There really shouldn't be such a huge ugly stigma attached to this - if someone cuts for attention, they have a problem.
Someone who is so desperate for recognition that they're willing to slash their wrists for it is not someone who automatically deserves the opposite of that; and to give 'oh so-and-so only cuts for attention' as justification to shrug-off said person, is probably more immature than the behaviour of the person they're disregarding and choosing to forget in the first place. They're still cutting themselves up for heaven's sake.
In reply to your question, I cut for varying reasons but the most violent acts of self-harm have always been where I've felt disgusted at myself and taken my anger out on myself. I do cut for attention when I feel no one really cares about how I feel, and also to warn people that I can't cope being told that I'm stupid - so please don't insult me otherwise I'll probably cut deeper. People seem to think words don't hurt; sometimes it seems the only way I can show how emotionally hurt I am is to portray it through number of slashes on my arms and body; I think a lot of people who self-harm will relate to that no matter how bloodied I may look on the outside, the inside hurts much, much more.
Compared to how I feel emotionally, physical scars barely 'scratch the surface', so to speak..
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