I go ahead and say I never really called anyone names that I can recal, I was called some names but thats in the past.
As for your second question and wondering about cutting, just because someone cuts it doesn mean they are trying to end their life. I agree that cutting is an addiction. The same as drugs or alcohol or overeating cam be an addiction. There are many detrimental things we can do to our bodies and minds. People drink to forget, smoke to relax, use to feel good, eat for comfort, etc. People cut for diffrent reasons. It may be self loathing, an outlet for agression, a means of escape, anything or a combination thereof. Society has come to accept, if not condone other forms of self abuse such as drinking and drugs. The though of someone mutilating their own body is much more scary, but not so far off from the others. I believe there are worse things one could do to the body, drugs for example, than cut or scratch or bruise. Locking up the knives and "talking" to someone isn't going to make them stop. In fact at times it can worsen the problem, because you are reacting to the symptoms without trying to understand the underlying problem. You cannot make/convince someone not to cut anymore than you can tell are user to stop shooting heroine. If you think/know someone is cutting, you can confront them, but I wouldn't try to stop them or expect them to stop just because it scares you. Even a "promise you'll call me before you do it again" can be easily broken and only increase the guilt of the cutter. They will do this till they stop temselves. Of course its scary to those who would never cut and its hard to understand. Like I said, it becomes addictive, a comfort mechanism, etc.
I apologize for the rant but I really needed to put that out there. I hope it helps in some way.
