i used to.. but now its not really a fix for me. sometimes i get the urge but then i tell myself that the problem doesnt go away just because the emotional pain is covered. in the end the problem is still there until it gets fixed. before i found out i had PCOS i used self injury to "fix" my problems with my dad. he took off on me, after sexually abusing me for 7 years. it was definately a hard 2 years of getting past my problems. i found that talking to people who have been through it and made it past it makes it much easier. so if you ever need someone to talk to im here.
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I used to as well. It became a time where I could have some "alone time" when I just couldn't deal with things anymore. I couldn't cry real tears so the crimson tears took their place. I've been clean for about 7 months now. Some days are really tough and recently I've been getting urges a lot more often but I just gotta fight through them...especially because the only couple of friends that ever knew think i'm fine now...
It's a daily struggle but not one that can't be beat!
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vitamins...when I remember
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You'll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else; a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things.
Yes, I've been self-injuring on and off for about 7 years (I'm 17 now). Sometimes I go for months without it and other times I have to self-injure every day, sometimes even a couple of times a day, for weeks. I hate that I have to resort to self-injury to cope with life
Yes, I've been self-injuring on and off for about 7 years (I'm 17 now). Sometimes I go for months without it and other times I have to self-injure every day, sometimes even a couple of times a day, for weeks. I hate that I have to resort to self-injury to cope with life
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it sucks, doesn't it. Not gonna say I understand just wanna say that I know you're a very special person and there are better ways to cope. So I encourage you to find another outlet where you can really let go that doesn't hurt you (or anyone else). Hang in there! (I finally found the hug smiley lol)
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Met 1000mg daily
vitamins...when I remember
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You'll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else; a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things.
I have certainly used self-injury as a way to cope with things that are beyond my control. I believe the only way that you can be rid of doing it is if you pull yourself out of that cutting ‘rut’. I don’t know how you deal with things but maybe you can find a friend or even a therapist to speak to? There is a difference from self-injury and suicide. I hope it never gets to that point with you.
Talking always makes it easier, put the tool down and hop on the computer and send me a message anytime you feel like things get too hard on you. Life is usually filled with a lot of struggles and self-injury can be conquered. Wishing you the best.
i definitely used to. you have to tell yourself that it gets you no where. I have delt with it for a long time. I even TRIED to do it after i lost my last pregnancy. it does not solve anything. If anything it makes it worse.
I was a cutter, also. At one point, when I was hospitalized, they gave me a rubber band to wear loosely around my wrist. When I felt the need, I was to snap the rubber band. I guess it was along the lines of using Nicorette to quit smoking.
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I cut myself once... it didn't solve anything for me. I switched to small electrical shocks as my pain reliever, because that kind of pain doesn't leave a mark. I haven't done that in awhile... but the urge is always there. So I do know what you guys mean..
yup i have definatly done this among other things to relieve stress and to the girl who is 17 please go to someone i was also molested by my uncle for a very long time so i know what ur talking abourt
Self injury 
(I finally found the hug smiley lol)
Jessica
