Pro self harm forums

[ShinigamiMaiden]

I was looking at some pro self harm forums, and loads of people were saying stupid stuff like: these forums help me. How can they be helping when their encouraging 14 year olds to cut themselves!? If they want help they should at least try and get it :/ what do you guys think about these websites?

[AgusCO]

I can't understand it. I mean, what is good in cutting as to encourage it?.
It's like these guy I know that says anorexia is okay...Non-sense.

[Brayden]

Some people cut because they have issues coping with their issues and need some sort of physical release.

Other people cut so they can show off their scars and appear to be "oh so tortured and miserable" which seems to be somewhat stylish now.

Sites that advocate self-mutilation and the like aren't good, and they're manipulating people who may have never started cutting into doing so, so they're clearly not good. However, I'm also not a big fan bestiality, but I'm sure I could find a site just for that somewhere on the internet. People will post what they like, and what they think to be true and there really isn't anything you can do about it. My advice would be to ignore it.

[ShatteredWings]

I've never seen a pro-si site before.
I'm a member of a pro-ed site tho a lurker more than anything[if anyone wants to bitch me out, PM me thanks]. Same logic i guess.

I can see how people might think it helps them, and people who join then post pro-recovery stuff tend to get banned or seriously bashed so there aren't many alternate viewpoints to see another coping mechanism.

Meh, as long as there's more than one POV, there's gonna be people supporting the one that's more harmful.
Freedom of speech has ups and downs

[HeroesAndCons]

im like to everyone in to pro self harm WTFGTFO

[PainUnreal]

Well, a lot of sites for self injurers are very one-sided and non supportive and basically say "you idiot you need to stop cutting now you're hurting yourself". But people who cut hypothetically already know that. IMO, pro-self injury sites are to provide support for people who aren't ready to stop yet and want people who understand that. Because, not everyone wants to quit. And if they don't want to quit, then they shouldn't be told by all of these other people that what they're doing is wrong. Some sites can be really insensitive towards people that don't want to stop cutting yet because they aren't ready to.

[munchausen]

Well, a lot of sites for self injurers are very one-sided and non supportive and basically say "you idiot you need to stop cutting now you're hurting yourself". But people who cut hypothetically already know that. IMO, pro-self injury sites are to provide support for people who aren't ready to stop yet and want people who understand that. Because, not everyone wants to quit. And if they don't want to quit, then they shouldn't be told by all of these other people that what they're doing is wrong. Some sites can be really insensitive towards people that don't want to stop cutting yet because they aren't ready to.

I'm pretty sure I don't want to stop yet but everyone on here has been really supportive, and I wouldn't go online and encourage other self harmers. Well not intentionally.

[georgiamay]

I've never found a pro SH forum before, but if i did i'd probably end up REALLY angry about it. Self harm is clearly and, if people aren't careful, then they might serious hurt themselves, and they might even end up dead. So what the hell is the point in promoting it?

Well, a lot of sites for self injurers are very one-sided and non supportive and basically say "you idiot you need to stop cutting now you're hurting yourself". But people who cut hypothetically already know that. IMO, pro-self injury sites are to provide support for people who aren't ready to stop yet and want people who understand that. Because, not everyone wants to quit. And if they don't want to quit, then they shouldn't be told by all of these other people that what they're doing is wrong. Some sites can be really insensitive towards people that don't want to stop cutting yet because they aren't ready to.

i get that some people aren't ready to stop, but how is a pro self harm forum going to help them stop at all? it's just going to make them want to do it more if people on there are saying its good.Even if someone isn't ready to stop, people shouldn't say "oh its ok, keep cutting/burning/bruising (whatever it is) nothing bad will happen" if they do then they'll never stop self harming.

[MadManWithaBox]

I fail to see how a pro self harm forum would help anybody. Even if their so called reason is to give support to people who aren't ready to quit yet, that is the wrong way to go about it. Sites like this, are far better for support.

[Asylum]

pro self harm... thats crazy.. here.. take a sharp object and cut yourself p with it.. it'll hurt maybe... but it will give you realiease.. oh... btw.. you will get scars, and maybe mostly likely addicted but pshh.... oh and getting strapped to a bed at a mental hospital for self harm? how likely is that going to happen or your parents getting upset because of that.. or it making life harder and wrose... but its all worht it for a few seconds a relief right? i eman think of it winter fashion all year round.. no more bathing suits... no short or short sleevs... who cares right? right? - oh boy sounds great!!! where is hte nearest sharp object?!!? its stupiud... pro self harm is ridiculous, really...
i can undersatnd pro anoeexia... look how pretty and thin this model is...ehr bones sticking out everywehre. now that... that is real beuty there...

[CuriousDestruction]

hmmmmm. maybe not as crazy as everyone says. there is a lot of thought to legalize heroine under the idea that if you tell them it's legal, why do it? it has been shown time and time again that telling someone not to do something increases the risk of them doing it. so maybe that's the idea?

on the other hand, personally, i deplore those sites. i think they should be taken down since they promote violence and harm to people. i prefer education about the dangers of self harm.

[piggy-wiggy]

those websites are so stupid..
they should just be banned, from everywhere...

[Ezio_Auditore]

They are obviously Stupid sites. As they think that cutting more and more will help but it wont and they are just getting further and further down into the rabbit hole so to speak. The government should really crack down on sites like these.

[Amyxoxo]

I have never seen self harm forums. (And yes I have looked for them)
I think that they are exactly the same as pro ana forums and I think that really they are there for more good than bad.
I think that they can be acceptable as long there is no tips being given.
People can talk about how they cut an things but not tell them how to do it. (if you understand.)
They are there if you don't want to stop cutting, like many people don't.
Many people sometimes are pressured into stopping because of too many "stop cutting or else" forums.

[xXdamienXx]

all pro self-harm sites need to be taken down the minute they R found...CASE CLOSED!!

[Zeh Crazy]

Cutting isn't good. I just can't help myself sometimes. Isn't this kind of a rhetorical question since your username is LuciieLovesHerRazor?

[georgiamay]

i've never found any pro self harm forums, despite my many attempts, and i've never found any pro ana or mia one either. i think they are bad if they are encouraging self harm, but if they are just saying that people can talk about their self harm without being pressured to stop, then i dont see a problem. there dhouldn't be a forum that promoted something like this, but sometimes people dont feel ready to stop. some doctors teach their patients how to self harm with minimal damage rather than a "stop cutting now" speech.

it's a hard topic to come down on either side of, but if they start springing up everywhere, then it will be very hard to moderate whats being posted, so promoting self harm might occur, and i dont think we should risk that, as that could be REALLY bad!

[dieing-for-help]

im finding it hard to deal with a lot however cutting is something i would not go as far as :/ however depending on how bad the person is suffering depends how they wanna deal with it, i ghess.
im so miserable is there anyone that understands about weight issues? :(

[georgiamay]

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