If I Stop Being Emo Will I Stop Cutting?
Question Posted by Jessica Mesa: “im emo and i cut my wrists but my other friendz are emo but dey dnt cut demselfs all da tym lyk i do ive cut my wrist eva scence my brother died when i was 10 i love my bro but i hate life now sould i move on or keep bein emo???????”
Answer: While cutting has been branded as a typical emo stereotype, it is NOT the essence of being emo. If you believe that cutting is what made you emo in the first place, then you’re only contributing to the negative stereotype that causes so many people to shun the emo culture.
There are a lot of people who self harm who aren’t emo at all, both teenagers and adults. No one is immune to dealing with their stress in negative means just because they are not emo.
Just because you quit being emo doesn’t mean that you will stop cutting. If you are a non-poser cutter (hate to put it that way but that’s the only way I could think of to word it), then cutting has been hard wired into your brain from doing it so repetitively that you have no other way to mentally be able to cope with your stress. Deciding to suddenly not be emo is not going to make that go away.
It’s likely going to take a long period of discipline and trying other methods of stress relief to get you out of the habit of cutting when you are stressed out. Instead of trying to shed an image which isn’t the problem in the first place, try finding activities that you can engage in whenever you get super stressed out. For example, you could take a walk, work out, draw, play guitar, watch television, play video games, or sleep. There is no one size fits all solution to dealing with stress. Try different things until one sticks and can replace your desire to cut whenever you are stressed out.
If you stop being emo will you stop cutting? The answer is 99% that it’s highly unlikely. Being emo is not the cause of your cutting, poor stress management is.
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oh my god this buggs me and im sorry but i have to say it. Cutting yourself does NOT make you emo and being emo does NOT mean you have to cut yourself. it irritates the CRAP out of me when people say otherwise. anyway I have divided emo into a few different things. people use the term emo all the time but not always correctly. i only use it in 2 ways. either the persons state of mind(which i rarely do) , or the style. thats it.
Emo is not a thing.
Just saying, I have plenty of friends who have the “emo” or “scene” look who don’t cut. Some have but that is personal.
Also, calling yourself emo means your a poser.
this is totally NOT TRUE .being emo is kewl MAN ITS KEWL
Sleeping is how I stopped cutting. Sometimes I have a mess up and it’s all I can do to get un-stressed. But I try not to because of my parents. They threaten me a lot about it. You can stop cutting, you just have to have the will power and do the effort.
all i have to say is being emo doesnt mean that you have to cutt youself i have alot of friends that are emo and even i used to be emo but the only way to quit cuting yorself is by makeing yourself quit
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