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Can you list a couple of reasons why people cut themselves.

the ones that are for real…..the ones that arent looking for attention….the ones that do it in places that u cant see….. they get high when they do it.
Their brain no longer interprets the signal as pain. its replaced with pleasure. its a defense mechanism in the brain gone wrong and turning on its self. its so complex u would have to be doctor to understabn

I have a brother who does drugs and he only hurts himself because he thinks he is hurting others like my mom, my brothers and me. I hate to think of the day when we can no longer help him. Is that a form of cutting? Abusing drugs and alcohol?

My brother has alianated everybody around him. He has told everybody off and frankly nobody wants to be around him. He is losing his business, hims home, and maybe his family to include my mom, brothers, and me. What can we do?

Christina Sponias wrote:
You have to be patient with him, even though this situation is unbearable. Only with love and tolerance you can help him, otherwise you will lose him. He may go away and have a very sad life alone.

The way things are right now he already has a very lonely and sad life. He won’t let anybody help him. I want to but the last couple of times I tried he pushed me away. He is my brother no matter what but I don’t know what else to do.

Christina, thank you for starting that blog!

I have a niece who was cutting herself for a while. In her case she got in with a group of girls at school who were doing that and comparing with each other. At the heart of it though, I think it was something she thought she could control - it was her own private thing that she could hide from everyone, and she was the only one with influence over that daily decision of whether to cut or not. Eventually, she completely broke down and the behavior became known. Now she realizes what an out of control thing it was to do, and how stupid it was to fall in with a group of people doing something so silly and think she was cool.

I think my brother has issues back to when we were kids; we were abused physically and sexually.

“…then they begin injuring their own body, until they end up committing suicide.”

Not sure if this is what you meant, but it sounds like you’re saying that it starts with SH and then they will commit suicide…

^^^^Which is wrong and not true^^^^

My mom is 70 years old. My father died when I was 5 years ( I have hated him for taking the easy way out–dying). There were 4 other brothers other than myself. He could not face the responsibility of supporting us. Life stinks when you’re a kid, but when your father dies it’s even worse.

I think my brother is beyond help.

I have a lot of faith.

I’ll keep the faith.

as you say panic attacks can led to cutting but i dont have panic attacks and i cut but my friend just got dinoust with panic attacks and she doesnt cut.

“Dear Anonymous,

Even though people that cut their bodies don’t admit that they have a suicidal tendency, they do have it. Usually the tendency of self-abuse leads them to suicide, unless they fight against it.

Wish things were not so serious, but they are. “

Not everyone that cuts is suicidal though…I cut and I’m not suicidal. I know someone that cuts. We’re really close and she has never been suicidal and she’s been cutting for a year.

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