Why are people so freaked out by people who cut themselves?

Question

I mean, more than they are by people who drink or take drugs, or other destructive behaviors.

Answer 1

Because it's (cutting) manifested on the outside therefore visible to people
and makes them uncomfortable, it's the tendancy towards rationaliztion in the population at large to say Oh so and so just has a few too many" or "They only get high after work or on the weekends". Many of these same people to an extent partake of those same substances "socially" and therefore don't deem it to be a real problem. Few people cut themselves, I have friends that do, friends that have, and it worries me to hear them say it's for the release, that it makes them feel better.
After reading a question you deleted last night well,
I'll be bold enough to say this right out here in the open,
IT worries ME for YOU, compassion from one human being to another, PLEASE talk to someone about the real underlying issues that drive you to this.

Answer 2

Because cutting yourself is more immediately self-destructive. Bacteria could easily infect the wound and you could die the same day or something. The blood is a bit messier too. Who likes to clean up a bloody mess these days with all those icky blood-borne pathogens? There are some self-destructive behaviors that are more disturbing though... like people that fly jetliners into buildings and whatnot. Yeah, that's pretty annoying, that. I hear people get really pissed off if you do that.
Anyhow, aside from that, I once saw this guy set his own face on fire and got 3rd degree burns all over his head. He was a stupid freankin' moron though, so I actually wasn't totally surprised by it. I wrote some of that down in my blog if you really must know more about it.

Anyhow, I just figure it's rude to cut yourself. It's annoying because there are all these people with emergency training that are legally required to respond. I mean, seriously, if you're gonna kill yourself, don't make it look like some kind of sad grandstanding for attention and whatnot. That is so obnoxious.

Now if you're cutting yourself just for shits and giggles, well, I suppose people are wondering "what the heck it the POINT?" I mean, most people would probably think it was pretty lousy entertainment unless you'rea masochist or something. Most people just aren't into that though.

And maybe that's why the other stuff seems more acceptable: people like getting drunk, taking drugs, and doing selfish destructive things more, so they are more ok with it.

Answer 3

I think it's just because it seems so foreign. It's an unknown world to most people. That can be scary. I have a son and daughter who both had cut when they were in their teens and early 20's. They have both gotten past cutting. I worried about them when they were struggling with it, but I don't think I was so freaked out. My daughter always cut really deep and that really concerned me. I tried gently to talk her into not going so deep if she felt the urge to cut. I think as a parent, for some reason, I actually understood why they cut (somewhat). But, like I said, it is an area that most don't understand, and lack of understanding is scary.

Answer 4

This is true one scars the inside, but the other scars both, cutting oneself is a sign of emotional pain. The cutting the physical body is a way of lessing the pain inside of emotional, abuse, neglect,. drinking and drugging is a way to medicate, oneself from the things in life that they are not mature enough to handle. either way one should seek help. You have a serious problem.

Answer 5

Probably because it can't always be hidden like drugs or alchol. Also, it is a more physical thing. Once you decide to stop drinking or taking drugs that is that, there are no (visible) physical scars left behind. When you stop stop cutting you will always have the scars.

Answer 6

Well when we smoke or drink and do drugs it isn't bloody 1st off. It's freaky. My mom use to do that and I think it's the freakist thing in the world. It's not going to make anything better. Bleeding... ugh
Most people don't like to see blood or to think of it. That is probably a big reason.

Answer 7

this might properly be a complicated subject to be in and that i understand the way you communicate approximately once you evaluate that i've got been there myself. in case you fairly have not got self assurance which you will possibly desire to communicate on your mum then communicate with a school counsellor, or a exact better half and teenagers member you suspect. they might additionally be useful to help tell your mum or supply the gadgets you could desire to tell her your self. you shouldn't bypass by using this by ability of myself. inspite of the undeniable fact that the cuts is probable no longer deep suitable now and easiest harm somewhat bit, they might very in all risk worsen and you will desensitize your self from the soreness transforming into the possibility they gets deeper. the final element you will might desire to do is safeguard it to your self. don't be ashamed, that's rather regularly occurring and extra persons comprehend than you think of. possibly you purely might desire to offer your mum the possibility to enjoy. it will be a coarse element for her in view that no guardian desires to be certain their teenager hurting themselves. you will possibly desire to locate why you're doing it interior the 1st undertaking. Has there been a hectic information that has disillusioned you? Have your situations converted for the extra extreme? there are one in all those extensive quantity of motives persons do it so which you will desire to be certain why you could properly be once you communicate approximately that that's the main efficient way you are going to bypass by ability of ability of this. the total first-cost.

Answer 8

because people don't like what they don't understand. no one can understand why a person cuts unless they have done it. i am a cutter and people look at me like i am a freak. but if i didn't cut i would be dead. i don't cut to try and kill myself i cut to stay alive and feel something. i don't expect anyone who hasn't been through it to understand it. even other mental patients, and some therapists don't understand it. i had a doctor tell me that's not how to go about killing myself! if your a cutter i hope you get help like i did.

Answer 9

You know what I don't understand that either I mean a year ago I did it I mean thank god I don't do it now but it doesn't make you crazy just means you show emotions differently then others

Answer 10

for me its their choice in speed. cutting is instant pain. while drugs and alchohol usualy require years and years of abuse to actualy feel any physical pain come out of it. its alot easier to start an addictive habbit if the side effects are not instantly apparent.