The Cutting Phenomena

One of the most interesting thing to me in today's society is the cutting phenomena. If you have not heard of it, it is a trend where people are randomly cutting themselves. Slicing arms, legs etc... Like drugs, people become addicted to it. They have to do it more and more. To people who are not near it, it sounds ridiculous.

I am a logical person. I also make the assumption that everyone else is logical. If you don't understand why someone does something, it is probably because you don't understand their logic. Remember, your logic/chain of thought may not be the same as theirs but I guarantee that they have one. Very few people in our world do things that are completely random and "Non-logical".

So why do these people say they cut themselves. From what I have read/seen it involves feeling "something". The pain/adrenaline rush they feel is stronger than anything else in their life. They feel a rush. Unfortunately, as any addict will tell you, each time you get a rush, the next time it will take more to get the same rush. It is a slippery path that goes nowhere good.

Why do these folks need to cut to feel? Our lives are so full of emotion and drama. TV and media have shown us everything. We can visualize anything and we have experienced things no one should ever experience. Rarely did our ancestors see a dead body. If they did, it was typically a family member/relative that we were directly related to. Now we see dead bodies on a daily basis whether real ones on the news or imagined ones in film/entertainment television. Socialogists/Psychologists have argued for years whether we can seperate those images from our reality. If you visualize it, it is reality. With all this drama/shocking in their daily lives, these people have become numb... Nothing shocks them. NOTHING SURPRISES THEM. Do you get that... Nothing. What are you shocked by/surprised by?

We drink energy drinks, we watch things that surprise us, we have seen more in one day than many people see in a lifetime.

The second thing in play is the advertising/media telling us that everything is about us. We deserve anything we want whether we can afford it or not. Good is relative. If it makes you happy do it. Anything can be done safely. Jump from planes, ride bikes crazily. Do what ever you want? When has that ever been healthy for a society. Individuals looking out for themselves denigrates to no one looking after anyone. The Bible is strong in humbling your self and looking after other. The first will be the last and the last will be the first... It ain't about you!!! and it aint about how you feel..

Daryl