The first half of a comic that scared the living hell out of me to put on the internet.
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I love this comic. I knew a lot of cutters in high school and too many people wrote them off as stupid suburban kids looking for attention. Thank you for so eloquently illustrating the reality of what it’s like to be drawn to self harm, live with it, and recover from it.
Thank you for this. I struggled with self harm for a number of years and ended up going through treatment. I’m glad you had the courage to post it, as other people need to know that it’s not as rare as it seems.
I was a cutter. This is so powerful. V.V
Thank you for taking the time to address this. I started my self-abuse addiction when I was fourteen, and it lasted for two and half years. My friend (who I later dated) was also involved with it, and we helped each other quit. I haven’t cut myself in three years now, but it was hard to finally quit. Except for a few close friends, nobody else knew, not even my parents. I hate that it’s impossible to talk about this. People have such polarized opinions about it, and will instantly judge and fear you for it. Whenever I hear someone talk derisively about someone dealing with self abuse, it kills me inside. I wish people were more open-minded about issues like this. That being said, I really enjoyed your comics about sexuality as well. It’s so lovely to see someone trying to make people aware of the complexities of sexuality without being angry or preachy about it. Thank you, thank you, thank you for what you do.
I am so grateful you are frank about self-harm.
I cut myself in college before I graduated to a full-fledged eating disorder.
Wish I had known that I wasn’t alone then–I’m so glad you’re around and writing about all of these things.
I still self-injure and it scares me. I don’t know what to do. I think about killing myself every day.
I had a friend who was a burner. And had problems healing from burns at that. Fortunately he’s overcome that issue. I’ve heard it’s because you can control the pain you inflict on yourself, so it becomes cathartic. And yes, it’s not exactly something easy to talk about.
7 Comments
I love this comic. I knew a lot of cutters in high school and too many people wrote them off as stupid suburban kids looking for attention. Thank you for so eloquently illustrating the reality of what it’s like to be drawn to self harm, live with it, and recover from it.
Thank you for this. I struggled with self harm for a number of years and ended up going through treatment. I’m glad you had the courage to post it, as other people need to know that it’s not as rare as it seems.
I was a cutter. This is so powerful. V.V
Thank you for taking the time to address this. I started my self-abuse addiction when I was fourteen, and it lasted for two and half years. My friend (who I later dated) was also involved with it, and we helped each other quit. I haven’t cut myself in three years now, but it was hard to finally quit. Except for a few close friends, nobody else knew, not even my parents. I hate that it’s impossible to talk about this. People have such polarized opinions about it, and will instantly judge and fear you for it. Whenever I hear someone talk derisively about someone dealing with self abuse, it kills me inside. I wish people were more open-minded about issues like this. That being said, I really enjoyed your comics about sexuality as well. It’s so lovely to see someone trying to make people aware of the complexities of sexuality without being angry or preachy about it. Thank you, thank you, thank you for what you do.
I am so grateful you are frank about self-harm.
I cut myself in college before I graduated to a full-fledged eating disorder.
Wish I had known that I wasn’t alone then–I’m so glad you’re around and writing about all of these things.
I still self-injure and it scares me. I don’t know what to do. I think about killing myself every day.
I had a friend who was a burner. And had problems healing from burns at that. Fortunately he’s overcome that issue. I’ve heard it’s because you can control the pain you inflict on yourself, so it becomes cathartic. And yes, it’s not exactly something easy to talk about.