Self harmers, cutting etc, what made you stop?!
Question: Did you used to self harm? At what age and for how long? How did you eventually find the help you needed to stop?
Answers: Did you used to self harm? At what age and for how long? How did you eventually find the help you needed to stop?
I started when I was 12, cutting/scratching myself. My last cut was a month ago, but the temptation was so bad that I almost did it recently, so I asked for help on yahoo answers and some one recommended me to recoveryourlife.com. I went there and its a really good website that helps Cutters/ex-cutters/depressed people cope and gives them good alternatives other than self harm. I'm a member now and it has helped alot. I recommend it to anyone who needs it.
I started at 14. No I did not find the help I needed because I never told anyone. I'm 17 now and still do it.
I started young, can't say i remember exactly how old, but recently stopped, just let me say, If this is something you are doing get help asap, for me it was very effective. I am 33 and only stopped in the last few months (went some time w/o doing it and relapsed).
For me right now when the mental obsession kicks in (and it does) I tell myself, not this time, maybe next time. i try to take every impulse at a time instead of thinking of it as being done forever. Thinking of being done forever is very overwhelming when it's been a coping mechanism for so long. Take it one impulse at a time.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE ACTUALLY, I STARTED AT AGE 15. I DID IT UP UNTIL A YEAR AGO AN I'M 20. ALL YOU DO IS GET A PIECE OF THIN PLASTIC, PUT IT TO WHERE YOU CUT CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PUSH HARD TO CAUSE PAIN BUT IT WON'T CUT YOU OPEN. YOU HAVE TO PRETEND YOU ARE REALLY DOING IT. IT SHOULDN'T CUT YOU BUT IT WILL MAKE YOUR MIND BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE. THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. THE SECOND STEP IS TO DO NOTHING. JUST SIT THERE AND HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN. YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS B/C IT WORKED FOR ME AND I HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. GOOD LUCK
at like a young age maybe 4 i started by like buring my self and like hitting my self...and at around 11 i started to cut myself...i stop like this summer because i slit my wrist and then people sent me to an mental recovery group soo it was around 11years? 4 til 15?
Started when I was 12...continued on & off (depending on mood) for a long time. Got 2 tattoos when I was 18. Instead of cutting, always looked at one of these when I felt the urge. Also developed an eating disorder, and ended up getting therapy, which renewed a lot of old feelings. Having a consellor sit down with me, and make a map of when I did it, and what was happening at the time, really helped. School were no use when it was happening. Really very little support or understanding.