Posted by Dinah on January 6, 2002, at 9:27:54
In reply to Re: What is an ex-cutter to do? » Dinah, posted by kid_A on January 5, 2002, at 18:01:26
Isn't it funny how we each have our own reasons for cutting? Sort of like with medications, different people different responses.
My cutting is a purely pragmatic response to overwhelming agitation and anxiety, that itchy crawly feeling. I'm not sure about the obsessive ruminations about cutting. They may be the cause of the anxiety or they may be the result.
Very occasionally, cutting might involve self punishment, but I almost always use other disfunctional ways to punish myself. There is almost certainly an obsessive quality about it too, since I can be triggered. I can be triggered into almost any of my obsessions.
Oh well, I will try not to think of myself as an ex-cutter, just someone who chooses not to cut today.
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