Saturday, July 5, 2008 3:40 AM

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.

"I don't cut myself now but in the past when I got really depressed and overwhelmed and I felt like I made someone I was close to mad at me or disappointed them I would lose it and cut myself. It was like I hated myself so much and thought I was such a bad person that I deserved to be hurt. And I think physically hurting myself helped me focus on the physical pain instead of the emotional pain. Its like a distraction. I got so stuck in the emotions I didn't know what to do but I felt like I had to do something like kill myself but I was too afraid so I just cut myself. I would'nt tell her she is stupid or being stupid. She probably already knows it is not good for her and is not the answer to her problems. she needs help to figure out a healthier way to deal with her emotions. If you really want to try and be there for her(which I know can be trying) I would tell her you care about her and know she is having problems and you hope she will get help. Just her knowing you care about her might help her a little because people like her usually feel sad and alone and embarassed that they do these immature things. Cause normal people who don't cut or who have never had bad depression can't understand at all what they are going through. They think they just do it for attention but the person is dealing with so many feelings and just wants it to go away." - Trinstar's answer to why do people cut themselves

Alyssa