One reason why people cut.

Now, I don't cut myself.
But I understand completely one specific reason why they do.
see, here's the thing, it's like, if you get physically hurt? everyone can tell. people are able to see a cast, a scar, crutches, a bandage.
but they can't see the inner wounds, and sometimes you wish they could, or even that you YOURSELF could.
sometimes I look in the mirror for a sign of what's going on underneath but I can't physically see it.
and you wish it was something tangible, a wound you could heal.
but it's like, you can't bandage a heart. you can't fix it with tools, or even glue the pieces back together. it's inside, and you can't just fix it like that. it's those things you can fix, those outside wounds, they make you jealous, they make you angry that you can't see how to connect things, that it's all just something that you can't SEE.
I understand that. wanting to be able to see your pain.
that's one reason why people cut themselves.
they think people will take them more seriously, and they do.
and it's heartbreaking that it has to get to that point until people start caring.
they''ll think, "If you aren't cutting yourself it can't hurt that bad."
WRONG. It can.
and the person can manifest their emotional pain into something tangible.
people will say, there are no cuts, no brusies, how can it hurt that bad? when in reality, it hurts like a hellish pain, like something indescribable. but in order to be taken seriously, often people have to be able to see it. to write it across their arms or legs, to show someone, these are my scars. the ones you can see. they reflect what's inside. this is how I've been cut inside, but the only way to show you is to cut myself outside.