Posted by tina on July 3, 2000, at 21:52:47
In reply to Re: Cutting episodes, posted by Noa on July 3, 2000, at 18:41:51
Noa: I've read some books on cutting and there was a community show on tv about it a while back but I seem to be atypical. I don't go raging, I don't lose control, in fact it's the only time I really feel IN control. The books I've read just don't seem to pertain to my kind of scraping. I haven't seen any eastern cultist publications so i had no idea this was a practiced activity in parts of the world. Learn something new everyday. I only go so far as to grind a bit of skin off. I don't really do the mutilation stuff. It started way back in highschool. I used to try to prove to my friends that I had a strength that they lacked-- a high pain threshold- and it has stuck with me as a coping mechanism ever since. If you do find those passages you mentioned, I'd love to read them so get back to me here or LOTL. Love you for caring so much. Have a great 4th. Hugs--Tina
> One difference that comes to mind between coping with cutting/scraping yourself and coping with what life throws your way, is the issue of predictability and control.
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> Have you ever read Isabel Allende? In one of her books (one of the Eva Luna books, or House of the Spirits, I am not sure which), the character, as a little girl, describes how she learns from an older brother, to inflict pain on herself. The brother had studied under some easter ascetic sect while traveling in the east, and she learns from him to test her strength by enduring more and more painful things. I will have to find the passage and see how she describes it.
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> Have you read Cutting, by Levenkron?
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