I don't know what to do. i keep cutting.?!


Question: i stopped cutting my arm last year. but after this incident occured, i ... felt as if i need a distraction. so after one long year, i cut again. it felt so good. but i'm afraid that other people will find me to be.. mentally challenged or crazy. how do i hide those scars? how do i stop cutting? =/ i need a distraction.

Answers: i stopped cutting my arm last year. but after this incident occured, i ... felt as if i need a distraction. so after one long year, i cut again. it felt so good. but i'm afraid that other people will find me to be.. mentally challenged or crazy. how do i hide those scars? how do i stop cutting? =/ i need a distraction.
okay, for all those that said something like"just stop cutting," its not actually that easy.
i'll give you some tips
-keep urself away from sharp objects
-be around other people alot, therefore you wont cut yourself, cuz they'll react
-get a hobby, or just do what you like to do, not including cutting
-write your pain, or draw it, or punch something (not anything that will punch back or hurt you though), express it in a diffrent way, or deal with it idifferently
-theres the option of telling someone,which is good, but dont tell someone that will talk behind your back or someone you dont trust

how to hide scars
-wear band aids on some of them
-wear arm bands
-wear bracelets or othere jewelry
-long sleeves
-i dont know, some girls have this makeup or something that covers blemishes up, you can use that
-draw on/around it so it doesnt seem like its there, so the pictures there. use pen but dont draw on it if its still healing

youre not mentally challenged or crazy, you just found a bad way to deal with not good emotions
Howdy. Strange but I so know what you are talking about. I know about the pleasure that you feel when you cut yourself. I too was there. Its been 7years since I last did it. I have scars that cannot be cover up. My children ask about them, my family asks.. If you need to talk in private contact me. Report It

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    • Cutting is your distraction. You're using it to avoid confronting other issues. You need to see a therapist or counselor to explore this. Chances are you are cutting yourself because you prefer that pain to some psychological pain (for instance, depression, paranoia, abuse, abandonment, etc.). You need to see a therapist. If your in school, talk with a guidance counselor. If you're not in school, call your doctor or a local clinic or even a minister and ask them to refer you to someone.
    You really need to get some professional help...and I am not trying to be mean.

    You are not mental or crazy. This is something you will not get through without help.

    Good luck and please get help!
    Whatever you do don't cut yourself anymore. Its not good for you emotionally or physically. Whatever happened to make you start doing this again might not of been all your fault. We all go through things were we have a hard time but just find people that are there for you. Always make sure you have friends that you can trust and about the scars its almost summer and you wont being wearing long sleeves anymore.
    You could talk to a doctor and try to get some mild medication or seek out a self-help group. I think that self-help groups are better. I don't like psychiatrists all they've ever done in my life is make things worse. And if anything ever happens to you everything you ever told a shrink appears in court. You wind up looking like a nut. But you may need medical attention for your condition.
    Well first of all you need to stop cutting your self! You already got scars already! There is Mederma,Scar Zone,Prefer on for your scars! Next you need to take your angry out on something else and not on your self! I have helped someone like you and he's fine now! He stop and you can too! So STOP CUTTING YOUR SELF!!! Find an object like a old ugly doll and take it on that instead of you! Anything but your self!
    well i use to do something like that a year ago, but with plastic because it would sting. i havent done that in like a year or almost because it didnt do anything for me and. you could just be depressed or something so go online and search depression symptons or something and maybe theres some advice groups or chats?


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