if you dont get it, you wont get it.

cuters do cutt their faces
and they cutt the same reason we take meds for bp. cause it gets rid of the mental pain

If you don't understand, then don't bother asking. Move along.

mtngirl, i think cutting and meds are far apart from each other.

cutting is a coping mechanism, but it isn't overall healthy for you or your life. it causes more problems than it does solutions.

taking meds, on the other hand, is a healthy step forward for nearly all bipolars.

i do have to say though ... if you don't get it, you won't. i was a cutter. years ago. in high school. i think it was an abused adolescent kind of thing for me. i did feel like it got rid of some mental pain.

you don't cut your face because most cutters don't do it for attention. most hide it really carefully.

anyway i'm just glad that i haven't done it in 12 years or so. i'm getting older, i guess. ha.

I wouldn't dismiss someone who's truly trying to understand. I work in the field and couldn't grasp the idea of why? Then I had to do a training and in my studies of peoples stories and interviews with cutters, I began to understand the release and the fact that this isn't suicide attempts, as I'd alway misunderstood. It's about getting the emotional pain out and cleansing the body of the inner pain.

oh true true sorry didnt mean that in a way that cutting is healthy by no means , im a cutter so i understand why ppl do it, guees i used the wronge comparision but ppl do cutt there faces not always for attention but because there purly crazy , i have done the same thing, i always hide it though find any way not to let ppl. see what ive done. just sometimes your brain doesnt work and you slash anything

mtngirl, don't be sorry. it's all good.

i hadn't even thought of people who do it for reasons of true insanity... i'm sure there are those who cut their faces.

it's crazy to me.

Some cutters do cut their faces. Some cut the bottoms of their feet. Some cut the tips of their fingers. What I'm trying to say is, there really isn't any area that is off limits to all cutters. It just depends on the person.

People do it for many reasons. I won't even try to go into it here, but if you want to try to understand more, send me a message and I will do what I can to help.

not that you cant talk about it here cause theres obviously some cutter in here but i found a good cutting community on this web site also , just if anyone wants to know more about it

Do a little research and careful on the judgement...cutters are people too.