| WARNING: MAY BE TRIGGERING |
| Don't Judge Me By Anastasia Leigh (Stace) |
| I self-injure. I cut, to be specific. I use razors to scar my arms and legs. Why? Cutting relaxed me. I know it sounds weird, but slicing up my arms & legs really helped to take away from the emotional pain that I was suffering. I know there are a lot of people out there who think that cutters (self-injurers in general, actually) are really messed up, and need to be 'locked up', but they're wrong. Self-Injury is a way of dealing with pain that we can't handle- some peope drink, smoke, do drugs, or do other 'safe' things (such as writing) to deal with their emotional pain- self-injury is ours. As one quote (I am not sure who it is by) (note: I think this is on the quotes page of this site) says, we should be commended for finding a way to deal with the pain. And, for those of you who think that SI is a suicide attempt, it's not. Not for most self-injurers, at least. It's a way of dealing with pain, not ending it completely. Don't judge us because we hurt ourselves on purpose. Everyone -self-injurer or not- has their own story. Some SI's may want to stop, some plan on never stopping. Most do it because they are suffering emotionally- judging, condeming, and branding them a 'freak' doesn't help them. You are only contributing to their pain. |
| I wrote this one day, and decided to put it on here. (the red note there is something I added when I put it up). I wrote it awhile ago, when I was still cutting and had no intentions to stop. |
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