[Beth]

I wonder if cutting isn’t a reaction to stress. Oprah Winfrey did a talk show on people who pull out their hair and then started talking about how she pulled out her eye lashes for a couple years when she was younger and under huge stress. There was also a famous female news reporter (I don’t remember who) who had the same experience. It’s supposed to be somewhat common. I think anyone under enough stress will start doing weird things like cutting, lass pulling, etc. I’ve also noticed that the people I know with depression always become worse under stress and are happier when not. It’s just an opinion, but cutting seems like trying to give yourself a shock to change or numb the emotions you don’t want. Maybe these people have an inability to deal with stress, or a lower thresshold for it. Maybe they need to learn ways to deal with stress.

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Name : Beth, Gender : F, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, 

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