Self harming?!

Question: Self harming!?

i have been self harming for about 15 year in different ways i notice a lot of people are cutters i do anything to bring the pain out on myself between burning or scrubbing arms with scrubbing brush hitting myself with things till i hurt and bruise i want to stop but finding it difficult and my husband has only found out over the past few years!. have been seen someone about it but they sat like a nodding dog and it annoyed me but i really do want to stop what can i doWww@Answer-Health@Com

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i would try and find a good psych, i was a cutter but have stopped now!. it was realy hard but i got there!. and dnt jst thnk it will stop in an instant!. cos it didnt start in an instant!. it will take time!. my psych reccomended i write how im feeling when i have the urge to cut!. and i did!. it didnt work every time but as time went by i noticed how much id cut back!. from 4-4 times a day to a coupple times a week!. theres also other things u can do!. jst try and distract urself from all the neggativity!. and most times u wont be able to so express it in other ways like painting or music!. theres lots of things u can do!. and dnt be too upset wen u hav a set bak wen u have been doing so well!. cos u will have set backs!. but jst thnk of how far u have come and u dnt wnt anything to ruin that cos then u have to start from the start all over again!. and that will just make it harder!.
good luck!. i have faith in u and u will b in my prayers!. xxWww@Answer-Health@Com

View the advice on self harm, in section 16, at http://www!.ezy-build!.net!.nz/~shaneris and contact them, when you feel the need to self harm/cut!. There are various suggestions, much information, and useful weblinks on my website: far too much to include here, which is why I needed to create it!. Seek therapy, to help you address the actual cause of those problems, rather than using an inappropriate method of treating the symptoms, which others have found, doesn't work, in the longer term, and which leaves behind the extra problem of scarring to deal with, then!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Try out a few different psychologists and choose the one you feel most comfortable around and think is good!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

wear a rubber band on your wrist!.
pull and let go (snapping) it when you want to harm yourselfWww@Answer-Health@Com

try to love yourself a little!.
seek a psychologistWww@Answer-Health@Com

Please call the suicide helpline and ask for help!. You need professional help!. Please see a counsellor as soon as possible!.

do not harm yourself!. Your life is precious!.

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