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Cutters and Self Harmers
Solace for those in pain
This journal may contain adult concepts.
Created on 2002-10-20 12:02:24 (#746386), last updated 2009-07-10
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Basic Info| Membership: | Open |
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| Posting Access: | All Members |
| Description: | Support and companionship for those who self harm |
AboutThis LJ was created to help those with self destructive behaviors to have a safe place to openly talk. Many people do not seem to understand why you tend to engage in these types of behaviors. However, this community does! Please feel free to post your thoughts and feelings, because we have all been there and might be able to help. Or if you just feel like venting and writing it all out that is okay too. If you are new to the community please post a quick introduction so we can all get to know you a little better :-) Hope to hear from you soon!
We are not a pro- self injury community. If that is what you are in search for, you will not find that here. I would suggest a search under that description.
As with any community there should be some guide lines. I do not want to a great deal of restrictions and believe all members will use their best judgment.
March 19, 2009
I have just opened up the community membership so it is now free for anyone to join. There are a couple reasons why I made this decision:
1. People who want to join this community often need support immediately.
2. I am not able to dedicate enough time to the community in order to approve memberships every day (I do have to work). This means that people can't get the immediate support they may need (see reason 1)
As well as opening up community membership, I have also flagged the community as containing adult concepts (meaning users must be over 14 to join). I made this decision simply for the safety of younger users. If I were to have joined this community when I was 13, it would have given me ideas of further ways to injure myself as opposed to being a supportive thing. I will also point out that when I was that age I did not see how much I was picking up "ideas" for ways to injure myself. Looking back now, however, I can see.
If there starts to be any sort of problem with any kind of trolling in the community again (as there was when LJ abuse awarded me the community several years ago) I will go back to moderating community membership.
Since the membership is no longer moderated, it means that I can't insist on introductory posts. I do, however, still encourage them!
*** On sharing images ***
Sometimes people share images of their injuries with others or major details. I do not want to hinder this if you feel it is helpful for you, however please remember that those same images and words can be triggering and upsetting to others. Any post you think may be triggering or you question could this be, please use either use the lj-cut tag, or text links, in your entry, please. Thanks.
For questions regarding how to do a live journal cut, please check out the FAQ section
Here
*** On posts in general ***
You may post what ever you like, however if you feel it could be triggering, please use a lj-cut. If you have any question on if it is or is not something that could upset another, please go ahead and use the cut, better to be safe than sorry.
When writing up a post, please type it properly. It may seen neat to type like tHiS or lik3 that, and there may be places for it, but please type in regular english here. It is much easier on everyone's eyes :).
***Flaming and attacks ***
I do not put up with people attacking others in this group. If you are lucky you get a warning, but don’t cross your fingers.
~*~*~ IMPORTANT ~*~*~
If you are seriously contemplating suicide by any means or have hurt yourself severely and worry it may be life threatening or need medical treatment this is serious. You need to get help by calling 911 or going directly to a hospital. Also listed are other emergency numbers:
Suicide: 800-SUICIDE or 800-273-TALK
Runaways: 800-231-6946
Rape: 800-656-HOPE
Child Abuse: 800-422-4453
Depression Awareness: 800-421-4211
Depression Hotline: 800-551-0008
"the 9 line" 800-999-9999
Rape/Sex Abuse Hotline: 800-551-0008
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