(Untitled)

Jun 01, 2005 03:46

I had forgotten my brother. How could I? I had read in his journal that he was gonna stop cutting, and with my mother not pestering him anymore, and his soon to be flat, I thought he was better ( Read more... )

Leave a comment

Comments 3

kalin_nestar June 2 2005, 13:25:47 UTC
Well, before they called them "cutters", I used to do somesuch like that in high school. It was a while back ^ ^
Anyway, I'd use it to break through the nagging emotional pain I felt, and it did work, really. I can't imagine being addicted to it. It was sort of a 'use as needed' type of thing.
Another thing you should tell your brother. I'm 33, and I feel pretty stupid when I shake hands, give blood, show a bracelet to other adults and they see my childish scars. I mean, its embarassing. The scars are there forever, and when you are older and trying to be responsible, it just shows to the world (co-workers, bosses, potential in-laws) what a loser you were as a kid. You aren't a teen forever, and its nice when you can finally put it in your past and forget about it. You can't when you have scars to remind yourself. You have a different perspective 15 years later, I swear.

Reply

ivy_shinigami June 2 2005, 16:52:36 UTC
Thanks. I know it's embarassing him already, because he works (he's 22), and with summer approching, he can't lift up his sleeves without showing his scars to his co-workers, so he get hot very easily.
I really hope once he's settled in his flat, things are going to be better for him.

Reply

kalin_nestar June 2 2005, 17:03:41 UTC
This is probably not the best advice, but what I used to do as I got older and still had depression (ex husband) was just use a pin to scrape my inner thighs. Hurt like hell after, so it broke through the depression, and they healed without scars. Plus, no one ever saw them. Like I said, its prolly not the best advice. He should work on his self hate issues instead, but in the meantime there are non-scarring methods of pain therapy.

Reply


Leave a comment

Up