Is cutting yourself ok during depression?

Cutting Yourself Okay?

  • Yes

    Votes: 11 8.7%

  • No

    Votes: 116 91.3%
  • Total voters
    127
Remember that 'cutting' will stick with you for the rest of your life. People will see your scars, and will likely be turned off by them. This will be the case with women, and might even affect your ability to be hired, if people found out. No lie.

Women especially, at least ones I know... would be extremely turned off by signs of self loathing. And thats what cutting is, in my opinion.
 
Cutting is lame. I've got massive chronic depression and I wouldn't ever cut, though I've had a lot of people close to me get mixed up in that.

Don't try to let us justify it for you. It is NOT okay.
 
How the hell does cutting yourself relieve stress? :hmph:
 
jondyfun said:
Well, I guess it relieves blood pressure.
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haha, so true.

The weird thing..I don't remember making this thread! D: I was way too pissed/anything last night, I guess that just proves my night life is these forums ;P And I read through most of this, and someone said to sleep before midnight and stuff. Well I get home from work at like 12...and then I CAN'T sleep before 3. Unless I sleep deprive myself..I'll just lay in bed for a good 2 hours tossing and turning and not sleeping. I tried Tylanol..or..whatever spelling..PM and it didn't even work..I took the dosage and all. I guess my body loves teh night!

Lawls...
 
If anyone is feeling stressed out and need to get rid of some angst, get dressed, go to the door, shut the door behind you and just run. Come home an hour later after a nice long run and you will feel a lot better and whilst running, think about all your problems and think of how to fix them.
 
Razor said:
If anyone is feeling stressed out and need to get rid of some angst, get dressed, go to the door, shut the door behind you and just run. Come home an hour later after a nice long run and you will feel a lot better and whilst running, think about all your problems and think of how to fix them.
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Heh, I'm a computer geek! I can't run more then 3 seconds! I'm not fit enough..even though my entire childhood was spent running from bullies... D: Damn my weaknesses. All 500 of them.

Anyway..The welts are goin down, that's ok..still stings to touch, which rules..I love that feeling! Kinda tickles. Now I getta go shower before work so it will sting more. God this rules!! Uhh...oh yeah [/sarcasm] :P
 
we'll wen i dplity up with my GF, (only for a week) thank god!, but i actually vut myself, now i dunno y i did it, and i regret doing it, but at the time, i didsn't know what i was doing, i wud wake up 1 morning and think i was me, but then i get up outta bed and i had no idea where i was. It was the feeling as if i was really pissed (drunk) u kjnow when uve had too much to drink! But i #m back with my GF now. Where happy im really happy. But sumtimes it has to be done, sum people fink its really weird, but in a way it did releave me. But again it really anbnoyes me that i fell that low.
 
lister said:
we'll wen i dplity up with my GF, (only for a week) thank god!, but i actually vut myself, now i dunno y i did it, and i regret doing it, but at the time, i didsn't know what i was doing, i wud wake up 1 morning and think i was me, but then i get up outta bed and i had no idea where i was. It was the feeling as if i was really pissed (drunk) u kjnow when uve had too much to drink! But i #m back with my GF now. Where happy im really happy. But sumtimes it has to be done, sum people fink its really weird, but in a way it did releave me. But again it really anbnoyes me that i fell that low.
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I almost cut my wrists after reading that.
 
Once... I used a clean public restroom.

There... now THAT's a shock!
 
cyberpitz said:
Heh, I'm a computer geek! I can't run more then 3 seconds! I'm not fit enough..even though my entire childhood was spent running from bullies... D: Damn my weaknesses. All 500 of them.

Anyway..The welts are goin down, that's ok..still stings to touch, which rules..I love that feeling! Kinda tickles. Now I getta go shower before work so it will sting more. God this rules!! Uhh...oh yeah [/sarcasm] :P
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Well, you run for 3 seconds one day, 5 seconds the next, 10 seconds the day after. And we're not talking sprinting, just jogging and getting the heart pumping. It will do you the world of good, both mentally and physically.
 
Barney_Calhoun said:
I just don't see how cutting yourself relieves stress to be honest. When I'm depressed (usually about the death of WON) I just play Quake, and that seems to work.
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btw, WON FTW! I haven`t played any hl/op4 mp since they brought won down :frown:

edit: god I hate valve and their steaming pile of shit! :frown:
 
So, 10% of the forum think its okay to commit suicide?
 
They mean just cutting yourself, not actually, like chopping your own head off or anything.
 
It's not about stress, it's about being genuinely depressed. If you cut yourself when you're stressed, then you need help.

And no, I don't condone it; it's a stupid thing to do.
 
You can find far more productive things to do, to deal with depression.

