tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post116353504283747535..comments2023-05-14T07:51:18.017-05:00Comments on The Suburban Christian: New e-book on cutting and self-injuryAl Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407264726681695790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-48243876039141774902006-12-17T18:26:00.000-06:002006-12-17T18:26:00.000-06:00This has become a big theme in youth ministry-- cu...This has become a big theme in youth ministry-- cutting and preoccupation with being real and <i>feeling</i>. Generation X is so extreme... and dying for Truth. Thank you, I plan to use this as a tool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-20304063306686844722006-12-10T16:12:00.000-06:002006-12-10T16:12:00.000-06:00Thanks for your blog - I really identify with the ...Thanks for your blog - I really identify with the second paragraph of the excerpt. I too self-harm, I use scissors to repeatedly cut my arms and/or I hit my forearms against the corner of solid walls to bruise. <br /><br />I feel an overwhelming sadness at times, even an emptiness, I know something's missing and I just want to reach out, but there is no-one there able to fill my empty space, that's when I cut myself, I find it comforting.<br /><br />I slam my arms against walls to relieve frustration. I am not terribly good at verbalising and this is my way of relieving my aggression.<br /><br />Thanks for your blog, it has made me feel less alone in what I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-1163612064102728912006-11-15T11:34:00.000-06:002006-11-15T11:34:00.000-06:00Many times people do, indeed, cut to feel alive. ...Many times people do, indeed, cut to feel alive. They have become so numb, often through dissociation, that cutting brings them back to the "real" world. <BR/><BR/>It's an interesting point that, perhaps, people cut because they feel invisible. As an anorexic, I used to feel invisible (not physically), so I thought the "accomplishment" of my ultra-thin body helped me stand out, make me special or distinct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-1163604227469180052006-11-15T09:23:00.000-06:002006-11-15T09:23:00.000-06:00I've often thought that cutting oneself also says,...I've often thought that cutting oneself also says, "I am real; I exist," in a society where so many feel invisible, lost, isolated.L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.com