i almost cried.

[Sunshine Girl]

In class yesterday we where watching October Sky [great movie] and in one scene where the main character is looking reallly sad... one of the kids in the back row yelled "well why dont you just go slit your wrists?" [to the movie] people started laughing. Then people started making jokes about it saying stuff like "omg im so emo! cut cut cut!"
[insert laughs]...
i just pulled my sleeves down tighter. i really dont want to be some kind of sterotype and i know i shouldnt even care what people think.. but i cant help it. im so scared they will find out. im so scared for anyone to find out... [ except you guys ofcourse :) ]

[jacknife]

It is alright. Most people do not understand these things and are quick to look down at those who self-harm for being different. If you have good friends then they should understand, or at least sympathize.

[electric7rocker]

that is a great movie. i love it.

but they dont matter at all. if they dont understand it then whatever.
and if they find out just beat them up :P
(no dont)
but stand up for yourself, or find a friend to stand up for you with you

[xGodsMinionx]

In class yesterday we where watching October Sky [great movie] and in one scene where the main character is looking reallly sad... one of the kids in the back row yelled "well why dont you just go slit your wrists?" [to the movie] people started laughing. Then people started making jokes about it saying stuff like "omg im so emo! cut cut cut!"
[insert laughs]...
i just pulled my sleeves down tighter. i really dont want to be some kind of sterotype and i know i shouldnt even care what people think.. but i cant help it. im so scared they will find out. im so scared for anyone to find out... [ except you guys ofcourse :) ]

people in my lunch crack jokes about it all the time too... i know how you feel its really hard being different and being what everyone likes to call "emo" i get made fun of for it all the time even tho most of my "visable" self harm are now scars but yeah... be strong youll make it through this time..

[just-me]

i know what you mean, it hurts when people dont even realise what they are doin.
i just try and grin and bear. what a terribly place we live in when people joke about others pain without even realising. but i was like that, niave to the pain before i began s/hing.

[zarri]

Those little... :censored:

People do that shit a lot. Just ignore it.

[NightHawksr71]

In class yesterday we where watching October Sky [great movie] and in one scene where the main character is looking reallly sad... one of the kids in the back row yelled "well why dont you just go slit your wrists?" [to the movie] people started laughing. Then people started making jokes about it saying stuff like "omg im so emo! cut cut cut!"
[insert laughs]...
i just pulled my sleeves down tighter. i really dont want to be some kind of sterotype and i know i shouldnt even care what people think.. but i cant help it. im so scared they will find out. im so scared for anyone to find out... [ except you guys ofcourse :) ]

I really hate to admit it, But I was alot like that, then something happened, and i realised why you guys do it. I don't joke about it like that anymore I understand why you do it.

[Callwaiting]

TBH I don't give a shit about people making emo jokes as long as they aren't directed at me or anyone else. The thing is, they don't understand. For them, cutting is as much a part of the emo sterotype as wearing skinny jeans.
To them it's like making fun of stoners for smoking pot, I know how much it can hurt though to see people laughing at something which is such a personal issue for you.

[eikookmi]

People who havn't dont it before just don't know. They don't know why and talk bad about it, just as society bashes other things

[rette_mich]

I have had experiences with that too.
I recently started talking to this guy whose a friend of mine now.
He jokes around and is really sarcastic all the time, but the other day he called me emo (i'm clearly not) and told me that I spend my time cutting myself.
Then again yesterday he makes the motions at me.
It's hard to listen to, but people are just ignorant.
Try to ignore them best you can I suppose.

[Lola4563]

I really hate to admit it, But I was alot like that, then something happened, and i realised why you guys do it. I don't joke about it like that anymore I understand why you do it.

Yea, same. Although the people who dress all dark and don't actually cut or anything are usually wannabes IMO.

[xGodsMinionx]

In class yesterday we where watching October Sky [great movie] and in one scene where the main character is looking reallly sad... one of the kids in the back row yelled "well why dont you just go slit your wrists?" [to the movie] people started laughing. Then people started making jokes about it saying stuff like "omg im so emo! cut cut cut!"
[insert laughs]...
i just pulled my sleeves down tighter. i really dont want to be some kind of sterotype and i know i shouldnt even care what people think.. but i cant help it. im so scared they will find out. im so scared for anyone to find out... [ except you guys ofcourse :) ]


if you thought the movie was good read the book... its sooo much better

we read it for my english class and then watched the movie and the movie blows compared to the book =]

and reading will help take ur mind off cutting/self harm

or atleast it did for me

[Polly16]

Hey i know how that feels, but its mostly my teachers that make fun of people who cut, not the students. That makes it even worse, and i sit there thinking what would happen if those teachers saw my cuts.

[chelsay13]

Ok, I saw that movie last year, GREAT MOVIE!

In my English class kids were laughing about that stuff too. I got VERY angry and ended up yelling at them. I gave a speech on cutting and self harm and now...well let's just say they don't joke about it anymore. So my advice would probably be, tell them that they should joke about such a serious topic. Its not funny and its immature to laugh at it. Tell them some facts.

[Triceratops]

I haven't seen that movie, but it does actually sound cool.

People at school are always like that, they will never understand, never. I would sit in the corner while they'd all make pathetic "jokes" about emo's cutting themselves and things related to that really. I would secretly pull down my sleeves to take a glimpse at all my cuts and burns and think to myself what a complete maniac I was. I was already known as the freak.

Some people have already accidently seen my scars but there's a part of me that doesn't care anymore. I've spent way too long worrying about what others think but these days I couldn't give a sh*t.

Don't worry about it hun :) if you wanna talk just PM me. xxxx

[Raynes]

They are smart to not like it, but making jokes about it is pathetic. You should never worry about what those kind of people make, because they are in my opinion sicker people than you could ever be just by cutting yourself. They are the closeminded people our society who only see what they want to see, cutting is a horrible habit, and sometimes disease. But it can really open your mind to new things. Don't worry about them. Good luck sweety.

-Rayne

[dncetilugotnomor]

yeah i feel exactly the same way. every day i go to school with a nervous feeling like maybe we'll have to pull up our sleeves for something or they'll tell me to take off my jacket for any reason. And if anyone found out i don't know what i would do. I am not the sterotype "emo" and it pisses me off when people make jokes about it too. Like i'll be just listening to music on the bus being quiet and people will be like oh are you going emo or something like that and i just want to yell it makes me so mad.