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    LaMorena: Quesiton: I have a 14-year-old cousin who is going through a very rough period (family finances and instability, feeling very insecure about herself a... more »
    divinelioness: While never cutting myself, I would hit myself when I was upset... I would punch my thighs and shins until I felt better. It would leave bruises, but... more »
    Bunnya69: Sometimes cutting is the only way to release the demons that are screaming at you from the inside. more »
    CarterAnt: Let me preface this by saying: I am smart, attractive, and well rounded. I am not dramatic or attention-seeking. I have never talked about my cutting ... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: Every girl I know who cuts (or did cut) herself has told me it's about seeking an emotional release, trying to feel something physically intense to sh... more »
    rixatrix: Here's something I've always wondered - we're always so quick to vilify the media and say that violent movies and songs about dark things drive young ... more »
    JadeChiron: I cut daily for about a year in college. Although I did (and still do) have body image issues, that was a very small part of the cutting. I was severe... more »
    morninggloria: Not only is the air brushing in ladymags the main cause of self-injury in young women, airbrushing is also solely responsible for global warming, canc... more »
    taranwanderer: It seems that, once again, the issue of self-injury is belittled in the media. Like with ED's, SI can have several contributing factors and triggers. ... more »
    funzette: i get what dr. snyderman is saying, but did anyone else get the sense that it's a little omg, the media makes girls cut? to me, cutting is less, i'm ... more »
    Breamworthy: I know someone who goes into a spiral of despair, self-harming, etc. every time she encounters a depiction of an alcoholic and violent personality, wh... more »
    colormeroutine: Right, because obviously the most, if not only, upsetting thing that might happen to a young girl is not looking like a supermodel more »
    Rare Affinity: The magazines giveth and the magazines taketh away. The popularity of photoshop has also seen a huge rise in photographs of the same age defying glamo... more »
    first man: I still think that any image that has been significantly photoshopped should have a warning label on it. It's truly criminal how much of it goes on. N... more »
    Notes from the underwhelmed: If someone is going to cut themselves because they can't live with not being as pretty as the photoshopped girls in magazines (or even other girls in ... more »
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    Awkward Moment On Morning TV

    At left: Seventeen editor Ann Shoket. At right: NBC medical analyst Dr. Nancy Snyderman. At issue: Girls who cut.
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