WARNING ABOUT SELF-MUTILATION
.…before
you make that first cut remember. You will enjoy this. You will find
the blood and pain release ADDICTIVE.. Even though you think you can
make a few tiny cuts that aren’t deep and will heal easily …they will
get deeper. They will scar. They will take sometimes months to heal!!!
And years for the scars to fade! IF you think you can limit the cutting
to one area of your body think again…it will spread when you run out
of skin. Be prepared to withdraw from others and live in a constant
state of shame. Even if you are the most honest person ever to live
….you will find yourself lying to the people you love. You will jerk
back from your friends when they touch you as if their hands were
dipped in poison. You will be terrified that they will feel something
under the cloth of your shirt or because it just plain hurts so much to
be touched.
Be
prepared to get so out of control you fear your next cut because you
don’t know how bad it will be. Just wait for 10 cuts to turn into
100….Be prepared for your entire life to revolve around thinking
about cutting…Cutting and covering up cutting And just wait till that
first time you cut "too deep." And you freak out because the blood
won’t stop…and you are gaping….and you feel yourself shaking all
over. You are having a panic attack and you are terrified but you can’t
tell anyone. So you sit there alone…praying it will be ok swearing
you’ll never let it go this far again…But you will and further. Don’t
worry, you will learn how to take care of your cuts so that you can go
deeper and deeper and avoid the ER. And the better you get at treating
your cuts the deeper they get.
You
will lie to yourself and justify it when you find yourself spending 20,
30 or 50 dollars every time you go the pharmacy. You will feel the
flutter of your heartbeat every time you go to the counter to ring up
your order. Butterfly strips…3 or four different kinds of
dressings…betadine….antibiotic cream. Medical tape. scar
reducers…..You will tap your foot impatiently hoping the line will
just move and no one will stare at you or wonder why you need all these
things. And at the same time secretly hope someone will
notice…someone who is standing in line with an armful of the same
supplies…someone who understands but of course that never happens.
Medical
supplies won’t be the only thing you spend all your money on. Be
prepared to buy a new wardrobe…long-sleeved shirts in summer colors,
bracelets, wristbands, boots… gloves. the list goes on and on.
You
will start looking at everyone in a differnent way…Scanning their
bodies for any signs of SI… just hoping that you might meet someone
like you so you don’t feel so terribly alone. You wont even think about
it..As your eyes scan their wrists arms…hoping just hoping they will
be like you….But they are not. You will see their clean arms and feel
terribly ashamed and alone.
You
will start doing a lot of things alone. You will always have to wash
your laundry in private so know one sees the blood stains on your
clothes and towels. You will always be cleaning up the blood. Scrubbing
your bathroom floor…wiping the blood of your keyboard….
You
won’t be able to make it through a day without cutting….Next thing
you know you are in a public bathroom somewhere breaking open a scab
with a sewing needle that you keep in your wallet for emergancies. When
you get really desperate anything will be a cutting tool
…scissors…a car key…a needle … a paperclip. even a pen. Doesn’t
matter what it is if you need to cut bad enough you will find something.
Say goodbye to things you took for granted. Like wearing shorts or sandals…pedicures…sleeveless tops.
A normal summer day at the beach or in a swimming pool will become a far off memory for you.
Get ready to itch. Beacuase you will itch and itch …"so much you will look like you have fleas or a skin disease."
You
will become an expert on your body as you destroy it carefully.. You
will dream about cutting…you will dream about being exposed. It will
haunt you day and night and take over your life. You will wish you
never made that first cut because while you absolutely HATE
cutting…at the same time you love it and can not live with out of it.
you have been warned…..
(i
do not take credit for this powerful message. i just posted it here so
everyone who reads my blog will be aware. if you are in this situation,
think about the consequences.)
CREDITS TO: paula.