some scratch themselves till they bleed, some punch themselves, or bite themselves, or pull their hair out. not just cutting.
though cutting seems to be in a sterotype now. 'emo'.
which totally pees me off, merely because sterotyping is beyond pathetic, and emo is about the fashion and music taste, not about a person who selfharms.
doesnt make any sense at all.

also, selfharm can come in forms of not eating/making themselves sick/overdosing/binge drinking - all to, somewhat, feel pain or feel as if they are punishing themselves for something. not all about emotional pain. could just be to punish themselves. or, it could have started as punishment and turned into an addiction.

some people do do it for attention - regardless, them people still need help. it could turn into an attention seeking problem - to a very addictive, dangerous problem.