I am conducting a survey for an essay I'm writing on cutting prevention, and I need all the input I can get. Whether you have known someone who has cut or have only heard of it, I would love to hear what you have to say about this.
1.What is your age and profession?
2.How would you define “cutting”?
3.Do you feel that you are qualified to speak on cutting? Read More »
I am conducting a survey for an essay I'm writing on cutting prevention, and I need all the input I can get.
1. When did you start cutting yourself?
2. Did you know anyone who was a cutter before you began?
3. Did you try to fight the urge before you began?
4. What gave you the idea to cut?
5. What situation were you in that you went to such extreme measures? Read More »
The kids on my bus are a cruel, but close, bunch. It’s like we’re all family – we have dibs on you, but if anyone else tries to take you, it’s on. Read More »
There are so many issues surrounding cutting and so many stereotypes that go along with it also that it isn't hard to see why a lot of people I know in my school think that cutting is just for the "emo" kids. Clearly, most people will know that that is not true. My school is very small and everyone is pretty sheltered. Read More »
They are emos, attention grabbers, or kids that suffer from abuse at home, etc. They're the stereotypes of cutters, the people that everyone assumes are the only ones who do it. In recent years some teen magazines have started addressing the topic; spurting out statistics and one line quotes from people. Read More »
What is this country coming to when teenagers are lead to slit their wrist and turn to weed when they need a release from the world? For so long I've ignored it and watched as my friends come to school covering their carved arms. Cutting is a horrible disease that so many teenagers have fallen into. Read More »
I think a lot of people here on ProgressiveU search for topics they feel strongly about or can relate to, or even something that vaguely interests them. So, I naturally searched for the topic of self-injury. A lot of the blogs I read were very disheartening, uninformed, or quoted from a book. Read More »
the first friend i made i have up to someone
now i realize i can make many more
anything with a sharp edge smiles at me
has me sitting on my bed or sitting on my floor
gripping its handle
pressing against my skin
scraping it back and forth
cutting again and again Read More »
