The assumption is that the alternative to self injury is "acting normally", but on the contrary.... the alternative to SI is total loss of control and possibly suicide. it becomes a forced choice from among limited options.

Just cut our wrists like cheap coupons, and say that death was on sale today

Suicide is just a last cry for help that can never be answered....

Not all scars show
not all wounds heal
you can't always see
the pain someone feels

how will you know i'm hurting
if you cannot see my pain?
to wear it on my body
tells what words cannot explain

Soon, i know, i'll wake from this dream....
but suddenly i know, i'm not sleeping

I won't change. i can't change. because i'm sick. i've always been sick and i'm not getting better

i won't change. i can't change. because i'm not sick. it's not a disease, this is who i am.

-- which one do u guys agree with??

Children laugh like death
their sharp happiness is like a knife to me

Where can you run to escape from yourself??

Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, only still, somehow, you just can't stop it

Everything's plastic. we're all gonna die sooner or later. so what does it matter??