“Then I placed the blade next to the skin on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The blood tipped up at me and my body spiraled away.” This, sadly, is what Callie does to herself. She cuts. “Never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to scream inside.” Cut is the story of Callie after people discover her secret. Patricia McCormick wrote this book eight years ago.
Unfortunately cutting is not a fictional problem. Thousands of people cut themselves in America. Most people think that it’s disgusting and cutters are crazy. They aren’t. At least just cutting doesn’t make them crazy. To them it’s their only release, the only way to express their pain, to feel something, anything. Cutters aren’t crazy but maybe if more people cared, or took them seriously, just long enough to hear their voice, they might understand how much pain they’re in. They can be helped, and we can help them.
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I know several people that used to cut, and after talking with them, I understand a little better why they did it and what it did for them. You are it is a release from all the emotions and pain they are experiencing. Although, it would seem like trying to understand them would help them and possibly make them stop cutting, it really depends on the person and if they want to stop cutting. People do need to be more caring and understanding of other people’s feelings.
I think you're right: sometimes the best help we can give is to be willing to listen without judging, to give someone an ear to vent or a shoulder on which to cry.
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