I want to quit self harming..?!


Question: I want to quit self harming!.!.!?
Which way is easier to quit : Trying to go at it at once OR trying to get less and less until you can go without!?
I cut and I'm starting to find trying to quit at once difficult!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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I am a horrible self harmer!. It is actually like an addiction, so I do not think you can ever really be cured!. That's the bad part!. But you can stop yourself from continuing!. I am in therapy and that has helped me a lot, but the thing that has helped me the most was my own real desire to stop!. You can't just wake up one morning and say that you don't want to do it again, you have to REALLY desire not to do it!.

I have some very very bad scars from this summer and the problems I was going for!. This has been my motivation!. Of course, I am in no way saying that you need similar motivation I am just sharing my story with you!. Every time I try to cut or ______, I look at my scars and I think about my future!. Do I want people to see them, do I want to feel like a freak for the rest of my life!.!.!.!.etc!.

I think the only way to kind of get over that hump is to find something inside yourself that makes you realize that you do not want to harm yourself anymore because of that reason!. The reason may be different for you than it is me, and you may have to do some soul searching to find it, but it's in there!.

I would suggest that you try stopping cold turkey, but I know that this is a waste of effort, because the reasons you cut are not physical!.!.!.!. they are instilled in your brain!. You just need to find something that makes you WANT to stop!.!.!.!.and slowly, day by day, you will start to stop!. Again, this doesn't mean that the desire will ever go away, that's the problem with addictions!. But, having that motivating factor, will make you realize that you do not need to harm yourself!.

IM me or email me if you want to talk more about this!. I'd be happy to do so!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I'd say trying to stop altogether because if you try doing it less and less, you're still doing it!.
Try writing on yourself, or the elastic band on your wrist thing!.
Also, if you keep your blades, pins or whatever in a certain place, put a pic of someone you love there and you have to move the pic to get to the blades!.
You've probably heard loads of ways to try and stop before, i guess you can only stop if you actually want to!.
Try and go as long as you can without self harm, if you slip up then don't feel bad about it, but as you count the days you've gone without self harm you'll be so proud of yourself!.

Lucy!. xWww@Answer-Health@Com

When you want to cut there's a few things what you can do:
Hold ice cubes
Phone a friend
Ping a elastic band on your wrist
Right about how you feel when you want to cut
Try righting some poetry!.
Set fire to bits of paper that have how you feel on them (safe as possible lol)

Good luck I know from experience how hard it is to stop!.

And any one who says you are a emo or has a ***** about you are just ignorant idiots who don't understand that some people deal with things in different ways, yeah some times they aren't very good ways but hey if they get you through it then who cares!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Write down why you do it,
And write down what can make you appreciate your life more!.
Compare, and evaluate all the POSITIVE things in your life!.
You'll only get life once! Don't waste it, when you could turn your life around positively!.
Hope that helpsWww@Answer-Health@Com

i found that every time i wanted to cut, i painted my fingernails, by the time i'd finished and they were dry, i'd forgotten why i wanted to cut in the first place!.

I buried my razors in the garden! Www@Answer-Health@Com

At once is the only way that will work!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Find something else to occupy your time! Please dont do it!.!.!. get help if you cant stop !!Www@Answer-Health@Com

oh my god, you sound like an emo :s

JUST QUIT IT!!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com





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