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so princess.. a question? If you had not heard of others doing this, would you have still experimented?

I have done SI since I was about 7 years old.. When my parents were going through a divorce. I have also burned myself with cigs.. The scars on the outside and the inside are reminders to me to think before I react.. I havent done it for two years.. It can and should be done..

The SI lasts a little while only. Wouldn't it be better to learn some strategies to put into place for when you feel like that?
It's hard to get our lives back to whatever normal is.
Take all the help you can get, I think you can do this.
Best wishes on getting well.

Isn't it time you decide to love and accept yourself for who you are, and pursue your own dreams and your own happiness, and stop judging yourself based on the world around you as opposed to what you desire out of life?

Easier said than done. I struggle with the above on pretty much a daily basis - I know who I want to be, but often the person I am does not quite match.

Hang in there. And stop being so negative on yourself.

If you want more out of your life, or to do more with your life, being negative is not going to help you get there.. it'll just hold you back.

I used to be a cutter, myself.

I purposefully use the words "used to" because, for me, it reinforces my desire to no longer treat myself that way. I had "quit" a number of times, and relapsed a number of times, but I see it the same way I see quitting smoking - as long as you still identify yourself with the addiction, you are still an addict. I quit smoking 7 months ago. I don't tell people I am an ex smoker, rather, I refer to myself as a non smoker who used to smoke. Just like now I refer to myself, not as an ex-cutter, but as someone who used to cut myself.

Makes a huge difference, in my view.

Princess - you are fairly "new" to the whole SI thing. I will tell you the same thing I tell young teenagers who start smoking for the first time - quit now before it becomes an ingrained part of who you are. It is so much harder to quit anything once it becomes a habit. The longer you go on harming yourself the more you will begin to loathe yourself for doing it. I know. I've been there.

Yes badger, now IS the time. Surrond yourself with good healthy people. Find support here and where you are now. Begin a program of self improvement. Finding a great counselor might help... a mentor... maybe a group in recovery!

Good luck!

Go after the truth. Look deep within yourself. What are you doing by cutting? is it like taking a drink,or shooting heroin? is it something that relieves the urge to do something worse? You have the power to choose what you will do. Try a better choice might be one possibility.

if youre asking the questions then its time...youve made up your mind to stop now the hard part is convincing the rest of you. there is no set age limit or restriction. try this pledge one person here to not cut for 30 days then pledge another and so on till you dont need to pledge.
i did it with cigarettes 2 packs a day for 10 years that was in 2000. the only thing harder was the death of my newborn....you can do it!!!!