Well I must say it was a pleasure hosting discussion #4 for the book Sketches By Eric Walters. It was a very juicy discussion as usual! The question was: why do you think Dana cuts herself? (Don't read ahead or skim-read!) Well we all know she cuts herself to forget the pain she's been through, right? But what kind of pain do you think she's trying to escape? (Home or the streets?) And if you were in Dana's situation, what would you do to forget about your past?
We all answered in juicy interesting ways. We came to a conclusion that she cuts herself to feel a pain different than the one she'd been through. She expressed it as the type of pain that runs through your body then sparks in your head that makes you forget everything. However, we came up with way better artistic, athletic, personal ways of escaping unwanted thoughts or pain. For example, Hannah mention reading. Adrianna mention sleeping. Sara and Hannah mentioned playing their guitar and dancing. Karran mentioned jumping off the CN tower which we found kind off devastating but thank god it was all a joke! Melissa mentioned punching bags which I really liked because I do it most of the time. I mentioned playing sports, or writing poetry. (My favorite thing to do while I am stressed.) So we came to very good ways of releasing stress, unwanted thoughts and "life" pain in general.
One of the interesting ideas that popped up is making a whole book about ways of releasing stress. I think it's SO important for youth who are in need of support to know what to do in these type of situations. Taking your life away isn't the best way. Because killing your pain will give life to a new pain to start in other people's life who care about you. To be honest, I am thinking about writing this book myself!
Here's one last thing I would like to leave you with...
If you hate being in emotional pain, then why take away your life and plant it in someone else's life?
Thank you all buddies!
-Haneen
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