Comments on: Thursday Short Poem: Bass’ “The Human Line” http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/ Author, Speaker, Professor, Shattering Gender Myths Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10268 Chris Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:45:53 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10268 Thank you very much, Hugo. Thank you very much, Hugo.

]]> By: Hugo Schwyzer http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10267 Hugo Schwyzer Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:29:30 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10267 Chris, there's relatively little you can do on your own to help someone who is self-injuring stop, but there are ways to be supportive. Check out the clearing house at http://www.selfinjury.com/ Chris, there’s relatively little you can do on your own to help someone who is self-injuring stop, but there are ways to be supportive. Check out the clearing house at http://www.selfinjury.com/

]]> By: Chris http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10266 Chris Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:32:25 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10266 This is weird, because I just found out today that someone very close to me is cutting themselves. I think it is because, like Angiportus proposed, it makes her feel in control by hurting herself rather than getting hurt by others. And I also know a girl who used to do it who felt a sense of pride afterward. Can anyone give me any advice on how I can help her stop this? This is weird, because I just found out today that someone very close to me is cutting themselves. I think it is because, like Angiportus proposed, it makes her feel in control by hurting herself rather than getting hurt by others. And I also know a girl who used to do it who felt a sense of pride afterward.

Can anyone give me any advice on how I can help her stop this?

]]> By: Angiportus http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10265 Angiportus Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:46 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2009/01/22/thursday-short-poem-bass-the-human-line/#comment-10265 Just the thing I needed to read during breakfast... No, really, it hits a nerve. When I was a teen, I went thru a phase where I thought that the mystical entity I answered to would need me to spill some of my blood for it. I did not get around to doing so, for several reasons, and I see now that said entity would have been better served by my finding a way to escape or rebel against the abuse my parents were dealing out. I still don't claim to understand why some young people hurt themselves deliberately. But I wonder if in some cases it is because (aside from some macho complex?) they think they will feel better if it is their own hand, for once, inflicting the pain? Just the thing I needed to read during breakfast…
No, really, it hits a nerve. When I was a teen, I went thru a phase where I thought that the mystical entity I answered to would need me to spill some of my blood for it. I did not get around to doing so, for several reasons, and I see now that said entity would have been better served by my finding a way to escape or rebel against the abuse my parents were dealing out.
I still don’t claim to understand why some young people hurt themselves deliberately. But I wonder if in some cases it is because (aside from some macho complex?) they think they will feel better if it is their own hand, for once, inflicting the pain?

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