# Do you remember the mini-est rant of September?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-mini-est-rant-of-september/697117>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-mini-est-rant-of-september/697117 "2014-09-01T06:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-mini-est-rant-of-september/697117/401 "2014-10-01T16:46:44Z")

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> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#):
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> **raventhief** , thank you. It does help me to hear your experience, and to know that I can PM you if I have questions. I’ve made the decision, for now, to not broadcast what the Girl is going through - my mom has a horrible talent for saying exactly the wrong thing, at the wrong moment, and making sure that the whole freaking ZIP code is kept abreast of any development in her family’s private life; and Tony’s mom is a worrier without equal. For right now, I’m not even discussing this with G2’s dad - he thinks that “just snap out of it” is effective treatment for any illness that can’t be imaged or cultured. So it helps to have someone I can discuss things with, even if I just need to vent because I’m frustrated, or to help me understand. (I never cut. I drank - oh God did I drink. I coped in other unhealthy ways. I think I have a glimmer of comprehension, but part of me still wants to try to apply logic to a profoundly illogical problem.)

Second **raventhief** ’s offer to share my experience as a former cutter if you want more perspectives or directions to vent. My reasons were similar; a friend referred to it as ‘getting over the skip in the record’, though the youth of today probably won’t get that reference. A little bit of minor, safe pain and a bump of adrenaline helped stop the whirling thoughts from dragging me down with them, at least for a while. It was never going to be an effective long term solution, but it stopped bad things from getting worse in the short term, and forestalled a lot of potentially big bad things. Also second the value of therapy, though that’s down to getting a good, competent and suitable therapist. Don’t be afraid to seek a different one if the first one doesn’t seem to be working out.

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