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I would say it has more because self-harm is usually something that teenage girls do to prove that they are deep and angsty. Truly depressed people don't self-harm (often) since they don't want other people to ask them how they are feeling, they don't want the attention. They want to isolate themselves from others and self-harming would be counterintuitive since it would increase the amount of attention they receive. Go to your doctor and get treated if you truly think you are ill. That is my advice.

That is the exact definition of attention seeking and pretentious. Sorry but it is.

It has been well-documented that it is indeed an attention-seeking mechanism that often is unrelated to any mental health issues. It makes them feel "deep" and "complex", but it is actually quite a simplistic tactic: "if i hurt myself, I will get attention. I know this because other girls who have self-harmed have recieved favourable attention and sympathy for it". Self-harm is actually quite uncommon in genuine mental illness and is not used as a diagnostic indicator of mental illness because of this.

I totally agree with you lani. When I did psychology at university, I was told that many of the teenage girls that are referred for psychiatric treatment due to self-harm are filtered out by the system because it isn't classed as a proper mental health issue, it is simply an attention seeking mechanism. A lot of people don't want to hear this but it is unfortunately true. So when female, teenage self-harmers have an inital assessment, they are assessed for any underlying mental illness and if non-existent they are discharged back to their GP since "treating" them is a massive waste of resources compared to treating proper mental health issues. Self-harm is often a passing phase that resolves itself. I wish people who keep preaching about how serious self-harm is would stop, and educated themselves.

Self harm is often a passing phase. It is also often not associated with any underlying mental health issue. It is used as a "cry for help" usually and is most prevalent in teenage girls. When I first heard this in psychology at university it didn't surprise me; the people who used to self harm at my secondary school were the pretentious "emo" girls who thought they were deep, tortured souls, but really they just didn't have any discernable skills and wanted attention.

Wow I'm cured.

Not true. Not everyone is loved. Not everyone is special. And things like that shouldn't make any intelligent person feel better.

In the beginning there weren't atoms. They formed slightly later after the big bang. Just sayin'

then you would be making an entirely obvious and therefore redundant point and I would consider you a fucking simpleton.

well at least you have enough intelligence about you to notice the correlation. Boys are attracted to cute girls, it really is very simple.

Yes girls DRESS to impress other girls, simply because boys usually just don't notice stupid things like a new bracelet, or jeans, or a cute top. However girls try to make themselves look attractive for boys, not girls.

but don't come crying to me when nobody finds you attractive. . . .

Exactly, if a guy doesn't find a girl attractive with make-up, its unlikely they will find them attractive without make-up. And a guy cannot become physically attracted to a girl they don't like (unless she changes the way she looks somehow; boob job, nose job, or puberty etc), unlike girls, who can become physically attracted to a guy over time .

Girls need to realise that most guys are not retarded dumbasses and they already know the difference between "natural" make-up and no make-up.

Exactly, more women need to give up the ridiculous idea that they can have it all. You need to choose, career, or a family; don't be greedy because you will end up unhappy and unfulfilled. Most women are perfectly happy being a housewife; there is nothing wrong with that, however feminists make women feel bad about it and that needs to stop. Men and women are different, get over it. The reason men have accomplished more amazing things than women is because those amazing things are designed to get them laid (directly or indirectly) since women choose men and men have to prove themselves to the women. Philosophers for thousands of years have made this observation and it will never change.

Owned.

dumbass. To be invisible, light would have to pass straight through you. This would mean no light would be absorbed by the retinas and therefore no vision. Science bitch.

I hate how girls talk.

yes exactly, british people are correct.

You don't have to be fat for your diet to increase your risk of a heart attack. I'm becoming more and more certain that ignorance is actually the number one killer worldwide. . . . .