besides infection and scars, what's so bad about cutting?

Question

if you don't cut deep enough to leave visible scars, and you always clean the cuts and cover them with a bandaid so they don't get infected, and since they aren't that bad to start with they don't anyway, is cutting really that bad?

Answer 1

of course it is. but you already know that.

people cut to relieve stress and to feel. only problem is it doesn't work long term! it's a cycle that never ends (well, at least without a heck of a lot of hard work)

Answer 2

You are hurting your self. SI or self injury and self mutilation just sound bad!! It is a psychological problem. Get some help and STOP!!! It isn't just about infections and scars. AND you CAN get infections with cleaning the wound and putting the bandaid on. Who knows what the instrument you use to cut with has been used on? And if you use it JUST on you over and over again, it will get infected. Also, you may think that it won't scar because it isn't "deep enough" but it can still scar. A cut only needs to pierce the skin to scar. So knock the **** off. It is easier than you think. You can do so much better with your life! And cutting is no way to solve your problems. Talk them out with people, see a therapist, and knock it off! When I was younger I cut. I have scars from my fingers to my neck. I can't wear a short sleeve wedding dress when I get married. I have to answer all kinds of questions all the time when I wear short sleeves. And when I was younger, when I didn't have anything to cut with I would hurt myself in other ways. Like trying to fall down the stairs and break something (anything), trying to close my hand in the window of a car to hurt it. Punching concrete walls. It is all a form of hurting. Have you ever constantly picked at a scar thinking hmm...that is nice. Or have you been "clumsy" all your life? You have a serious issue if you said yes, o seek help NOW before you do want to do something worse.

Answer 3

If you are a cutter you are intelligent and you know that there is something wrong in your thinking. You want to be the way you once were because there is a residual depression behind all this. The cutting came from a psychosis and the auto brain changed some connections in your thinking. You will out grow this when a strong emotional feeling happens . Then you can drop the logic patch you now use in cutting. The struggle will continue until you accept that you are an outsider socially. You will have to stay with your kind of people to be happy.

Answer 4

"Cutting is what experts call an unhealthy coping mechanism. This means that the people who do it have not developed healthy ways of dealing with strong emotions, intense pressure, or upsetting relationship problems....

Although cutting may provide some temporary relief from a terrible feeling, even people who cut agree that cutting isn't a good way to get that relief. For one thing, the relief doesn't last - the troubles that triggered the cutting remain, they're just masked over."

Solutions:

1. Identify the trouble that's triggering the cutting.
2. Ask for help (ie. counsellor or trusted adult).
3. Work on it

Answer 5

The problem is not cutting it is the physiological aspect that is the problem. I remember when I was in high school I had a friend that did this. She enjoyed it then and didn't think these little marks would scar, but now that she is 25 she completely regrets it. Yes she is scarred in numerous places that are really visible in summer when she has a tan. I would suggest finding something else to do to cope...

Answer 6

Besides the fact that a bad enough infection can lead to death. Cutters have an underlying problem hat is of greater concern the cutting itself in some cases may not be the greatest danger the individual is facing. Intervention is necessary so the individual does not cause greater harm t themselves or someone else.

Answer 7

Cutting yourself is definitely bad and indicates you have a problem. Cutting yourself might not hurt you physically, but the reason why you're doing it is psychological. You need to see a psychologist and also a psychiatrist.

Make an appointment to see your doctor. Tell him/her what you are doing and ask for a referral to a psychologist and a psychiatrist. Make an appointment with them. Tell them what you're doing and why. Maybe you're not really sure why, but you need to resolve this.

If you wind up not liking the first psychologist you see, ask for another referral. Sometimes, the two of you won't "click" and you should then try someone else.

Good luck to you. If you get help, you'll be much better in a lot of ways.

Answer 8

Ive already talked to you on another question a few weeks back - cutting is bad, because it leaves scars,and therefor the past will always stay with you. I never had any infections from it, but looking back now, i see my scars (not deep ones) and i shake my head, going" why did i do that!" I want to leave teh past behind me, but my stupid mistake left a permanent scar on my future.

Answer 9

You wouldn't be asking these questions if you weren't worried about it.

I'm not going to read the rest of your questions, it's too distressing, but from what I have seen I would guess you've got some conflict going on and there are emotions you are trying to deal with that you aren't able to. You need some help in dealing with that. Are you talking to any real people about what's going on in your life?

I'm not a cutter, but I have hurt myself in other ways out of frustration at not being able to express feelings I found overwhelming. Hurting myself was a way to externalise the pain I was feeling and it made me feel calmer for a while.

I was lucky enough to find people to talk to and I hardly ever do anything to damage myself now. I hope you will be as fortunate.

Answer 10

Of couse anyone harming themselve in anyways is really bad.

You could seroiouly harm yourself. You might say you only cut lightly, what happens one day you slip, and cut deep and end in hospital.