Have you ever met a kid who “cuts?”
I have, and it breaks my heart to see it.
“Cutting” is a self-destructive form of self-harm that, counterintuitively, soothes people in severe mental distress. Typically found in teenagers who have difficulty coping with growing up for any of a number of different reasons, it may or may not be a cry for help, but is is certainly a sign that the kid is in desperate need of it.
This is the complaint from a volunteer, which Scotland’s charity regulator @ScotCharityReg eventually disclosed under FOI.
Volunteer claims managers said if a child is using self-harm as a ‘coping mechanism’ then ‘we can’t take that away from them’. pic.twitter.com/xfcD4HgO37
— Dan Sanderson (@DSanderson_85) March 24, 2025
Unfortunately, in today’s bizarre world of alphabet ideology, where any form of “typical” or “normal” behavior is seen as a…
