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    emilyanne: I tend to think that everyone's reasons are different which is why this is a difficult subject. I had a (I would term mild) SI tendency between the ag... more »
    msAnthrope: i started cutting myself around the time i felt strongly suicidal~~ i was 36 years old. i went as far as trying to get a license for a gun so i could... more »
    saintbernadette: Does picking the crap out of your skin fit into all this? more »
    Bellicose!: "The danger is that defining self-industry or embedding as one neatly-packaged disorder can oversimplify the issue." Self-industry? I'm pretty damned ... more »
    tomatoheart: I really loved sewing the skin (callous) on my fingers together as a child -- mostly because I was fascinated that it worked and didn't hurt and it fr... more »
    Pleasure: Since Borderline Personality Disorder has been mentioned a lot as a frequent cause of cutting, it's worth mentioning that many people think BPD is jus... more »
    Pleasure: Cutting isn't always bad (and no, you don't need to put me on suicide watch). I used to cut, and still fantasize about hurting myself sometimes. Non ... more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: I think the trouble with classifying behaviors into smaller and increasingly specific classifications of disorders is that then people suffering from ... more »
    SurrealKiller: As someone who has a sister who used to cut, I have to say I'm a bit confused as to why people cut or if it's a large part of a mental disorder. The r... more »
    Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane: My ex boyfriend told a cuttter that all cutters are emo, and therefore should commit suicide. He pretty much started a lynchmob of mutual friends over... more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: Thank you for using a non-triggering picture for this post. more »
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): For me, cutting arose as another extension of my eating disorder, another way to inflict harm upon my "faulty" body (I tend to harm the areas that I f... more »
    pantsless economist...access RESTORED: I would generally tend to think it's part of a larger problem. there is something else going on if you are embedding things into your skin and/or cutt... more »
    Penny: I really don't think most SI-ers do what they do to cope with stress. Stress might trigger some feelings that lead to it, but it's not the direct cat... more »
    AnnieGetYourFun: I used to cut to deal with the extreme stress that came from being abused. I'm not sure how silly I was at the time, but the diagnosis (from the abuse... more »
  • #disorderlyconduct

    Is Self-Injury A Mental Disorder, Or Just Part Of A Larger Problem?

    Though it's estimated that 2 to 8 millions Americans self-injure, from cutting to the newly-reported practice of self-embedding, doctors still can't agree on whether self-injury itself is a disorder, or how to treat it.
  • #everybodyhurts

    The Times Uncovers The "Trend" Of Cutting