ubiquitous1
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I was wondering if there is any correlation between a specific type and cutting themselves
...I'm a bit hemophobic so I wouldn't dare dream of doing such a thing. I also don't understand why someone would do it. It hurts, it's disgusting and it's harmful. The most likely ones to do it are the INFPs in my opinion.
...I'm a bit hemophobic so I wouldn't dare dream of doing such a thing. I also don't understand why someone would do it. It hurts, it's disgusting and it's harmful. The most likely ones to do it are the INFPs in my opinion.
Well if you count in the percentage of INFPs out there I'd be surprised if it was even 5%. I'm just matching things together. Wasn't it the INFPs who experience depression the most?I should ask my ex-roomie. She deals with teens in psych wards and talks all the time about how many girls there are/were cutters. (And no, I don't imagine even 15% of them are INFPs. I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of IxFx's, though.)
Well I certainly wouldn't ever do it. I also can't imagine any ESTPs, ESTJs or ENTJs doing it. It would be weird.I think it could happen to any type if the circumstances are right. For some people it's a coping mechanism, a release of intense emotions that seem too difficult to handle any other way. It's a sort of tunnel vision behaviour, people doing it are only thinking about the relief they get as a result.
Well if you count in the percentage of INFPs out there I'd be surprised if it was even 5%. I'm just matching things together. Wasn't it the INFPs who experience depression the most?
I think it could happen to any type if the circumstances are right. For some people it's a coping mechanism, a release of intense emotions that seem too difficult to handle any other way. It's a sort of tunnel vision behaviour, people doing it are only thinking about the relief they get as a result.
Yes, true. I know a few cutters who were quite depressed. They want to feel physical pain in order to remove mental pain. And Introverted feelers usually have to deal with that mental pain the most.I honestly don't remember, sigh.
Did we have a thread here about it, ever?
I'm just saying usually when I run across cutters, the bulk seems to be teen girls of F variety, who are full of conflicted values, self-loathing, and powerlessness. Even ISFJs cut themselves. That "body image" thing hits teenage girls hard.
Very upsetting... Depression certainly is a problem. All I can say is that there is a problem and as long as it's a problem it can be fixed. One just has to find out how. I doubt cutting yourself will really fix it.I never cut until well into adulthood, and because I felt very very locked into a vise... I was under a lot of pressure from family to be something I was not, and it was killing me, but to change what I was doing was seemingly impossible and terrifying... so... I started to cut myself.
I see cutting a plea for attention.
Or maybe it's just the 'emo/goth' revolution corrupting my perceptions.
It can be done for attention, but usually the cutters go to great lengths to hide their scars.
My introversion, at least, has something to do with self-harming impulse. My weak sensing probably contributes.
I'm not really interested in punishing myself, I like me just fine. I burn myself on rare occasion, and not badly. Mostly, it's about carrying a lot of emotional tension without physical release without realizing it, some major/minor thing triggering me going over the edge of *needing* to release it, and me being unable to cry easily when I need to. For whatever reason, I can't cry. The endorphins are like a crazy drug.
I see cutting a plea for attention.
Or maybe it's just the 'emo/goth' revolution corrupting my perceptions.