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At 1 hour ago, jjjkuk wrote:
How is any of this supposed to do anything about anything? Being emo isn't "a new problem". It's both a fad and teenagers being confused and for some reason turning to self injury. I've felt like shit and have had my heart crushed numerous times, but I've never felt like cutting myself. That wouldn't help; pain is bad. It's called life. We just move on, not mope about and become anti-social. Look all around the Internet of "emo" kids and you'll see it's all fake. It's just a style retardedly confused with goth which is completely different. While not every emo kid hides their scars, most are doing it for the attention, hence it being a fad. People have had "overloads of emotions" since the dawn of time yet none of this cutting shit existed until now. Why do you supposed that is? Fad. Oh, and another thing: you keep saying that self injury is not meant for suicide. Think about that. They're too chicken shit to do it - if they were honestly fed up with everything, they would do it. Ever read The Sorrows of Young Werther? How do you think people dealt with pressure from society back then? Apart from offing themselves, they toughened up, started social movements, made art in various forms, etc. No whiny self injuries.

Emo people are weak minded, confused, pathetic children that need to grow up and get a life. That's the only way to end this nonsense.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I went through this bullshit phase, thank god I'm older and wiser now.

There are far more important things people should "be aware" of and focus their energy towards.

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How to tell if someone you know self-injures.
Although there are sometimes really obvious signs of self-injury, often times the only sign is depression which does always mean self-injury. *

Wow OP. Just wow. Thanks for trying to raise awareness, but maybe you'd have more luck gaining people's respect if you didn't talk absolute BS? Seriously, as I was reading your post I was composing, mentally, a positive supporting response, but no. Just no. Upon reading those two lines I lost all respect for you.

At 31 minutes ago, onescarydude wrote:

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How to tell if someone you know self-injures.
Although there are sometimes really obvious signs of self-injury, often times the only sign is depression which does always mean self-injury. *

Wow OP. Just wow. Thanks for trying to raise awareness, but maybe you'd have more luck gaining people's respect if you didn't talk absolute BS? Seriously, as I was reading your post I was composing, mentally, a positive supporting response, but no. Just no. Upon reading those two lines I lost all respect for you.

That's almost certainly a typo, dude - that sentence doesn't even make any sense unless the word "doesn't" is used instead of "does". Think about it for a second before you jump to conclusions, there - do you ever say "In the past I found that this does always work"?

I cut myself to feel... aliveeeeeeeee.

Does one who shut his inner voice through pain, self-injure himself?

It's only about 5% of all self harmers that actually have a problem, the others just want the scars for attention.

The only time i've ever hurt myself is when i pinched my arm really hard cause i had a random boner and I heard that pinching yourself really hard causes boners to go away.

So yeah.

Glad to hear that you're doing so well :) 6 months is awesome! Just keep staying strong :)

At 1 hour ago, SaltshakerClock wrote: The only time i've ever hurt myself is when i pinched my arm really hard cause i had a random boner and I heard that pinching yourself really hard causes boners to go away.

So yeah.

...so does it work?

At 7 minutes ago, kmau wrote:

At 1 hour ago, SaltshakerClock wrote: The only time i've ever hurt myself is when i pinched my arm really hard cause i had a random boner and I heard that pinching yourself really hard causes boners to go away.

So yeah.

...so does it work?

Yeah, I'm curious to learn more about this, fuck the rest of the thread.

I am now aware of self-injury, because I had no idea about it before. I've literally never heard of it in my lifetime until reading this thread.

Thanks to yet another awareness day, I will continue on my life with this knowledge and do absolutely nothing about it.

At 8 hours ago, jjjkuk wrote:

People have had "overloads of emotions" since the dawn of time yet none of this cutting shit existed until now.
Are you a historian or did you just make that up on the spot to support your argument?
I think the latter. Not having much knowledge on history my self that's just the result of a quick web search, but even from my limited knowledge i can think of lots of occurences of self harm throughout history. I mean Christianity is practically founded on this idea of self-sacrifice, in suffering yourself for some greater good. It could be argued that the whole ascetic ideal is about self-suffering, and that goes right back to the origins of various religions and is a prominent part of humanities history!

At 28 minutes ago, KalebKore wrote:

At 7 minutes ago, kmau wrote:

At 1 hour ago, SaltshakerClock wrote: The only time i've ever hurt myself is when i pinched my arm really hard cause i had a random boner and I heard that pinching yourself really hard causes boners to go away.

