The content of these pages may contain "triggering" material.
The content of these pages may contain "triggering" material.
CHOICES
Life or Death,
Easy choice?
Not in my life.
My head swirls
With voices talking
Of worthlessness
And a burden to others.
Death seems safe
And Soothing.
A feeling I have
Never had, and
Would welcome
With open arms.
To see blood and
Feel comfort.
To know that
Just one other being
Understands the feeling.
Life or Death
An easy choice?
I think not.
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
I feel trapped in my life,
Never leave home without a knife.
A bad mood, A bad feeling is
Just a cut away from healing.
For as you see
Bleeding is healing for me
Running, wet, and red
Quiets the voices in my head.
Scars and scars galore
Each and everyone, I adore.
The object of cutting, you see
Is to sooth my soul without losing me.
To lose me, To lose my head
Would surely mean that I'd be dead.
So Cut and Cut
I continue to do.
Until I find another way
To save my life each and every day.
- Kayla
I welcome the contributions of others who self-harm or have done so in the past. Send us your writing, or arrange to send us your art or music by e-mailing RAZOR at zanne@cea.edu
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Check out SCAR, a zine
on the subject of scars and self-harm. The content of these pages may contain "triggering" material. |
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to CUTTERS, a page on the
subject of people who self-harm. The content of these pages may contain "triggering" material. |
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to The History of Child Abuse |
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Contents Under
Pressure Razor's writing about experiences she had during a 13 year
bout with DSH and five times she was institutionalized. |
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to Leap Frogge Leap was locked up in mental institutions when she was a kid. Leap refers to them as "the Institutes." |