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User:	cutmeintopieces (5975)
Name:	Blurty's First Self-Injury Community
Website:	maintainer's journal
About:	About cutmeintopieces was created on October 30th of 2002 and was the first self-injury community on Blurty. This community is for self-mutilators of any kind to be accepted and feel welcome amoung people with simular problems. You may post whatever you want to as long as it is related to your self-injury whether it's an article, rant, poetry, picture or song. However, please put triggering stories or images behind cut-tags and put warnings in the entry. FAQ Because of frequent comments asking me how communities work, I am providing the links to the FAQ here. Please read Blurty's FAQ before contacting me, they have a whole help section for this. It's nothing personal, just after having to explain the samething to multiple people it gets annoying. I figured out all this journaling stuff all on my own, I am sure you can too. How do I join a community? How do I leave a community? How do I post in a community? How do I post a "members only" post in a community? How do I edit/delete an entry in a community? What is self-injury? Self-Injury (SI) is the act of physically hurting yourself on purpose without the intent of commiting suicide. It is a method of coping during an emotionally difficult time that helps some people temporarily feel better because they have a way to physically express and release the tension and the pain they hold inside. In other people hurting themselves produces chemical changes in their bodies that make them feel happier and more relaxed. Five key components identify and define SI: 1) SI is a harmful act done to yourself. Do not mistake lashing out in anger at others as SI. 2) SI is only done by yourself. If anyone else does something to you that causes pain this is not SI. 3) An act of SI must include some sort of physical violence. Emotionally punishing yourself (calling yourself a bitch or thinking you're stupid, ugly, etc.) is not SI. 4) An act of SI is not done with the intention of killing yourself. People who slit their wrists to kill themselves, even though they have harmed their body, are not SI-ing. 5) SI is done intentionally. Not accidentally, but with the intent purpose of hurting yourself. Why do people self-injure? Here are a few common reasons for self-injury: Relief from feelings - Often people hurt themselves to try to relieve intense emotions and feel better. These intense feelings can seem uncontrollable, frightening, and dangerous. When people have them they may think that hurting themselves is the only way to escape these feelings. Coping Mechanism - A coping mechanism is a method of coping people use to help them get through difficult times. SI is an extreme method that provides a sense of relief- as you know by lessening physical or psychological feelings. This physical damage and pain causes the body to employ its own coping methods to deal with them. SI is a negative coping mechanism because it causes people further harm and puts them in dangerous or uncomfortable situations. Stopping, Inducing, or Preventing Dissociation - Dissociation is "a psychological state in which the indivual experiences an alteration in consciousness, memory, and sometimes identity." People who experience it may feel detached from their bodies, a floating sensation, or a sense that they are separated from their bodies, watching themselves. Everybody has experienced mild dissociation- for example tuning out when someone is talking to you. But some people use dissociation as a coping mechanism. The dissociative states they may experience sometimes become overwhelming because of how long they last or their intensity. SI is way to reduce, prevent, or stop a dissociative state. Euphoric Feelings - When people SI they, of course, are hurting their bodies. The body responds to the injuries by working to minimize pain and damage and to heal the wound quickly. The brain releases substances called endorphins (has similar effects to morphine) that work as pain-killers when you hurt yourself. Endorphins can also cause a pleasant physical sensation and can become addictive. So, some people SI to produce feelings of euphoria. Physically Expressing Pain - The physical expression of emotional pain causes some people to achieve certain goals such as evidence (scars, etc.) that you are suffering psychologically. Sometimes people with SI minimize or doubt their internal feelings. Communication - SI is sometimes used by people to express what they are thinking, feeling, or experiencing to others. By doing this you are more likely to get what you need from family, friends, or others. You might be trying to send out messages such as "I need help," "I hurt," etc. but that is not always the ways others perceive it. They might interpret your SI as "You're crazy," "You're trying to kill yourself," etc. Other people might see you using your SI as manipulation. Self-Nurturing - For many people SI provides them with a way of nurturing themselves physically when they are unable to do so emotionally. SI is sometimes used to heal yourself. To make the internal pain external so that you may nurture and heal what only used to exist on a psychological level. You are caring for your internal and external scars. The self-care may be the gratifying part of SI. Self-Punishment - Statistics show that more than half of the people who SI have been abuse physically, sexually, and/or emotionally as children. It is common for people to blame themselves for the abuse or to feel that they "deserve" it. They may have been taught that certain thoughts, feelings, or behaviors deserve punishment. People who SI are often critical of themselves which leads to feelings of condemnation and shame which leads to SI. Reenacting Previous Abuse - SI can be a way to reenact abuse that took place at an earlier time. You may do it to feel a sense of control, which you didn't have when you were abused. Some people may act out the previous abuse as part of post-traumatic stress during a flashback (an episode where you think you are reexperiencing the abuse). Some individuals with DID have an alter personality that will injure another alter to reenact abuse. Since the personalities are in the same body this is SI. Establishing Control - Control is a necessary part of people's lives. and knowing we have some control is important for mental health. When we feel we are in control we feel better. SI is a way some people use to replicate a sense of control over their own bodies. Episodes of SI might be triggered by overwhelming feelings of depression, alienation, isolation, etc. which are out of your control. By SI-ing you are controlling your emotional states. Also, you may be using SI to control a dissociative state. Thoughts can also be controlled by SI. By changing your behavior, emotions, and physical feelings you affect your thoughts. You may use SI to control your thoughts. So, in SI, a person has control in a situation, over their body, their thoughts, their emotions, and their behaviors. This feeling of control may make a person feel more controlled, at peace, and comfortable. Why is self-injury addicting? The main reason why cutting is addicting is because of the chemicals and nerves in your body. There are millions of nerve endings all over your body and they signal your brain all the time, day and night. And when you hurt yourself the brain is told immediately about the trouble and it sends out a chemical called an endorphin. Endorphins go to the site of injury and helps relax and relieve the pain some. This relaxing feeling that people seek can be addicting. Quotes "How can you know i'm hurting inside if you cannot see my pain? To wear it on my body shows what words cannot explain." -C. Blount "The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain." -Lord Byron "It's about people who take their frustration out on everyone around them. I never raise my voice. Cutting myself or hurting myself is the way I deal with anger." -Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers "People dislike alcoholics, but they still drink at parties. People sit in non-smoking sections in restaurants, but still enjoy the occasional nicotine jolt. People have strong feelings against self-injurers, but they also take all their emotions out on other people." -Emily "Self-injury is a sign of distress, not madness. We should be congratulated on having found a way of surviving." -Cory Anderson Song Lyrics And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your lies When everything feels like the movies Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Please don't call me self defending, You know it cuts me to the bone. And it's really not surprising, I hold a force I can't contain. Somebody get me out of here, I'm tearing at myself. Nobody gives a damn about me or anybody else. "Medication" Garbage I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting I try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become My sweetest friend? Everyone I know Goes away in the end "Hurt" Nine Inch Nails Roses in the hospital Try to pull my finger nails out Roses in the hospital I want to cling to something soft Roses in the hospital Progressing like a constant war Roses in the hospital There's no one to feel ashamed for... Roses in the hospital Stub cigarettes out on my arm Roses in the hospital Want to feel something of value Roses in the hospital Nothing really makes me happy Roses in the hospital Heroin is just too trendy "Roses in the Hospital" Manic Street Preachers Other Info Maintained by suicidekitten. If you have any issues with this community, take it up with her not the posters of the community. Any negative comments or posts to members of the community will be erased and that person will be banned from community.
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