have u ever cut?

[oli]

ok you can believe that if you want but saying you're an idiot for something, when they're already going through a tough time already, isn't really going to help them...

so yeah i respect the fact you think this, but it'd be loads better if you could keep something like this to yourself because it's not a nice thing to say ;3

Times like this when you say grow some balls. Seriously, if they're living in a first world country and decide to damage their own bodies? It's just terribly ungrateful.

[Cerys]

Times like this when you say grow some balls. Seriously, if they're living in a first world country and decide to damage their own bodies? It's just terribly ungrateful.

It's their choice. whether you think it's a good choice or not it's still terribly rude to call them idiots for it..

[IzzyUhh]

No.. It is genuinely idiotic.. To harm your own body is stupid and against instinct. I've had terrible experiences in life I'm not cutting myself because to put it simply.. I'm not an idiot.

Sure thats your opinion, and yes harming your own body is a shame, and people who havent done it may not understand and think its weird, but once youve done it, you realise how much it helps emotionally and keeps you standing a lil bit, but.. it can ruin you physically. most cases it gets so much worse.

[MKR&*42]

Ok I'm not getting into a full blown debate. But don't use the whole "youre in a first world country so your problems dont have any good grounding" stance because it is a terrible argument and assumes that because someone is in a better country they can't have any bad problems.

[IzzyUhh]

Ok I'm not getting into a full blown debate. But don't use the whole "youre in a first world country so your problems dont have any good grounding" stance because it is a terrible argument and assumes that because someone is in a better country they can't have any bad problems.

Agreed everyone has problems wether it be lifestyle, family, or depression etc

[CrazyLemurs]

I never have and never could; it seems a little physically disgusting to me
I understand people who have escaped that kind of life might feel comfortable talking about it, but I do sometimes see people who explain that they've recently harmed themselves and are likely to do so again: I don't understand how you can be so open about damaging your body when you're still going through it. To me, that kind of thing looks like their reason for self-cutting is a little fake and attention-seek-esque

[oli]

Ok I'm not getting into a full blown debate. But don't use the whole "youre in a first world country so your problems dont have any good grounding" stance because it is a terrible argument and assumes that because someone is in a better country they can't have any bad problems.

If you live in a good country you have everything handed to you on a plate, whether you spill some of the food on your shirt it can always be washed off and replaced because you have that power in a first world country. I have worse family problems than a lot of people, but I don't cut myself for it. It's totally ungrateful for the life you have, you only live once, don't ruin it by harming yourself.

[IzzyUhh]

If you live in a good country you have everything handed to you on a plate, whether you spill some of the food on your shirt it can always be washed off and replaced because you have that power in a first world country. I have worse family problems than a lot of people, but I don't cut myself for it. It's totally ungrateful for the life you have, you only live once, don't ruin it by harming yourself.

But alot of people cope with alot of different things in different ways, and everyone has ALOT of differant problems from everyone else. just because we have everything handed to us in a first world country doesnt mean we cannot have our own problems, we do not get served happiness for everything because you have the normal situations like death in the family, heart break depression overthinking alot ectetc

[Empired]

If you live in a good country you have everything handed to you on a plate, whether you spill some of the food on your shirt it can always be washed off and replaced because you have that power in a first world country. I have worse family problems than a lot of people, but I don't cut myself for it. It's totally ungrateful for the life you have, you only live once, don't ruin it by harming yourself.

No one can ever compare their own happiness with someone else's. That's like trying to compare how many donkeys are in the world with how many people lie on a daily basis. You can't do it because they're just not two things you can compare. Everyone reacts to and copes with stress differently. This isn't because they're weak or strong or stupid or smart, it's because nobody is the same.

I can see that I can't convince you that these people aren't 'ungrateful', 'idiotic', or anything else along those lines. But that also means you can't change our views either. So please don't try.

[karter]

If you live in a good country you have everything handed to you on a plate, whether you spill some of the food on your shirt it can always be washed off and replaced because you have that power in a first world country. I have worse family problems than a lot of people, but I don't cut myself for it. It's totally ungrateful for the life you have, you only live once, don't ruin it by harming yourself.

It's laughable when people use that phrase in an argument. There are so many people who have said the exact same thing on this forum and I am so tired of repeating my posts everywhere sigh

SO, you are trying to say that a person has no right to be unhappy with his life, I should be happy and satisfied because I have facilities and other people, let's say in Africa don't...This is an unbelievable, shallow and narrow minded approach because by overshadowing my problems with the problems people in Africa are facing, does not make me happy, nor does it improve the situation of theirs. I do not support self harm, nor do I know what people go through when they self harm, but one thing I do know is that being a jerk about it and telling people that they are being ungrateful to their life is really, really pathetic. Some people's lives are not so great you know, and regardless even if they are not happy with their lives, **** up, none of your business.

Apparently living in a first world country does not open one's mind.