Cuttng.... help?
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You need to get help from someone, something like this is to much for you alone to handle. It helps so much to talk to someone you can trust. That's a hard thing to do but it's part of the recovering process.
You can beat this, and you will get better.
Best wishes
what?
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& just find a hobby...
sometime to keep your mind off of stuff.
there's no sure way of getting self control immediately, but if you really were serious about quitting, you'd have someone hold you accountible meantime.
vitamin E will help promote healing of the scar tissue
There is a soul force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
Please ask for help.as you already have taken the first step!
Huggs and Kisses,,,
Lonnie
Wear long sleeves and stop cutting yourself.
In terms of hiding your arms, wear long sleeve shirts, and sometime bandages if you need to. Stopping without getting help is really difficult, and I highly recommend you do get help.
unless you truly enjoy the feeling of pain theres no reason for you to be doing it
let me tell you cutting was the big fad for all my friends in middleschool
youll get over it
just ask yourself, is your life really that bad?
or is it just because mommy wouldnt give you an extra 20 bucks to go to the mall?
(and im not trying to sound mean, but i know someone who killed herself for the most riddiculous reason and i think that you just need to sit down and think before you do anything harmful to yourself)
wear long sleeved anything.
throw away all you razors and if you ever think you need to cut just take some red dye and pretend its blood and poor it in your sink.
and hun you might really want to tell someone that can help you. if you dont want to tell you parents tell a close friend, it could save your life.
good luckwith stopping.
It's the same self destruction that depressed people feel, sort of. The hotline is open
I saw this and wonder if you can relate to it, though..
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Please somehow let someone know who cares about you in on it and that way you don't have to fight it alone, ok?
first of all you have to admit you have a problem. you have to want help. you have to be able to identify what it is that makes you do such things. than you have to commit to a plan to quit. You cant help someone who doesnt want to help theirself. so first things first. want help. second. get rid of the sharps. last but not least. dont cut yourself find other ways to cope and then . reward yourself.
Wear long sleeves or things that give the illusion of sleeves...maybe a shawl or something lacy? No idea, really, about that part. I guess the best way to stop, or at least in my opinion, is just to think that one more cut in the wrong place could end your life. I'm sure it hurts, too, so...all the more motive to stop...
I had a friend that was constantly cutting her arms. She thought she could hide them. I was the one that stepped up and told our guidance counselor so she could get the help she needs. I hate to tell you this, but you need to know what exactly is making you cut yourself. You need to let someone you trust know what is going on. And, I'm sorry, but a therapist can actually seriously help you.
For the moment i would recommend, either a longer shirt or wrist band or something. For how to stop cutting i would recommend this site.
its all a matter of will power to stop and to hide your arms put on long sleeves or use some make up. you can also try to find some people to hang out with that will change your normal routine so you wont want to cut yourself
Without going in to too much detail about my eperience with this, let's just say it's extremely hard to overcome. It's hard for people to understand why we do it. All I can say is TRY to talk to someone or vent in other ways (art stuff, writing,excercise...). It WILL haunt you and the urge to cut will linger, at least in my case. Just hang in there and know that the final option IS professional help.
Okay, first I should explain that I'm an ex-cutter myself. I cut for around three years before I finally managed to stop.
I used to hide my arms by converting knee-high stockings to arm bands. There are tons of ways to stop without help, but it's usually best if you tell someone you trust, for moral support.
One way you can stop is to draw on yourself with a red marker when you feel the urge to cut. Alternatively, you could pop a rubber band against your wrist when you feel like cutting. I will say, though, that you can't be too hard on yourself if you don't succeed at first. It took me about four tries to finally stop cutting for good.
It's not easy. I got help without ever mentioning that I was cutting, but they never asked. Now that I'm getting treatment and have my medication mix all set I feel great, and haven't wanted to cut in a long time.
Otherwise, cut where the scars won't be seen.
If this is the emo teenager cutting, then it will pass. If it's truly indicative of a psychological problem, then it likely never will without help.
You cannot hide the cuts. That is problem with self harm. Every one knows. To stop? Well if the answer was simple there wold be little need for the mental health system. You do need help tho. See your G.P. in the first instant. Be honest. Tell your G.P the extent of your self harm. Get referred to local psychiatric services and get it quick. If you are serious about wanting to recover this then help is around.
Cutting is similiar to an addiction and addicts need help. If you are totally against getting help then you need to confine in someone close to you who won't criticize you. Someone you can talk to when you feel rage, bored etc. You need to get a hobby, prehaps join a gym or even working out at home. Basically you need to have something to do when you feel the urge to cut.
GET RID OF ANYTHING YOU USE TO CUT YOURSELF! THEN TRY NOT TO USE KNIFES FOR FOOD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WHEN YOU GET UPSET TRY THESE STEPS:
1. SAY TO YOURSELF " I'M NOT GOING TO CUT MYSELF!
2. WALK AWAY SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE IS NOT SHARP OBJECTS!
3.FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO TO GET RID OF THE ANGER, EXAMPLES : THROW ROCKS AT SOMETHING ( NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BREAK) OR SCREAM IN A PILLOW, ANYTHING.
4. IF YOU DON'T WANT PARENTS OR ADULTS KNOWING, TALK TO A GOOD FRIEND THAT WILL KEEP A SECRET. EVEN TALK TO SOMEONE ON LINE OR THERE ARE SPECIAL NUMBERS YOU CAN CALL.
5. GOOD LUCK!♥
I am sorry you are going through this.
Cutting is an obsessive/compulsive disorder.
This means that you can't quit thinking about cutting yourself and then you go ahead and do it without being able to stop yourself.
I have two things that I do which aren't anything near as serious as your cutting yourself. I pick fleas off my cats and pick pimples.
When I pick my pimples, I get this mirror that magnifies my face so I can see every tiny little black head there is. I will spend hours picking my face until it is so red it takes days for it to go away! My face gets dry skin all over it and it looks awful. Yet, I can't stop myself from doing it even though I know my face looks bad!
My solution was to get rid of that mirror! Now I don't pick my face because I can't see the blackheads to pick on them. (I can't see them in a regular mirror.)
As far as the flea picking is concerned:
I would spend hours picking fleas of my many cats to the point that I couldn't get anything done.
My solution to the flea picking:
Put flea powder on the cats.
What I am trying to get at is the obsession will always be there in the back of your mind and you will always "enjoy" cutting just as I will always "enjoy" picking pimples and fleas.
What you must do is get rid of everything that you use to cut yourself with so that the instruments are not available to you when you get the desire to cut.
This will help tremendously and as time passes, the desire will get weaker and weaker....
I hope this helps you and I'm sorry you are going through this.
As far as your arms are concerned, you will have to wear long sleeves if you want to cover this up.
To help heal the scars and wounds, put 100% aloe vera gel on them. It is fairly inexpensive and works wonders to heal scars.
Please e-mail me if you need anymore support or have more questions.
My heart goes out to you. *HUGS*
i know this is a dumb anwser and mean and not right. i have been in your situation, so i know what it is like. i do.
the awnser: just stop. stop feeling sorry for yourself and just stop.
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