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What is an emo? Most know them as emotional people who have a hard time in life. They cut themselves to get away from the pain. I will tell you right now that anyone who claims to be emo and doesn’t cut themselves is really just a depressed person. So please don’t tell me an emo is another word for it because it’s not and I really don’t need to hear it from someone who thinks they know what they’re talking about, because the person who is going to tell me this is probably a teenager.

Emo’s usually cut themselves to get away from the pain. I said this earlier in the paragraph above. However, I believe that they do this because they are cowards: people who can’t face their problems. The problem, whether or not it can be fixed, will be there until they face it. Now this may seem really harsh, but it’s the truth because no matter how much they can defend themselves, no matter how hard they can punch someone, as long as they cut themselves, they are a coward. Cutting won’t solve the problem. When they cut, they make another pain come so that they won’t feel the other one. Yet at the end of the cutting the problem will still be there and so will the pain.

Being emotional is something everyone does. It’s how our whole principals are made up of. How much we sleep, what we eat, what we say and how we say it is all based upon emotions. Except emo’s are unstable. So are pregnant women. The only difference is that emo’s aren’t pregnant when they are emotional. But who knows, there could be an emo girl who’s pregnant and is cutting herself. This just means that the baby might die from stress or not enough blood getting to it. But I’m getting off the subject. I’m just trying to tell you that emotion is something that people can control and yet sometimes let them go rampant. Like a spoiled kid who didn’t get what he/she wanted from the store and causes damage to store items until they get their way.

In general, emo’s can help themselves by facing their problems instead of hiding from them from behind more pain. As the day goes on, so will the problem and the emotions that come with it. Emotions that can be controlled and stable yet are set free, making the problem worse at times. Help can solve these problems but they have to actually tell someone. Keeping the anger and sadness to themselves will only worsen there lives. So please don’t hesitate to tell someone. It feels much better than cutting.