what that means is -

with cutting there is a danger - the person can accidentally cut too deep or in the wrong place and end up dead.

Cutting the wrists is a well known suicidal action meaning the person is trying to kill themself. in the united states it is as much against the law to hurt or try to kill youself as it is to hurt or kill someone else. basically suicide =homicide.

when a person cuts there is something else emotional going on - they are upset about something, some one or themselves.

when these kinds of things happen and the law (police and court) get involved they have the choice of two things arrest or commitment or therapy.

I personally think you are lucky the judge chose therapy over commitment to a mental health unit and arresting you. Alot of people in your situation get taken to the ER and immediately put into the hospitals mental health unit.

You may have heard of mental health units being called "the nut ward" and "the looney bin".

Instead of being locked in jail or locked in the nut wards they chose for you to live at home and be able to go to school and do normal everyday activities (which you cant do in jail or in nut wards) and see a therapist until the therapist says you wont hurt yourself either by cutting or by trying to kill yourself and you wont hurt other people.

therapy is definately the better and most helpful of the three choices. And its nothing to be afraid of. you go into a building, tell the receptionist your name and the time of your appointment then you sit in the waiting room. then when its time a therapist has you go to his or her office and sit down and talk to them about the situation and problems that led up to your cutting your wrists. that therapsit is going to ask ALOT of questions from all sides of the situation so that you can learn better ways to take care of your problems so you don't feel like your only chioce is to cut or kill yourself. when the therapist feels you have answered the questions honestly and are now using other ways to take care of your problem so that you won't try to hurt or kill yourself again that therapist will include it in the report to the court. the3 judge will then say you no longer have to go see the therapist.