Have blogged about this topic a year or two back, but I guess there's some more things that I need to say now...

Seeing how self harm can affect not just those people who look depressed and sad all the time, but it can also affect the happiest of people, the most hardworking ones and the ones that you never thought would have felt so down that they decided to cut themselves, I believe that we are not doing enough to stop this from continuing.

Some of us might actually wonder why would people actually chose to cut themselves, or think that cutting themselves is one of the most stupid things someone may decide to do. Personally, I have also yet to understand, but I guess some of us find cutting as a way to eliminate all the pain and sadness in our lives, it's their only escape. I definitely do not believe that cutting yourself will make the pain away, but I also do not believe that by condoning or discriminating those who do, will 'cure' them or stop them from cutting. Cutting is like a drug, once you tried it and felt how it brings away all the pain and sadness, you can't stop and you will continue cutting when you feel sad.

Everyone has their own choices and the right to make them in life, but instead of just pushing them away to a corner because of a certain decision they make, will make them even more guilty of their choice and out of place. We should all help those whom we know are going through this hard time get back on track in life, and lead a better and happier one.

Most of us might not know that we are the reason why our friends chose to cut him/herself, be it because we verbally and/or physically bully them or because we insult them unknowingly. Society has changed, we now live in the era where people are heavily influenced by what happens online, on television and all around us. We are exposed to much more diverse groups of people, some who help us get through life, while others who just live to bring us down.

I hope everyone will learn to love themselves, learn to take criticism or bullying strongly, and just enjoy life. You only get to live it once.

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