^^ Exactly! They can't know what you're going through, they only know what you tell them. If all you say is that you cut yourself when you get upset, they probably just wonder why you don't do something else instead. I used to find it very frustrating that no one had a better response than to just tell me to stop... but I know that that's all they can think to say. I used to ignore everyone's responses like that, but now I try to realize that they do MEAN what they say, they just don't understand how hard it is.
If you want them to understand more, you could try comparing it to alcoholism or drug addiction; it's the same thing. Only our drug is cutting. When I say it that way people tend to get it more.
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