Does anyone know how to stop cutting?!

Does anyone know how to stop cutting?

i want help from some one that understands what im going threw. i dont want help from a therpst. all they do it try to make me feel better. it doesnt matter how i feel i just cant stop. i cut when i feel fine cause i love the feeling. i just.... i need help.

Until you decide the payoff you get from cutting, that temporary high, isn't worth the costs, you'll keep doing it. And that strength must come from your heart, not because your parents want you to stop, not because you 'think' you should, not because your best friend or boyfriend want you to. You must want to stop. And you must be real.

And chances are you may need a group or therapist for support - but only choose ones who have experience with cutters or at very least addiction. Because this isn't just a low self esteem issue - its an addiction. Your life is now designed around how to get high - from cutting - and its going to be a rough journey to recovery (but well worth it)

And if you've lost confidence in therapists look at the AA steps, because this is an addiction, and they know about addicts. Working on those steps will help.

I know how good it can feel to hurt yourself. I know how tempting it is to avoid pain that way. The rush it gives. I also know as good as you feel doing it, is as guilty you feel once its over because you know its wrong.

One day I decided I had enough - I wasn't going to abuse myself anymore. I never told any family or friends.

For me painting helped/s. It is tactile (or at least the way I paint it is because I end up covered head to toe). When under big stress it still comes to mind as an option - but the urge grows less each year.

Be real, and it is worth it to stop. I feel so much better in general than I did when I'd hurt myself.