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I was in prolonged state of severe pain and depression. But, I think my extreme phobia of needles and sharp objects may have prevented me from doing anything like this thank God.

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my relative was neither sick or twisted, just really depressed, was only 13

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Julbright (stapphappy), insight? I know you've talked about this before. Why do people do it?

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One of my nieces did it for a while, too. :(

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wow...........damn........... hey man.......... did it work then.........i mean did it help at that time??? ..............

i myself beleive that a person shud get some physical pain from time to time as it helps em to understand the pain of others................ i mean............i was more receptive to the images of people shown all wounded up in news and all when i myself had a little operation on heel of my foot............ but for that .... cutting ur self............dats groos

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i did it to relieve all my pain and anger, mainly cause i hated myself. ive now grown to accept myself and its been a while since i did it.

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damn...........this thread is goin way over my head.............

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Bilal, I'm a she. he he.
It helped when I was in the moment. I really can't believe I did that to be honest, nor can I believe I have admitted it. I had a guy take extreme advantage of me when I was 17, and I didn't realize what was going on in my head at all, but I knew I was messed up. So I took that emotional pain, and I turned it into physical to try to get rid of the emotional. That's the only way I can describe it. Again, it was a long time ago, and those thoughts haven't crossed my mind in years. I worked through it and can talk about it because it's long over now. I tell you all this so you can try to understand someone who does it. It's not an excuse, nor do I think it's acceptable behavior. Very weird for me to look back at that!

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welll.....its good that u turned that harsh experince into knowledge and learned from it.......u know...stuff like that.........and the way u talked about it.........i am sure ur well over it............hmm............ i wont say that i havent had any emotional pain myself......... but i guess i have just realised that why i have been so quite all this time..........i mean i have been a quite person for most of my childhood days............. till got rescued by some very good dear friends........... may be that was becuse of some pain or emotional disrest........... may be all of us go thorugh it at some specific age or time.......may be some people react by starting shooting in a mall.....some cut themselves......... some do otehr shit.......like the way i became so quite during my childhood...............may be its built in human nature........damn!!!

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Plus, I think at 17, you don't know how to deal. I blamed myself for what happened at that time, so I was afraid to tell my parents. Since then, I've gone through counseling and have, by God's grace, forgiven the man. I know enough to warn my own children how to avoid those circumstances in their lives. Fortunately, and sometimes unfortunately, it's made me the person I am today, strong and focused.

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For me keeping all my thoughts and feelings inside and not talking to people about things made me worse.
Since then ive found my best friend and hes someone i can talk to everything about, its seriously helped me through things. I now feel I can talk bout things with people more.
Also bad experiences with friends in the past has left me feeling like i cant trust anyone, i find it extremely hard to make friends.
Theres still things i dont talk to people about cause its too hard but im sure one day ill be ready.
Now a days im happier with myself, i dont get depressed as often, all in all im a happier person.

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u knw what........... we all need to share our thoughts with someone else.....we all need good freinds......... idont believe any one can be saine and survie in isolation............... maybe people do get deppresed when all teir thoughts arre left inside.................. good friends worth more than anything else!