Habits Quote by Shelly Stoehr

“You don't feel like you're hurting yourself when you're cutting. You feel like this is the only way to take care of yourself.”

— Marilee Strong

“Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant.”

— Bryant McGill

“Cut yourself free of what you love and hope that the wound heals. —J.”

— Elena Gorokhova

“That's when I wanted to cut. I cut to quiet the cacophony. I cut to end this abstracted agony, to reel my selves back…

— Caroline Kettlewell

“You have to do the cutting yourself, to let out the pain inside. Getting someone else to slice you up is cheating.”

— Lauren Beukes

“giving an explanation of why I cut was tough. I didn't even really understand why I did it. I took a deep breath. "Well...when…

— Anonymous

Cutting not only takes our pain away it makes me feel alive.

— Anonymous

“Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant; both victim and aggressor.”

— Bryant McGill

I cut myself. Not to feel pain. But to remind myself that I'm still alive.

— Me Myself & I

“Your pain is reminding you that the gift of life is tender and precious. Suffering cuts to the quick of aliveness.”

— Bryant McGill

“Uncover your scars and get help instead of breaking others, because of your hurt.”

— ThandazoPerfectKhumalo

“People in pain can be very self-destructive. And sometimes they pull in the people who are close to them, often without realizing.”

— Sara Barnard