urfacemakesmemad - sorry to hear you are still struggling. The road to hope starts with sitting down with a counsellor and walking through why you are struggling. Start there and see how it goes.
I remember when I first saw this promo 2 years ago, I guess I was a senior in high school then. I actually felt hope, because I thought, hey, there are people who care, who understand. Yet somehow it's 2 years later, and I'm hurting myself worse than I could've ever imagined. It's hard to believe that once upon a time I was just a clueless 12year old kid looking for some relief. Who'd have thought pinching yourself with metal barrettes could escalate to this.
This is just a promo video of a larger talk on SI. I call whatever way you are SI your struggle. Cutting and other forms of SI are basically coping mechanisms that we have learned. I have over 4500 emails from people on SI and not one ever says it is a good way to cope. Just the way that they know how to. I would never say that the way we cope with out problems is who we are. To me we are other things. We are sisters and brothers, boyfriends and girlfriends. we are students, teachers ...
wow..from what little i saw i liked the speech...and yes i'm a christian but it really does help ALOT if you don't bring up god or religion with siers i know and believe this because i am a sier
i like this guy, he doesnt speak shit like most people. only, i wish i FELT more than a label. i am a cutter, thats who i am... for me its like a sense of identity, without that, who am i? i'd just fade away, into the distance. its all ok to say these things, but why not put up a video with some actual advice or help? and the thing that would help most, is if you can do it without bringing god into the equation.
u have to watch though cause some studies are still wrong just because alot of people that self injure wont say that they do but 1 in 10 sounds right.
Thanks for the info. Do you have any info on the studies? Who did them, where you found it, etc? This is something I'm very interested in, and would like to take a look.
thats stat about how many who do it is wrong. in my grade there are like 90 students and including me i know 3 people that cut. And at my school i know of 6 people that cut and theres only 400- 500 people at my school, and theres probly alot more that do.
Yeah! He ame to our school toaday and he has done the best ob ever! My friend dosn't cut anymore Yay! well she's stoped for tady i don't know. Every one looked up to him today.
yeah he pwns, lmao when he came to our school I thought he would be some old boring author or something but i was wrong, he was a young inspiring person
Brett is sooo amazing!!! He really knows what hes talking about and its not just stats and facts he knows the heart and the thought behind it. Thanks for posting!!
urfacemakesmemad - sorry to hear you are still struggling. The road to hope starts with sitting down with a counsellor and walking through why you are struggling. Start there and see how it goes.
brettu 1 year ago
brettu, you may as well say there is no hope, but thanks.
urfacemakesmesad 1 year ago
I remember when I first saw this promo 2 years ago, I guess I was a senior in high school then. I actually felt hope, because I thought, hey, there are people who care, who understand. Yet somehow it's 2 years later, and I'm hurting myself worse than I could've ever imagined. It's hard to believe that once upon a time I was just a clueless 12year old kid looking for some relief. Who'd have thought pinching yourself with metal barrettes could escalate to this.
urfacemakesmesad 1 year ago
This is just a promo video of a larger talk on SI. I call whatever way you are SI your struggle. Cutting and other forms of SI are basically coping mechanisms that we have learned. I have over 4500 emails from people on SI and not one ever says it is a good way to cope. Just the way that they know how to. I would never say that the way we cope with out problems is who we are. To me we are other things. We are sisters and brothers, boyfriends and girlfriends. we are students, teachers ...
brettu 3 years ago
this is amazing.
megarex18 3 years ago
yeah...i like the whole, you're not a label thing. yup, its hard to feel that way though
prideofpvilleband 3 years ago
wow..from what little i saw i liked the speech...and yes i'm a christian but it really does help ALOT if you don't bring up god or religion with siers i know and believe this because i am a sier
blackblood11789 3 years ago
i like this guy, he doesnt speak shit like most people. only, i wish i FELT more than a label. i am a cutter, thats who i am... for me its like a sense of identity, without that, who am i? i'd just fade away, into the distance. its all ok to say these things, but why not put up a video with some actual advice or help? and the thing that would help most, is if you can do it without bringing god into the equation.
mylovelyscars 4 years ago
wow
jesmalu 4 years ago
I like it when he says 'Your so much more than a label, your not a cutter' Tis powerful
=] so important to spread awarness and get rid of the steriotype, life would be alot easier if the steriotype wasnt there.
Onlyinhuman 4 years ago
'Not just a label'...i like that
StellaKobain 4 years ago 2
u have to watch though cause some studies are still wrong just because alot of people that self injure wont say that they do but 1 in 10 sounds right.
nemred 4 years ago
I lov ur video. It's awesome! Recently I've been able to talk about my struggles with cutting with my bf. Thanks for posting such an awesome video.
silentraveler 4 years ago
Thanks for the info. Do you have any info on the studies? Who did them, where you found it, etc? This is something I'm very interested in, and would like to take a look.
Iargainn 4 years ago
thats stat about how many who do it is wrong. in my grade there are like 90 students and including me i know 3 people that cut. And at my school i know of 6 people that cut and theres only 400- 500 people at my school, and theres probly alot more that do.
nemred 4 years ago
he came to my school and really changed our school.
alexxsad 5 years ago
Yeah! He ame to our school toaday and he has done the best ob ever! My friend dosn't cut anymore Yay! well she's stoped for tady i don't know. Every one looked up to him today.
He's awesome!
Matthew3777 5 years ago
yeah he pwns, lmao when he came to our school I thought he would be some old boring author or something but i was wrong, he was a young inspiring person
alexxsad 5 years ago
lol alex.
ya i thought that too.
but the presentation was
REALLY interesting. brett's
cool. ( y )
DCGurl11 5 years ago
I saw Brett at a conference once - he truly knows his stuff
leslieperks 5 years ago
wow.
I wish he would come here and talk.
:)
ShatteredSilence09 5 years ago
he seems like the kind of guy i would want around me:)
circleoffire 5 years ago
Brett is sooo amazing!!! He really knows what hes talking about and its not just stats and facts he knows the heart and the thought behind it. Thanks for posting!!
katylh 5 years ago