I feel like the main problem is, those who cut for a coping mechanism and keep it a secret, feel offended by people who do it for "attention". It's selfish in my opinion to judge someone because they are not dealing with something the same way as you are. You don't have to like the way someone goes about dealing with things, or like them, but to be mean about it is wrong.
Honestly, no, I do not like people who flaunt their
SH. It hurts me because I
SH and seeing them flaunt it makes me feel like my
SH doesn't mean anything. Like it's not a big deal. When it is. BUT, I'm not going to talk about them and say they are annoying or anything, I know that they are dealing with something, no matter what it may be and they chose to display their pain as such.
When someone cuts there is ALWAYS a reason. Whether it be so someone will see it the next day and say something, so people will always tell them to stop and tell them they care about them, so they can feel better, so they can feel in control, so they can stop crying...the list goes on.
SH is never good, never justified.
Just think of it this way: You have two people. They both murder a person. One murders because that person killed their sibling. The other murders because they just felt like it.
No matter what, it is STILL MURDER. There is no justification.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I know the difference between someone who
SH in secret,
SH & flaunts it, and
SH but doesn't flaunt or do all they can to hide it. So just to clarify, I don't think the last two are one and the same, when in fact they hold nearly the same concept. (Not hiding.)