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Q: Cutting
asked by: SimeonCross on March 4th, 2007
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I have a friend that is a cutter, I have bipolar disorder and OCD. Is cutting a sign of being bipolar?

How deep does a cutter have to cut to qualify as a cutter?

She cuts herself lightly but you can see the cuts is that what a cutter does?

How about hurting yourself in other ways. Like damaging other parts of the body, by banging it on the wall or something? Damaging an elbow enough to hurt for months?
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Stan
replied on March 6th, 2007
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That may be a symptom of bi-polar disorder, but it's totally not enough to make an assumption, let alone a diagnosis. Any doctor that would is an fool. Any cutting qualifies, I've even seen people just use a pencil eraser and rub themselves with it. Any type of self harm counts as long as it causes damage to the body.
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Willa Weintraub
replied on March 6th, 2007
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Re: Cutting
SimeonCross wrote:
I have a friend that is a cutter, I have bipolar disorder and OCD. Is cutting a sign of being bipolar?

How deep does a cutter have to cut to qualify as a cutter?

She cuts herself lightly but you can see the cuts is that what a cutter does?

How about hurting yourself in other ways. Like damaging other parts of the body, by banging it on the wall or something? Damaging an elbow enough to hurt for months?
Shocked
people who cut lightly,most of the time,are the ones who don't want to leave a scar of some sort.they do it for th pleasure I think,not for attention.this person sounds depressed.look up the signs of bi-polar and depressed and se which category this person falls under.
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SimeonCross
replied on March 7th, 2007
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Stan Stepanic you said any type of self harm. What about a person, another person, who slams and bruises their legs and arms into things to hurt themselves. Sometimes even hurting themselves enough to go to the doctor?

This person has already been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, does anything mean of that. Should they share this with their therapist?
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Stan
replied on March 7th, 2007
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Yeah, that would qualify. Starting to verge on something called borderline personality disorder, but there are many other symptoms involved. Techincally, yes, someone with bi-polar disorder should let their therapist know this, but they're not required to do it.
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