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Ok, here is the deal. Life has been so stressful for my friends and for me, and 2 of them have started cutting. In all honesty it is all to tempting for me to start. I know I shouldn't, and in many respects don't want to but also I sorta do. I don't know. Anyway please just pray for me and my friends.
 
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I'll be praying for you and your friends, it is very hard to stop once you have started, and very addictive! I wish I hjad never started, try to talk the stress out, talk to someone you trust, and let them know what is happenning, then you will have some support!
 
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Please, please don't start. You have many, many people who are always here for you. If you get the urge, tell me (you have once, but if it comes to your mind again, tell me again, I'm almost always on MSN, and if I'm not, then my cell phone's always on), tell someone, anyone. We're all here to help you, but if we don't know you need help, then it's nearly impossible to do anything. Talk it out with them, for it's much harder to stop doing it then it is to resist the urge to do it in the first place. I beg of thee, don't consider your friends when wanting to do it. Don't think, "if it helped them, why can't it help me?" This will only lead you to where you don't want to be.

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squirrelz_15 said:
Ok, here is the deal. Life has been so stressful for my friends and for me, and 2 of them have started cutting. In all honesty it is all to tempting for me to start. I know I shouldn't, and in many respects don't want to but also I sorta do. I don't know. Anyway please just pray for me and my friends.
Please, please don't start on account of us. I know that I've fallen into this vice, but that doesn't mean you need to as well. If helping me as you do is bringing you closer to the edge, closer to falling in with me, then stop. I will get enough support to hold up, to stop me from doing anything more. It's not worth having you fall in as well. Talk it out with me or any other of our friends, we're all here to help you if you need it. If you're thinking that it could help you, stop, because it won't help you enough to compensate for the scars.

-Dr. Xi
 
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I again say, please don't start.

Maybe *T* Please be careful

The first time I cut... I was instantly addicted. All it took was a small scratch from a safety pin. And it usually gets worse before it gets better. Before I knew it, I had suicidal thoughts, I was cutting more than 10 times a day... sometimes so much I couldn't wear short sleeves for a month, and I was so addicted... that... there stopped being a reason as to why I was cutting. Sometimes I didn't know why I was. I just felt so numb and empty inside. Before I knew it, I was using anything I could find to cut. I wanted to badly to feel. I wanted to get the bad feelings out. But it's not worth it. It's a silent killer. There are better ways to get through this. Talk it out with someone... get a therapist... tell a doctor or someone you can trust... an Adult. :hug: Please hang in there, hunni. don't start cutting. You don't need it. Trust me... I go through this everyday. You don't want to be a cutter.

You're loved.

-Jo. :hug:
 
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