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Today is Self Injury Awareness Day.
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foreverdirt compiled. You should read what she has to say.
What do I think? I knew a girl in high-school who took self-harm to something of an extreme. And it's true that she had a lot to cope with, and maybe pulling out her eyelashes and marring her skin was at least as healthy as the ever popular alternative of frying her brain with cheap drugs. But it was painful to see, and I don't think I'll ever support that. I'll never support alcoholism and I'll never support narcotic abuse, either.
But. There have been a couple of times in my life when I have been angry, the sort of emotion that catches in your chest and freezes your mind, and if your hands aren't shaking you can almost imagine yourself capable of dispassionate thought. And so I separated myself from other people and went home, and found a nice flat wall and punched it until the sides of my hands were bruised and painful and something I could see. And it helped.
And that's all I can say.
And if, like me, you haven't heard before of such an occasion, here is a list of links which
foreverdirt compiled. You should read what she has to say.What do I think? I knew a girl in high-school who took self-harm to something of an extreme. And it's true that she had a lot to cope with, and maybe pulling out her eyelashes and marring her skin was at least as healthy as the ever popular alternative of frying her brain with cheap drugs. But it was painful to see, and I don't think I'll ever support that. I'll never support alcoholism and I'll never support narcotic abuse, either.
But. There have been a couple of times in my life when I have been angry, the sort of emotion that catches in your chest and freezes your mind, and if your hands aren't shaking you can almost imagine yourself capable of dispassionate thought. And so I separated myself from other people and went home, and found a nice flat wall and punched it until the sides of my hands were bruised and painful and something I could see. And it helped.
And that's all I can say.
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They're not that bad, are they?
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Huh? I hope not. It doesn't, does it?
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That's why I thought it was trickery (thus the 2nd comment). It wasn't just an IE thing either, I tried it in firebird, with the same results.
It's some magic html there.
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trickery! Good stuff though, I like it :). I did that once, the punching thing.. but my wall was flimsy drywall, and after a few shots I actually put my fist through it.
That hurt a lot more then just regular punching, because I was scratched! And I had what appeared to be chalk on my hand.
I think it was drywall.
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That's never good. Did you have to pay for a new wall?
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