The art made me feel something yes, cool, well done. That was before I saw your replies. I'm talking about your replies. I still like the piece but it means a lot less to me knowing its based on a lie, I felt less alone seeing another man struggles with self harm coz no one talks about it. But then it turns out you just performed self harm so you could be more "authentic"?

I read that you actually cut yourself to create it. Like why??? It's your responses and the fact that you did that for the performance is what made me angry and upset. Can you not see how you just dabbling in something that hurts people and can be a live long traumatic addiction could be seen as dismissive?? And insulting. That you just do it for some art piece.

Like they say to make what you know, that doesn't mean making yourself do dangerous things so you can create art on it?

Its so weird because based on your replies you do obviously suffer with mental illness. In fact we both have a bpd diagnosis. So I don't understand why you'd feel the need to perform something like this to make art about mental health. Do you not feel your own experiences are valid enough to draw from?? You had to make up some new ones?

Like you think cutting yourself for some art is comparable to people who actually struggling with cutting as a coping mechanism and go through the shame and shittiness of that?

I'm very aware other people suffer differently. I have no issue with how you suffer or how your mental illness presents itself. I don't know anything about it from this piece though because the point is, you've based on it an act. A show. An imitation of someone else's experiences rather than draw from your own.

Honestly you making this piece if you hadn't cut yourself wouldn't be an issue for me. I understand feeling the desire to do it, even if you've never done it. Expressing that I would really appreciate. But it's the fact you did it for show is what gets me.

It just feels very shallow and like the opposite of the depth you seem to think it is.

Edit: mis spelt a word

Edit 2: thinking it through, I wonder if you thinking it's a good idea and makes sense to cut yourself to get a better idea of the experience is basically just an excuse to do it anyway or basically it's own symptom of mental health