Does any one think that cutting myself can be healthy?

Question

I'm not sad I'm very optimistic i don't take drugs plenty of friends but i like having cuts. on my upper thighs i am a guy so nobody sees them except my girlfriend she doesn't like it at all and freaks out big time i am not suicidal and don't think i ever could be. i just think it feels good i make sure every thing is clean. i draw stuff sometimes i dont feel crazy but i know its seen as that im just wondering if ne one thinks it is okay?

Answer 1

I'll be very honest with you, you may feel very happy and not have thoughts of killing yourself but the fact that you like cutting yourself does indicate a problem. It is actually completely against your biological make-up as a human being to do self harm so that fact that you are says that you do have some things to think about and talk about with someone. People like getting piercings and tattoos, I have some tattoos but when it goes to the point of liking the pain and feeling really high after the cutting means you are numbing something inside yourself. I know all this sounds like shrink stuff but really maybe talk about it in more detail with your girlfriend and at least talk to a counselor about it.      

Answer 2

thats not normal...and i think u have some stuff u havent fully dealt with....you should talk to someone hun....if u cant see it ur grl frd is hurting and ur the one who is causing the pain...get some help

Answer 3

I used to think it is okay (since I was a cutter myself) till my therapist told me how self-destructive habits like cutting never just come to a full stop.

cutting will lead to abuse of drugs, alcohol or chemicals which will lead to death.

if you have a good self-image you'll not want to have disfigured skin or scars.

it is Really NOT okay to cut yourself.

Answer 4

I'm not going to say that its okay, per se, but it can really really help. By the sound of it, you don't do it as a form of coping, but you just like the pain and the endorphins it releases into your body, the high that comes from it. These people in the answers don't know what they are talking about when they say that its wrong and you're just a messed up person and need help. Many times, cutting is a solution and not a problem. People do it for many reasons. Some because they are in so much emotional pain that cutting is the only way to let it out and feel better. Others because they are so numb and dead inside that cutting is the only way they can make themselves feel something, even if it is pain, its better than nothing at all. Others still do it as a form of punishing themselves and getting a fraction of what they think they deserve. Sometimes physical pain makes people feel alive, it makes what they are going through more real, and less like a bad horror movie. Ah s***w it, I think if it helps you or you like the feeling, yes its okay.  

Answer 5

dude retarded question, why would i EVER be okay to hurt yourself.

Answer 6

i don't know, whatever floats your boat i guess. it's definitely unusual. but if i were you i wouldn't cut too deep because you might change your mind on liking the look and feel later on.

Answer 7

Uhh why would anybody think this is "okay" wtf if your happy why would you do that to yourself? It feels good? wtf you are one weird kid if you think that. And btw no it's not healthy there is something wrong with you and you need help! Seek a psychatrist, you need help bad! You needs some meds or something and if i were your girlfriend i would break up with you in a heartbeat.

Answer 8

Nope. It's not normal to want to cut yourself...but, some people do enjoy pain.  I suggest you just get tattoos. That way you don't look mentally unhealthy.

Answer 9

no thats just stupid.

Answer 10

sounds like you may have some hidden issues,

what do you like? the pain? the blood? the scars?

if its the pain, get tattoos!!!

you can get really funky ones that only show up under ultraviolet light, so in the day at work or what, no one will judge you as a yob as lots of people do stereotypically.......  if it works let me know!!??

its not ok........  but you know that.

i also found the pleasure or self harm, but reality is it harms those that care about you too.

Answer 11

As long as you feel okay mentally... I guess it is okay... albeit a weird hobby. If you are feeling all the emotions that usually coincide with self-injury... then it's not healthy. You need to find other ways to deal with problems other than cutting them away...

Bottom line though... it's your body and your life... no one can force you to do anything unless you want to do it yourself.

Answer 12

not its not are u retarded?

Answer 13

no because you can set up an infection,STUPID! find another hobby like detailing the bathroom with a toothbrush!

Answer 14

wtf? how can he be healthy stop cutting yourself

Answer 15

No, I wouldnt really say it was okay. I'm a cutter myself, and I'd never agree that it's okay to do it. It's something that people usually use as a coping mechanism, and I'm not sure why it is you exactly do it, besides liking the look and feel of it.

I think that you should probably talk to someone. Cutting often isnt about suicide, its more about staying alive usually. But quite often it gets out of control and can easily lead to suicide if you're not careful.

Answer 16

Cutting yourself is never healthy, aside from the horrible risk of infection it's a sign of something severely wrong emotionally/mentally. No, there are no exceptions here. One of my room mates as an undergraduate went to med school. He saw a case of flesh-eating disease from cutting.

No. Never safe. Never healthy.

Answer 17

No I don't think it's healthy, but I do know people cut for a reason. You may regret having all the scars in years to come.

If your cutting as a way of coping, then you need to tell a proffessional about it.

Answer 18

A normal person wouldn't even think of cutting as healthy. I'm sorry but since you say that it "feels good" that's a sign of something that shouldn't be taken lightly.

What doing this type of thing can do to you is that you could get an infection from whatever blade you're using. It might be dirty, you may not know it, and just use it. Those germs will get into your bloodstream and make you sick.

Answer 19

No it's never healthy.

It's a horrible addiction that no-one understands.

And yes it really is an addiction- just like smoking, it also becomes a compulsion, even whilst happy it's all you can think of.

Whilst not being healthy in the slightest, it can help someone to live.

Answer 20

People catch this every day.Some die. It's on your body and in your mouth. Any cut is a hazard. Still feel like it's ok?

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