Posted by tina on December 1, 2001, at 16:12:20
In reply to Re: I'm sure I'll be black-listed for this one but...., posted by Greg on December 1, 2001, at 11:50:18
> > is cutting really that bad. I mean, i've been doing it since I was 16 or so and I'm 32 now. It helps. It makes me feel better when nothing else will. No amount of pills can help the way cutting can. So, I ask you, why is it looked upon as an "illness"? Why is it "sick" to do it??
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> > its' late. I'm wandering into that strange pre-sleep thinking too much mode as always.........hence my chronic insomnia.
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> Tina,
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> You and I have had conversations about this and I have read what I could about cutting. I have to admit that I still don't understand it. In my mind, I don't see how it would help me to do it. I have never done it and I probably never will. And maybe it's my lack of understanding, my way of thinking that leads some to label it as an illness or sickness, I don't know.
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> While I don't understand why, I know this brings you relief from your pain. And while I may never fully understand why, it won't ever stop me from trying.
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> Love you hun,
> GregI appreciate your willingness to keep trying. It's part of why you're such a great friend.
thank you for accepting me the way I am.....
LY2
T
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