You just have turned it into a debate between me and you. All i did was suggest a more tactful way of making your point. Apology accepted. Oh and anyone else that doubted gracey, shame on you.

The reason being a number of us self harm because we seek to demonstrate our pain (THIS is how I am feeling ... I cannot describe it so I will show you) and verify it (if I do this, then I must be actually unhappy not just pretending). Suggesting that someone could be pretending that they are a self harmer is very hurtful because its a tool used by some to validate the pain they are experiencing and cannot understand or accept, and can be more triggering than talking about blood and razor blades, the 'mechanics' of self harming. You have to be very sensitive of that, ALL OF YOU DOUBTERS.

The rule is, if you doubt then leave well alone.

You can do more harm to someone else that far outweighs the pitfalls of revealing too much about yourself to someone that isnt genuine. Do you really think every person that visits the site has warm and compassionate feelings about the things that are written in here?