Thursday 20 March 2014

Self-harm? No, it doesn't help.

We all go through phases in life where we feel disturbed, irritated, guilty and/or miserable. But many of us don't realize that pain isn't permanent. Suffrage goes away with time and all those who sacrifice themselves to pressure are misguided. So many of us go into depression because these things. We start harming ourselves and that's where we make it worse. If you want to get rid of miseries, why would you add up to them by committing self-harm? Just as the idiom says: "adding fuel to fire". Some of us consider it to be the easier way out. But let's re-think this. If you're being bullied or harassed by a certain person or a community and you go into depression and start cutting yourself, do you think it would make things better? One possibility is that people may sympathize for you and may stop bullying you. But does that make you a winner? Really? I think not. I think it would keep reminding you about how you took the easier way out , how it was an act of cowardice and how you would condemn yourself for being so weak. I'm sorry for the kinds of words I'm using but that's the exact feeling you would get. 
Now getting back to the point, self-harm is not the easier way out. When you're gone, you're just gone. There have been so many cases where people were bullied, so they committed suicide and after they're gone, people lament for them and feel sorry for whatever happened to them. But is that what you want? is that what anybody would want? That once they're gone people just mourn for them for a few days or so and then just continue with their lives as if nothing happened. Think about the ones who love you; especially, your parents. Think about the impact they would have on their life when you leave one day because you thought quitting was the easier way out. None of this would happen if you think positively. Positivism is what the world requires. If you're optimistic and you believe that you can tackle your difficulties, I'm sure you can overcome any obstacle no matter how subtle it may be all it requires is confidence, spirit and a little bit of luck. I hope from now on, you would think before you practice self-harm or if you cut yourself. After all, you're a human being, not a vegetable.