08-10-2004, 09:01 PM
Alkey had a great idea....
NAME THIS BLOGGER!!!....
"Since I posted about my issues with self-mutilation, I've had several people contact me about their own problems, and we quietly talked about them. Some of these people are from "real life", and I say that as a distinction that they didn't know me from R&F or my other various online guises.
I think I surprised a lot of people, including myself, that I have cutting tendencies. I mean, I'm a well educated, reasonably well-adjusted person with no history of major mental illness. I do have a somewhat narcissitic personality disorder, and I've had bouts of low self-esteem and what could be termed mild clinical depression, but no where near the levels a "classic" cutting case falls into play.
I'm debating if I should write all about how I and where I cut myself, and why I did it. Part of me really doesn't want to do it, but I also realize that if I do write about it, it will help me come to terms with who I am as a person. I also realize that if I do write about how and what I did, it will probably be one of the most graphic and gutwrenching pieces I've ever done, and I'm not sure I'm prepare to delve back into that part of my psyche."
NAME THIS BLOGGER!!!....
"Since I posted about my issues with self-mutilation, I've had several people contact me about their own problems, and we quietly talked about them. Some of these people are from "real life", and I say that as a distinction that they didn't know me from R&F or my other various online guises.
I think I surprised a lot of people, including myself, that I have cutting tendencies. I mean, I'm a well educated, reasonably well-adjusted person with no history of major mental illness. I do have a somewhat narcissitic personality disorder, and I've had bouts of low self-esteem and what could be termed mild clinical depression, but no where near the levels a "classic" cutting case falls into play.
I'm debating if I should write all about how I and where I cut myself, and why I did it. Part of me really doesn't want to do it, but I also realize that if I do write about it, it will help me come to terms with who I am as a person. I also realize that if I do write about how and what I did, it will probably be one of the most graphic and gutwrenching pieces I've ever done, and I'm not sure I'm prepare to delve back into that part of my psyche."