^Argh I hate that. Everyone doesn't get depression. It can affect a lot of people to a different degree, but it is not something everyone gets. Depression can be such a debilitating illness and people who say everyone gets it just don't have a clue!
^ haha. I always enjoy It when People say stuff like that instead of The usual "doesnt It hurt" or whatever.
Last time a good friend gave me five cake knifes i was making a Joke and Said "cool, People always let me carry their knifes. Hahahaa" his Response was "they are to cut cake, nothing Else."
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
"Why did you stop there? Why did you call the ambulance?" Said to me by a doctor after I ended up in hospital after I'd accidentally gone too far.
I guess it was a valid question, but coming out of the doctor's mouth it made me feel like he was criticizing me for not finishing the job or for wasting the ambulances time by letting them save me.
I was in a public washroom washing my hands and this lady looked at my arm and said "You should really think more carefully before you get things done." I'm pretty sure she thought they were tattoos. Yep, because I would sooo get a bunch of straight red, pink and white lines across my arms.
It's the children the world almost breaks that grow up to save it.
-Frank Warren
^Whoever said that to you is a DISGRACE! You are NOT disgusting. I hope you don't let an idiot like that make you feel the need to cover up. People make me angry.
[advice in an anonymous support site]
"Stop cutting!/Don't hurt yourself! (etc.)" Ok, they do mean well & aren't professionals, but left me thinking now there's a novel idea.
~The truth is out there, but I've given up my search for it and I want to believe a good fantasy. ~
In a conversation, this came up.... "If you cut from the top of your elbow to your wrist, that person wants to die. If they're done across the arm, they just want attention".
It's never about the direction of the cut.... a true self harmer knows that they don't cut for attention or to kill themselves... its one of the few ways they feel "human" or "alive".
This treat of an insult came from my mum. "What are you going to do when you get a boyfriend? Because no one will stay with you when you do that. I know I certainly wouldn't." I don't think I've ever cried so hard.
"I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don’t want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic."
In a conversation, this came up.... "If you cut from the top of your elbow to your wrist, that person wants to die. If they're done across the arm, they just want attention".
It's never about the direction of the cut.... a true self harmer knows that they don't cut for attention or to kill themselves... its one of the few ways they feel "human" or "alive".
This has been Said a hundert Times in my presence. It just proves how Little knowledge People have.
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
i absolutely love it when my step mom says that cutting and being suicidal is a trend. its like "yes! because we all think that self harming and being suicidal is COOL!!!!!! :/" like what is she thinking?!?!
My nephew in law (has no clue whatsoever that I ever did or do sh) makes the same comment over and over
"I'm not gonna go cut myself like some effing emo fa**ot!"
When he says that I just wanna crawl in a hole a die cuz that's what his honest opinion about cutting is.... makes me feel stupid and worthless
I was at a hospital a few years back when I needed stitches for SI (I am recovering :)) And after they were done the stitches, when I walked out of the room I knocked down several tools and medicine bottles which exploded everywhere, the doctor rushed over and called a couple nurses, at that time I was mentally unstable (my parents had just found out I self injured) and I started crying. The nurses assured me that it was okay and the tools shouldn't have been out like that, a nurse went and got me as glass of water and I was starting to feel alot better when the doctor came up and said "I'm glad you got the attention you obviously wanted, I just wasted perfect stitches on somebody who is just going to cut it right back open again, goodbye you are done and we have a mess to clean up" (Sorry for it being so long :P I felt I had to explain the situation)
"I'm glad you got the attention you obviously wanted, I just wasted perfect stitches on somebody who is just going to cut it right back open again, goodbye you are done and we have a mess to clean up"
< literally the face I read that in, for a doctor to be so ignorant is astounding and very sad. I hate to think of how many others he must of affected with this attitude :/
When i was 16, a friend found out about my self harming and said "If I find out
you've done it again then i'm going to do it" I know they said this to try to stop me doing it and probably wouldn't off but it just added to everything and made try harder to hide.
"The her that lived in her looked out through her eyes, through my eyes and at the me that lives in me."
< literally the face I read that in, for a doctor to be so ignorant is astounding and very sad. I hate to think of how many others he must of affected with this attitude :/
