I need your opinions!!

@rocketman – I completely agree with your logic and i’m pretty much in the exact mind set as you regarding self harm – i just don’t ‘get’ it (actually tried it when i was a teen and found it to not be for me)… but that said, and getting back to the point – despite it being hypocritical to persuade others to stop something you’re doing yourself – perhaps it can help solace to search for the correct reasoning among like-minded people to find a solution to ending the behavior – provided that solution is a positive one – and by positive, i mean, no longer self harming and not attempting/committing suicide.

alternative dawg

@solace – you can convince yourself and spin it any way you like – the only “potential’ to self harm is damage to a perfectly good vessel – self harm – logically and practically – is breaking something that isn’t ‘broken’ … fire can warm us but that don’t mean i wanna burn – rocket’s analogy is spot on – the naivety is that someone who has been conditioned otherwise will recognize it as practical – it’s not about what society thinks/accepts that makes it right or wrong – society could really care less about anyone’s well being or condition on the micro level – they ‘care’ in the abstract but when it comes to looking at the millions of individuals – they’re overwhelmed and do their best to just ignore it.

the fact is throughout human history is it survives DESPITE using this “method” – and who’s to say in prerecorded history that those who adopted such behavior did in fact actually survive – the world is littered with races and species that did not adopt the more viable means of survival

Understandable you will disagree with everything i say – and THAT, i “get” – because i’ve learned that self harmers have made a completely different association in regards to damaging themselves and how they process pain – in truth it’s something i cannot comprehend – so please don’t take my comments as a negative – i’m more trying to enlighten rocketman as so the neurological difference in how the action is processed – there is no “right and wrong” – but it makes people like me and rocketman sad and hurt for you to know that you are doing something that can have long term ramafications well beyond the time that you feel like this is a viable path to follow.

I hope you find a way to stop – but if you can’t – i understand – but applying your experience to help others to stop is worthy

clarity dawg

@end – i disagree with your choice to call it “immature” – but agree with pretty much everything else … self harm is a problem multiplier – not a problem solver – and it is short sighted – but i think it’s also a type of addiction which we know addictions defy normal logic – as with most addicts – they’ll ‘quit tomorrow after one more fix” not seeing the long term damage – only focused on this moment and this need. most addictive behavior is only a band-aid or temporary reprieve from the long term underlying issue – band aids don’t fix a wound – they only cover them over for a while but they’re still there.

arithmatic dawg