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hun, why were you trying to cut yourself in the frist place? Please don’t! Take it from someone who knows first hand. It is a nasty habit to start. Do you want to talk about it? Take it as a sign that you are not suppose to do this to yourself that it did not break your skin! please don’t hurt yourself xoox

Okay thank you. I’m just wondering though… I have big red scratches on my skin now… It looks like what a cut does after its scarred. Will these go away?

Okay. I don’t really want help as I odnt want my parents or friends or anyone to find out. I just got scared and it was the only thing i could think of doing. It does hurt because it did go through the skin but just not enough I guess.
Thanks for your help everyone

thats what happened to me the first time i did it because i was proably too hesitant. however dont do it!!!!!!! please i beg of you to not do it again its the worst addiction ever its not something you want to live with trust me if there is some possible way i can convince you not too if you would like to hear my horrid stories of how it controlled i would be happy to tell you if it will convince you otherwise dont put yourself through that misery and pain once you start and stays with you for as long as you live

Hope the marks on your skin have cleared & that you haven’t had another bad day.. aabout the “why?” maybe the tool you used wasn’t as sharp as it looked, you didn’t do anything wrong. I think it’s really good that you say you’re not going to try again, like Leslie said - it stays with you, the physical scars & the emotional ones you leave inside yourself and the people you love.

When you don’t see blood or tears, remember, your pain is just as real and deserves as much care & love. I think it’s close to imposible to understand & have somekind of abillity to judge emotional pain.

if your cutting yourself and making it known all you want honestly is attention cause I cut and don’t want a lecture so I don’t post that online. by the way it’s the way you hold the knife, how fast you try to slit, and how sharp the knife is….

chill_gurl_br wrote:
if your cutting yourself and making it known all you want honestly is attention cause I cut and don’t want a lecture so I don’t post that online. by the way it’s the way you hold the knife, how fast you try to slit, and how sharp the knife is….

i dont cut for attention…. i HATE attention. its always fake anyways. at least form the people i know. no one really cares. i dont crave attention like some people. i run from it. thats why i dont want anyone to notice my cuts.

first off this person is anonymous so no one knows who they are so thats not broadcasting to the world its the only way to not get attention when you want help but cant when you dont want anyone knowing.

Hunni.. don’t start cutting.. i did and it is the worst road you could possibly go down.. it does get worse and really addictive.. it leaves you scars that will haunt you. Please hunii.. don’t start cutting. your depression won’t go away if you do.
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