dark and twisty places

“It wasn’t a suicide attempt, it was an escape from everything awful. When we cut, we’re in control - we make our own pain and we can stop it whenever we wan. Physical pain relieves mental anguish. For a brief moment, the pain of cutting is the only thing in the cutter’s mind, and when that stops and the other comes back, it is weaker. Drugs do that too, and sex, but not like cutting. Nothing is like cutting.”