Anonymous #3 1w

Cutting isn’t always about displaying pain to everyone. I used to cut as a way to channel the overwhelming pain I felt into something physical and gain a sense of control.

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Anonymous #4 1w

I didn’t mean that they were displaying it for other people to see on purpose, I worded that wrong my bad. I meant that in your replacing of one pain for another, it creates a permanent thing that other people can see

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Anonymous #3 1w

This is weird but when I self-harmed I did it as a way to manifest my mental pain in a physical form and “validate” what I was feeling, like “relating” the two to each other. Bottom line OP: you’re not alone, and it’s never worth it. So many people go through / have gone through what you’re feeling. Don’t give in. You’re stronger than that.

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Anonymous #1 1w

I don’t think it’s weird, everyone has different ways to cope

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