self-mutilation

Since I have already talked bout stuff around this subject i would like to talk about self-mutilation. I'm going to try to explain it to people. It's seems like now more and more people mostly teenagers have been taking part in self-mutilation. When you do this it is basically just cutting yourself with anything you want.. some do it as punishment because in their head they think that they have done wrong to people and wont be forgiven.. and that feeling of not being forgiven is why they do it... i know some do it because they can get really stressed... or cant deal with things that go on in there life so they cut... its hard to explain but as they cut the stress, the things that have been hurting you over and over go away.. you don't think about them anymore.. your happy and you feel fine... its like the cut is a portal for all the problems and stress to just leave temporarily... It's a mental problem.. they say the conscious mind is being controlled by a monster who tells them to do it, that there is no other way. so The person begins to believe it. and they cut and cut away. You keep cutting, deeper, and deeper, every time thinking it will help you that much more. Eventually, they end up hurting themselves very badly to the point to they need to go to the hospital and some don't have that privilege to make it that far, they die before they can make it to the hospital. I have friends that cut, a couple actually, and they all do it for these reasons. I have gotten 2 to stop cutting and they have been free from it for a couple of months. The sad thing is its like a drug. They go through like some kind of rehab with me. It's all just so weird. I hate ignorant people that say someone is Emo, and i hate when people say someone who cuts is Emo. First off, there is no such things as Emo, from my point of view at least. Its stupid to stereotype. People just jump to conclusions all the time. You don't know what they are going through, they just dont have any other way to handle something things. The point of this post is to get people to notice that self-mutilation rates are going up especially in teens and to open peoples eyes to why a person may cut. It's not always because they hate there life, contrary to popular belief.