The ignorance is flowing.
I'd say ANYONE who reaches a point where they are hurting themselves intentionally, whether they do it home alone in their bedroom, or at school sitting in class, is seriously suicidal and needs treatment. No shit it’s a cry for attention. Why else would you mutilate your body? They’re suffering, and it’s a cry for help. Whether someone thinks that their suffering is “justified” is not the issue. Just because someone can’t understand their pain that doesn’t mean that they’re “faking”. That sounds like a selfish asshole who doesn’t care about others to me. Anyone who says that someone doesn’t deserve help because they’re “emo” or “goth” really is quite ignorant about these types of behaviors. How can anyone “fake” cutting? Lacerating his or her flesh with a blade as if it were as casual and harmless as playing video games?
Reminds me of two people in my circle of friends in high school. One girl told people she was raped, and other times she told people that she wanted to commit suicide. The other girl, who was mean-spirited, selfish, and rude, actually said to her, “Fine, just go kill yourself then.” Now that witch who actually had the nerve to tell someone to end their life is in college majoring in Psychology. I guess things are different when a suffering person is paying you money. Makes me sick.