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Originally Posted by Xx_Not_Emo_xX
My personal favorite is "I wish the grass was emo so it would cut itself". How is that funny? It seems more immature to me.  |
Oddly enough, that's one of my favorites as in it amuses me.
Perhaps it's the misconceptions that entertain me? As odd as that sounds, humor is the polar opposite of coping with SI for me.
Perhaps just the fact of lightening the situation helps me, I'm not completely sure.
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Originally Posted by roseleigh7
I think there is a stigma, but I also think self injury is way more common and also more understood than it used to be. It's more talked about and less scary. I also don't expect others who don't do it to really understand it. I don't fully understand it myself. How can I expect anyone else to?
Some people are going to be compassionate and sympathetic and some people are going to be jerks about it. That's just the way it is. But it is much better than it was 25 or 30 years ago. At that time it was viewed as a symptom worthy of being locked away for. So things ARE better and hopefully they will continue to get better.
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It's very true that conceptions of most mental health issues have improved over the last few decades.
I'm not sure that anyone really fully understands SI, therapists or the people who love someone that does.
Oddly enough though, I believe my mom understands it more than I do. With every issue I've had over the years, she's researched up a storm.