Riiight. The other day I read Toby's blog (Read it, it's great. xD) and found it really awesome to read. Because he, unlike most people (including me) wasn't writing about himself but about his views on different matters and that. Now that may seem boring but I really enjoyed reading it, so instead of angsting about myself i'm going to take a leaf out of Toby's blog and angst about more serious matters.
The first one as you can probably tell my the title is "Self harming".
So you're 15 years of age, your boyfriends dumped you and you're feeling upset- what do you go and do? Why, cut your wrists of course. I mean what happened to the cry for a bit and get over it? Oh no, my whole life's destroyed now I must put my life at risk now. Srsly, why put your life at risk for something like that?
Of course theirs more in depth reasons why people self harm; whole life going to shambles, deaths etc... that I can sympathize with, although it's still not right and those people need help.
But one thing I can't stand is people who do it for the smallest of reasons mostly just to get attention.
For example sometime last year a girl in my class (who was 13 at the time) fell out with her friends, I repeat- fell out with her friends. Next thing you know she's sitting in the middle of the classroom hacking her wrists with a compass. Why would you sit there, doing that in the middle of a f**king classroom (excuse my language) if you didn't want attention.
Another thing you get which really irritates me is again, people basically making sure everyone knows about it. For example, you get people saying something about them self-harming in their msn name, or on your saying something on bebo/status on facebook. Eg- Alice: Is wondering whether to cut a slit in her arm, Alice: My life is such a wreck, it's driven me to self harm. If you were that serious about it you'd keep it to yourself. Half these people aren't even going to do anything they just want to show off, frankly it's pathetic.
This is quite a small rant, because i'm tired and my mind's gone kind of blank but in other words:
Self harming isn't going to get you anywhere, you're just making everything worse and attention seeking. Therefore don't do it.
Oh and a speshul shout out to Lottie, because I promised her one and she's awesome! =]
Comments/complaints/thoughts are muchly appreciated.
2 comments:
I agree, and I enjoyed reading this, it is very well-written!
Some people get to such a low point in their lives that they have to cause themselves physical pain as a form of relief - a way to "feel something again" - but these people need serious help, and I do not believe that any 13 year old can be feeling this way, particularly over an argument with friends!
I think that the majority, if not all people who cause themselves intentional harm, are attention-seeking in some way. For some, just as an act of immaturity. For others, as a cry for help I suppose. I think it is very easy to tell those in need of serious help apart from those just doing it to try and blackmail people into feeling sorry for them though!
Great meaningful post.
I personally know people who have self harmed. One being my best friend at the time. Scarily, we were 11. Her parents had just divorced and she was finding it really hard to cope at home. This was just a cry for attention, because she was being shunted around to different homes with her parents.
I agree with the previous comment of blackmailing someone to feel sorry for them, this is a possibility I had not thought of.
What annoys me about self harm is the stereotypes that surround it. For some people it is a desperate final attempt to make people notice the problems they are facing. They are grasping at the remaining strands of hope.
Wanting to take your own life, which has so many remaining possibilities is a sad thing to want though. For someones life to have become so miserable that they couldn't bear living anymore is just breathtaking.
These people need help and support in my opinion.
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