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I've been looking at everyone's views on various topics in Tilted Philosophy I kind of thought back to an argument me and a friend used to have on this subject, I am a new member to Tilted and would like to say that I am incredibly impressed with the ability of the members of this website to debate philosophical issues maturely.

While I have not done this in a few years, I used to cut myself for several years on a regular basis without the intent of suicide. I have never ran into a single person who gave me the impression that it was less than a criminal practice. However I saw it as a cure for my depression. I often slept better at night after I had. I could focus more on tasks at hand. I was in general a better person in my eyes. The negativity people drew from the scars was a flaw in themselves. It made a great deal of my life manageable. I bring this up to give others who may be dealing with friends, relatives, or others you meet in this type of situation some perspective from someone who has been there.

Everyday millions of people smoke and drink as an escape from everyday stresses and problems. People drink heavily to get over a girlfriend just leaving a depressing situation. In both of these instances people are damaging their body and in a sense killing themselves. Hell drunks are more likely to get in a car accident than someone cutting themselves to gash an artery. Both of these just as cutting oneself is self inflicted damage to the body to deal with emotion. I am in no way condoning any of these methods as positive ways of dealing with issues, as it is better not to smoke as it is better not to cut yourself. Yet why are people so quick to judge one who cuts themselves when it is fundamentally similar to the reaction of "I need a cigarette" or "I need a drink"?