T H E
D A I L Y
T R A V E S T
Y
13 April 2000
Vol. 1, Issue 69
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editor.
things are heating up in D.C. if you are
interested in participating in the protests this
From Kim S.
"How do you feel? Alive. Real.
Numb. Calm. Satisfied. You smear the
blood around.
It's sick, but the blood feels real, feels human, feels good!
At the same time, you feel the pain; you deserve
the pain. You tell some
people. They say you're manipulative,
attention seeking. You believe it.
Only serves to make you feel worse. Some
people think you're sick,
you're weird. One or two may understand, but
they're still wary, still
shocked by it. Some think you're
suicidal. You're not.
"Cutting is not attention seeking. It's not
manipulative. It's a coping
mechanism--a punitive, unpleasant, potentially
dangerous one--but it
works. It helps me cope with strong emotions
that I don't know how to
deal with. Don't tell me I'm sick, don't tell
me to stop. Don't try to make
me feel guilty, that's how I feel already.
Listen to me, support me, help
me."
--A male identified only as Andrew in Marilee
Strong's A Bright Red
Scream: self-mutilation and the language of
pain.
find people who will listen to you, support you, and help
you. they do
exist. i'm one of them. kls@wam.umd.edu
MAKE YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE LIVELIER!
Suggestion
#1
My wife and I can't come to the phone right now, but if you'll
leave your name and number, we'll get back to you as soon as we're
finished.
We sampled Sheldon Kopp's If You Meet Buddha on the Road,
Kill Him last issue and in issue #62.