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Cutting yourself isn’t as dangerous as the majority of people think it is. The only reason people think its bad, is because they only see it when people are trying to kill them selves(which is a BAD THING TO DO) and when people do it for attention. I hate it when people do it for attention, because they don’t do it right and they could actually hurt themselves. So when you cut yourself, what you want to do is do it in an area that isn’t usually seen by a lot of people. Like, I never wear shorts, so I do it on my thighs. Thighs is another excellent example, because you want to do it where there is almost no way that you could permanently damage yourself. No main veins that you could get accidentally anywhere. Which is why the wrist should not be a target. When you cut yourself, endorphins are released. Endorphins are among the brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters, which function to transmit electrical signals within the nervous system. It’s basically like morphine for your body. So this is why sometimes, pain feels really good, and gives you a kind of adrenaline rush. If you enjoy the bad kind of pain, then go ahead and just do what you do. But if you are looking for the rush, the trick is to not cut too deep. Because then its like the endorphins over power the pain. And you just feel good. But the rush doesn’t last forever, so its ok to have a bunch of little cuts. Because you don’t lose that much blood if you do it right. You should experiment. If you do it because you like the sight of blood, then what you should do is you should do a bunch of shallow cuts close together, and then when they bleed together, its more blood. And if you start cutting and you don’t feel any rush, its because you are most likely doing it on a surface that you haven’t cut before. You have to break it in. You have to cut yourself a few times there before your body is like woa hey we should send some stuff down there so this our body doesn’t spaz. So yeah, don’t cut for show, don’t cut for suicide. If your gonna cut, do it the safe way so you don’t damage yourself permanently or anything.