Tattoos give me sexual satisfaction, cutting doesn't but I also have a very high tolerance for pain and it doesn't actually hurt. Burning doesn't hurt either it feels good, but it's not sexual, well sometimes like with hot wax but that's different.Originally Posted by Alexander III
"We are animals with problems that no other animal has." - Radam J. Starkiller
You might consider one of these:
http://youtu.be/U1TmeBd9338
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
That wasn't what was originally posted. I think people were trying to have a sense of humor. Taking things too seriously.
Last edited by Buh4Bee; 02-11-2012 at 06:50 PM.
So someone gets off on masochism. It doesn't hurt you, does it? So, what's it matter? I couldn't care less what others do.
These threads are getting so predictable. There're always the same people being rightoues and judgmental. It must be tiring.
I agree. It is tiring and ridiculous. It is always the same thing, somebody makes some ridiculous statement like "having fun by burning yourself" and then somebody points out the complete nonsense of it and is accused of being an intolerant raving Neo-Conservative. Strange. Can't wait for the thread on "Pedophilia, it's Just a Big Laugh" - should be good.
FWIW, the OP was specifically asking for opinions, not just making a statement.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
You're are being irrational here Neely. After all, if paedophiles rape children other than your own, why should you care what other people do, it doesn't hurt you does it? You shouldn't care less what others do.
I know I shouldn't take the p**s, because it's all too easy, but it's difficult to resist.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I'm in the Neo-Con camp on this one
In response to the OP: if you detest violence, why should you be worried about violent acts manifesting themselves? I believe self harming/mutilation to be a totally aberrant activity. It is also a totally counter productive activity/stress outlet as you need your body to be functioning properly (am i not stating the complete bleedin obvious here!) re the general day to day stuff vis a vis survival and other quite important stuff I would have thought, no?
I read about healthy people having healthy limbs amputated for no other reason than having the desire to be an amputee. It's called Apotemnophilia and there is apparently some pathological excuse for this desire, but there's just no way that stuff should happen. How surgeons can be allowed to perform these operations is just beyond me, really. It just staggers me, honestly, how people can do this to themselves.
I never understood cutting. I was an angsty depressive adolescent and I never once felt the urge to cut. Maybe its the endorphin release? Or a cry for help perhaps?
A healthy balanced teen doesn't slice her arms, breasts and inner thighs with a razor blade over and over again.
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 02-12-2012 at 01:38 AM.
If it provides some sort of release to those experiencing severe psychological stress then I don't see a problem with it. Better that than releasing it all in a single potentially fatal burst.
Assuming that self-harm is a managment tool to avoid a fatal burst from occurring, then I would at least imagine it would be taken in prescribed doses, like a medication for example. On that premise I believe to take too much of any medication could result in a fatality.
My daughter increased the intensity of her practice over her body and the kind of wounds she inflicted because what she started out doing wasn't enough to give her the release she was looking for. In other words, she was overdosing on her 'medication'. Not fatal and according to your statement, not a problem, despite the increased disfigurement and injuries to her body.
To shrug my shoulders and say 'Well at least she isn't going to do something irresponsible as long as she continues to carve her body up with a razor blade' means I should be admitted to a psyh unit!
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
All the people I've met who cut themselves never inflicted any significant harm. I'm sure there are some extreme cases where the habit goes too far, but in most instances it isn't much of a problem. Its the issues that lead to it which should be of concern. It was pretty obvious I was not referring to such extreme cases in my original post.
That's a fair reply Darcy so would the cutting you see other people inflict upon themselves where no significant harm be ok if it is one of your children?
(I must question the definition of significant harm since my daughter, apart from being covered in old scars, isn't really harmed is she?)
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
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