retested: Lucille Clifton, "cruelty" (0)
Amanda Young ([personal profile] retested) wrote 2017-02-18 02:05 am (UTC)



Cutting is a way of marking the body's boundaries, of proving what's inside and what's outside the body. One self-injurer, chronically abused by her father, was so confused about where she ended and others began that she had to place a chair between her therapist and herself during sessions in order to recognize that they were two separate people.

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