TheBlueHairedLawyer Cutting is a serious issue, I see it at school all the time. The problem is, there's too many adults who are outdated and think they know everything on the issue by watching movies like this, when really there's more going on than just kids being depressed.This film follows the typical pattern of self-help films, if it isn't cutting, it's drinking, drugs, smoking, anorexia or some other addictive behavior. A depressed kid cuts herself or himself, goes too far one day or gets caught, then a trusted and caring mental hospital gives them positive thoughts and BINGO! all their sadness is replaced with a love of life and excitement in school.Maybe adults should get the point of view of a kid before making a movie like this. Depression isn't the only motive for cutting, these days at my high school it's usually just for attention, and kids brag about their scars, show off bandages on their wrists, just to get pity and sympathy. It's just as wrong, yet accepted by kids and even adults these days. The serious kids, the ones who don't care if they go so far as to kill themselves, they hide it so much that they could be this straight A cheerleader one day, found bleeding to death the next because they went too far. It's never how films like this portray it to be, maybe in 2000 it was but certainly not in this day and age. Either Secrets Cutting is very outdated or very inaccurate.And that brings me to the idea of a mental hospital "rescuing" these hopeless cases as it so often depicts... yeah, a support group and some positive words aren't enough to stop somebody from cutting. The whole idea of making these hospitals look like caring and cheerful daycare centers is highly inaccurate. Kids with mental health issues, when it gets too severe, the last place they want to be is away from home being watched 24/7 by doctors and nurses, with positive quotes and reform therapy shoved at them.Cutting Secrets has lousy acting, boring soundtrack and a script that was obviously written by adult producers that knew very little of the issue from the perspective of a kid. Cutting is never the answer to any problem but there's two sides to every story and there are a lot of different stories, to try and generalize it hasn't helped anything. It's not really a movie worth watching unless you're incredibly bored, love seeing medical drama or want to think more about school than you are forced to, anyway.

sherryberry62 I love this movie. It's about a Girl who takes out her pain by cutting herself. And i'm just like the Character in some ways. I'm a cutter,and sometimes I do the eye brow thing. Hope you like it, if you never saw it before. The girl is a great actress for the job. The first time I saw the movie, i was about 10, now I'm 12 and This movie is my favorite one now. Thank's for Reading my comment. I love the movie, but I don't know who Directed it. "Painful Secrets" aka: "Secret cutting". Kimberlee Peterson's movies / TV shows are usually pretty cool. My friend saw it, and she told me about it, saying i really needed to see it. She was right, and I loved it and still do.

Lady_Scarerow I first watched this film on the Lifetime channel because my favorite actor, Kett Turton, was in it. I was hesitant to watch it at first, being a self injurer myself, I was worried it might be triggering for me. The first time I watched it, I had though it was done with an outstanding accuracy and had applauded it openly.I saw it again recently and realized, judging from my own personal experiences, that it isn't as accurate as I had once thought, but not too far off. A prime example of it's inaccuracy would be how excited Dawn seemed to get while cutting. It might be that way for some, but for me it seemed odd and a very unrealistic reaction unless she happened to be masochistic. But it's inaccuracy there is outnumbered by the accuracy I did find. The franticness in which she cut was precise and realistic. I also found the way she was so ashamed of her cuts and always hiding them is extremely characteristic of a self-injurer. It shows that contrary to popular belief, us self-injurers aren't all "attention whores", parading our scars and cuts, flaunting our pain. I believe that the first time I watched it when I was 13, I think I got what I wanted to from the film, and now being 16, I realize it's still the same: self-injury is slowly but surely making itself more main-stream and something needs to be done about it. I am an avid cutter myself, but luckily go through bouts of time where I won't even look at a sharp object. Self injury is a condition people should recognize more and this movie shows how serious it can get without the cutter realizing that it only takes one cut too deep and it could all be over. I will admit, I am a total hypocrite towards this issue: I say don't do it and I do it myself. I suggest this movie to anyone who is a self-injurer or have a friend or family member who injures themselves. If you hurt yourself or know someone who does, you should go to this site, it has a lot of good information whether you cut or not. http://www.self-injury.net/

BeckaM well.. now that i've refreshed my memory by reading some comments. i can say some things about this movie. but first.. i'd like to say.. cutting urself isn't really a disease or a syndrome, like some have said. instead i believe it is an addiction and a way of dealing with things. i think some people who have commented on this aren't thinking about how every situation is different. i think this is a typical situation. an unpopular girl is depressed and gets angry and tense and what not and calms herself by cutting herself.. not my situation in the least..i don't remember the acting too well, but probably it wasn't too good.. that is to be expected though i would think.. self-mutilation is not known very well. in fact when i started i did not even know people did that. and there are several ways to mutilate yourself. burning and branding yourself, hitting urself, gauging your ears for the purpose of inflicting pain upon yourself, digging things into your skin, or little things like scratching yourself are other ways to hurt yourself. that is not really shown in this film.on the whole this film is informative, but you really don't know the feeling of it unless you have experienced it. it may be scary to see fake cuts on people, buh seeing your skin open up a cm or more wide.. now thats something to be scared about.. i know that most people don't get why people cut themselves.. they don't understand. in this movie though, at least it gives information, situations, outlooks, behaviors, etc so that people may understand more.. buh really there is so much more to it. more situations.. like death and suicide and the inability to cope with things.. oh well, it was alright i guess. from what i remember..