I suffer from depression. I get it from my mother's side.
 
positively reinforcing a self destructive behavior is never a good solution to any problem. what people do when they inflict pain in order to escape their problems is the same response alcoholics or drug abusers use to escape- hurt yourself/drink/abuse drugs in order to avoid their problems. by doing any one of these or other self destructive behaviors, you most likely will releive some stress or depression- but as i said earlier, when you do this you are reinforcing a negative behavior which you will eventually become dependant on. my advice to you is to seek some help. if your a student see what services are available to you, or schedule an apointment with a professional psychologist/psychiatrist- trust me, they can help regardless of how big or little your problem may seem.
 
Sulkdodds said:
Just remember: don't commit suicide. It's guaranteed to make your situation even worse. :thumbs:

http://elmodied.ytmnd.com/

See?
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I remember when I first saw that....I laughed....I mean cried for quite a while, and also had it looping for an hour.
 
lister said:
we'll wen i dplity up with my GF, (only for a week) thank god!, but i actually vut myself, now i dunno y i did it, and i regret doing it, but at the time, i didsn't know what i was doing, i wud wake up 1 morning and think i was me, but then i get up outta bed and i had no idea where i was. It was the feeling as if i was really pissed (drunk) u kjnow when uve had too much to drink! But i #m back with my GF now. Where happy im really happy. But sumtimes it has to be done, sum people fink its really weird, but in a way it did releave me. But again it really anbnoyes me that i fell that low.
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I know, I hate it when you have to dplity up your girlfriend.
 
No

I dont respect people who do such things.
 
Neither do I. No self respect IMO if you cut yourself. Don't cut yourself, no matter how tempting it is. Trust me, I've know people who have death threated my friends with a knife before... and it turned out the person who threated my friend cut himself.
 
I considered it for about 3 seconds, but uh, then I punched the wall and felt much better. I wasn't depressed, more just pissed off with doing something foolish that I knew was a bad idea, but did anyway. I wouldn't even think about doing it when I get stressed. When I get stressed, I just shout at people who normally annoy me a lot (but I don't really bother with), and blame them for my problems until I'm no longer stressed.

But yeah, if you're feeling depressed, or stressed, or trapped in a corner, just do something relieving. Find something breakable and pulverise it, or, if you're reasonably rural, go into an emptyish field and just bellow "ARRRRRGGGGHHH" at the top of your lungs, until you've got no energy left.

Cutting leaves you with unpleasant scars forever. I've got marks that sort of look like cuts, but actually aren't. I just dropped a grill on my arm and it burnt my flesh in lines across my arm, but there's a difference in tan so it looks like I went for myself there.
 
wtf is with all the depression threads. quit trying to bring down hl2.net morale. either kill yourself or stfu.
 
chu said:
wtf is with all the depression threads. quit trying to bring down hl2.net morale. either kill yourself or stfu.
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chu wins.
 
Its a conspiracy by our enemies too lower our morale, making this the ex-Best Community on the Web.
 
Take extacy if your into that.
Cutting is not a good thing, I mean if its just a little scratch then whatever, you're not too serious about it, but if you're actually cutting yourself then you should probably seek help. Also people wont feel sympathy for you, they will try and distance themselves from you, cause thats just wierd.
 
15357 said:
Its a conspiracy by our enemies too lower our morale, making this the ex-Best Community on the Web.
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We need some enlightening threads around here. How about:


"Hi Guys!! If you could be a rainbow what kind of rainbow would you be?! Teehee!!"
 
Cutting yourself is never okay.
It's ****ing stupid.
 
Barney_Calhoun said:
I just don't see how cutting yourself relieves stress to be honest. When I'm depressed (usually about the death of WON) I just play Quake, and that seems to work.
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I really don't understand what was so special about WON... I am what I like to call a casual extreme gamer, and when I have to look at a console half the time I'm playing during those "6 cans of Bawls" night runs I'd very much rather look at a piece of crap. Actually, I think I hate WON because DoD didn't work on it for me.


Now, back on topic...

I think cutting yourself when your depressed is stupid. I've never been depressed because I'm just a happy guy that realizes he's lucky that knowing his luck, he will be struck by lightning RIGHT after he wins the lottery. GG.

Life's a bitch, but there's a reason for it to be.
 
Not all people cut themselves because of depression: quite a few people I know do it out of boredom.

I know this from experience: cutting yourself does take your mind of things. About a year ago, I felt extremely shitty about myself, so I turned to cutting myself. It was stupid, but I was smart enough to cut myself on my thigh where no one can see the scars.

Cutting yourself is a drug, and can be addictive and dangerous. But I don't cut off my relationships with everyone who does it: I try and get them out of the 'vicious circle'.
 
Cutting yourself does temporarily relieve stress. It's kinda like masturbating, it helps get your mind off your pain, but when you're done you remember how pathetic your life really is.
 
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