06 Sep Self Injury / Cutting
Updated May, 2018.
OMG, Niki, look at your belly! Are you cutting yourself?
Uh, no, Taylor, I had an appendectomy when I was eight. That’s when you have an emergency operation and they remove your appendix. That’s a scar. Far different than what cutting scars would look like. I can show you those if you want.
Huh? So you do cut?!
I used to. I don’t anymore.
I know a guy on my team who cut. The coach found out and they made a deal that whenever this kid wants to cut he has to do 20 push ups instead. I don’t think he’s cutting because, man, is he in great shape!
Cool. Good for him. I stopped cutting when I figured out why I was doing it in the first place…
As you will learn, cutting is a form of non-suicidal self-injury: when a person chooses to harm the surface of his or her body using all sorts of different objects, from razor blades and thumbtacks to erasers and nail files, or even with just his own nails or teeth. But no matter which method is used, the question remains, why would someone self-harm in the first place?
Experts and teens themselves report that cutting is often a way to express and deal with deep distress and emotional pain. This post explores just what is happening and offers some help along the way.
You will learn:
What is cutting and why do people do it?
What are the signals that someone is cutting?
Social contagion – they cut, should I?
Underlying emotions: Tara’s story
Strategies and advice for people who cut
YSS BONUS: Questions & resources if you cut
YSS Bonus: Rejection: a popular self-harm trigger
Maria
Posted at 20:28h, 15 MayYes i have heard of self-harm/cutting and i know a person who used to.
wlkhs1309
Posted at 12:55h, 11 OctoberYes sadly this is topic that many people re aware of in our generation. I do not know people personly who have done it but i have seen people before. I have have hurd of self harm to which I belive corosponds with mental illnes