Seriously, depression is a real illness, cutting yourself is stupid. Your situation doesn't make a difference. Cutting yourself won't do shit for real depression.

What do you have to be sad about?
There are 86 million people in Ethiopia, and not one of them is depressed. They've got shit to be sad about. Or rather, they don't. They don't have anything. And they aren't depressed.

Ok, I'm against cutting but this argument is dumb.
You're not allowed to be depressed just because you don't live in Etheopia? What if you lose your job, your girlfriend leavs you, your parents are murdered and your house burns down, you life is ruining, oh but thank god you had taco bell today.

What I have to be sad about is my own business. Don't compare me to other people, either. Just because they're not sad doesn't mean I can't be sad. On top of that, yes. Some of them are depressed. If you can prove that each individual there is happy, then +1 internets for you.

My psychologist told me there are three main reasons people cut.
1: If they are experiencing a lot of pain, they gain control over the pain, which is a very satisfying feeling
2: They are doing it for attention, although not in an attention whore kind of way. Just they feel that people will take them more seriously if they do.
3: Just because of straight-up fascination with blood and the idea of cutting.

With facts out of the way, I can state an opinion.
Is cutting stupid? Yes. Are people who cut stupid? Hell no.

I didn't say people who cut are stupid.

I know, but I'm just saying that as an opinion because a lot of people think people who cut are stupid.

Actually, cutting IS stupid.

Being someone who has depression and suffers from it, I know that I would rather be rid of the pain rather than have visual scars that I inflicted upon myself reminding me of why I was depressed in the first place. I want the reason(s) for my depression to be gone, not painfully staring me in the face everyday.

What is accomplished by cutting? You're not making the pain go away. In fact, you're making more. You're not solving anything, and you're only making life even worse.

I know that. And I agree with your reply for the most part. I just don't believe any of you assholes have any right to tell these people to die or cut deeper. Let people cope however the hell the want to.

Wait a minute. Why am I being called an asshole? I'm not mocking or laughing at people who cut. I just think it's a very asinine way of coping.

Please don't tar me with same brush as those who are actually making jokes.

Can I get an Amen?!

Sorry. You're not an asshole. c: Just raging right now. .-.

Many of my friends have actually come to me when they've wanted to hurt themselves. I always do my best to talk them out of it, starting off by being very stern (like my first reply to you), and then do my best to cheer them up until hopefully it's out of mind. I've stayed up for hours and almost missed classes some nights because my friends needed my help and I promised I wouldn't leave until they felt better.

<-- MFW They said they are feeling better and won't hurt themselves after talking.