So yeah.

...so does it work?

Yeah, I'm curious to learn more about this, fuck the rest of the thread.

It works to an extent. I might not have been inflicting enough pain. It's not like an immediate boner death though, it's more like if you can hold up the pressure on the pain spot, the blood will slowly recede from your penis.

Work better than thinking of dead puppies, thats for sure.

Such a stupid holiday ,but i guess it was made for the masochistic in mind.

At 9 hours ago, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: Not entirely true, actually. While self harm isn't necessarily well documented for time periods before now, it did happen. Sure, some people toughened up, but others wallowed in pain. Nothing has changed. I agree that people SHOULD just toughen up. But they don't always do that.

Another argument is that right now is the most difficult time to be a human. It's a fact. We're isolated, overworked, and constantly scrutinized. That, among other things, makes us stressed out more than any other generation in human history. That's a good explanation for the rise in Self-Harm. It has nothing to do with this generation being weaker. It's just that this generation is exposed to more of a burden.

That's true. But still, nothing close to an "emo" concept has ever been made nearly this much self-injury. I doubt cutting one;s wrists for this purpose has ever even been done. I am aware that we have a tough time now, but we just need to deal with it. First world problems, man.

At 49 minutes ago, PIED3 wrote: I mean Christianity is practically founded on this idea of self-sacrifice, in suffering yourself for some greater good. It could be argued that the whole ascetic ideal is about self-suffering, and that goes right back to the origins of various religions and is a prominent part of humanities history!

Self-sacrificing for an imaginary god is different from harming yourself because your feelings are hurt. Think before you try to argue.

At 1 hour ago, jjjkuk wrote: Self-sacrificing for an imaginary god is different from harming yourself because your feelings are hurt. Think before you try to argue.

Well that's hardly a defence of your position! You're yet to show any evidence that self-harm is a new thing, and have all but admitted to having a very limited historical knowledge.
Yes my example was different, but it was still an example of self-harm for psychological reasons. Perhaps in the past it had a more religious and communal basis, and was founded in spiritual ideas like "original sin" and the fall of man and now, in this godless age of individualism, it reveals itself in angsty teen cutting? I just think you're a bit to quick to dismiss it as a "fad".

At 42 minutes ago, PIED3 wrote: Yes my example was different, but it was still an example of self-harm for psychological reasons. Perhaps in the past it had a more religious and communal basis, and was founded in spiritual ideas like "original sin" and the fall of man and now, in this godless age of individualism, it reveals itself in angsty teen cutting? I just think you're a bit to quick to dismiss it as a "fad".

I'm not saying it's a new thing; I'm saying it's a new fad. People back then didn't hurt themselves due to emotional distress nearly as much as these kids do now, if at all. And don't get all "college professor" on me. You haven't posted any facts or sources, either.

At 36 seconds ago, jjjkuk wrote: I'm not saying it's a new thing; I'm saying it's a new fad. People back then didn't hurt themselves due to emotional distress nearly as much as these kids do now, if at all.

Hmm.. Maybe!
And don't get all "college professor" on me. You haven't posted any facts or sources, either.
Heh heh, sorry about that.

At 22 hours ago, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote:

At 6 minutes ago, jjjkuk wrote:

At 2 hours ago, SexualEmo wrote:

How do you think people dealt with pressure from society back then? Apart from offing themselves, they toughened up, started social movements, made art in various forms, etc. No whiny self injuries.

Not entirely true, actually. While self harm isn't necessarily well documented for time periods before now, it did happen. Sure, some people toughened up, but others wallowed in pain. Nothing has changed. I agree that people SHOULD just toughen up. But they don't always do that.

Another argument is that right now is the most difficult time to be a human. It's a fact. We're isolated, overworked, and constantly scrutinized. That, among other things, makes us stressed out more than any other generation in human history. That's a good explanation for the rise in Self-Harm. It has nothing to do with this generation being weaker. It's just that this generation is exposed to more of a burden.

You have to be fucking kidding me, this period of history is definitely not the most difficult time to be human. There is so much innovation and comfort now.

Is anyone here on the NG BBS seeing how fucking stupid this is? Or is it because this is WeHaveFreshCookies that no body calls him out on this?