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It's starting again....

edenxgo
edenxgo

I'm afriad that I'll start cutting myself again. Recently I found my box cutter that I would use to harm myself, and it brought so many memories of my past. My dog and I were playing and he accidently stratched my arm and it looks exactly like a cut I would do to myself. I don't know what to do if I do start to cut again, this time I don't think I'll be strong enough to stop...

Cheese
Cheese
Hi. I wonder about this stuff? I dont understand it. This seems to be a popular thing with younger girls who seem to not be wide minded if you can understand what I mean? I hope things go your way. Maybe think of something else other than how pretty you feel you may be? I may be wrong about things but I would not want to cut myself and I would not expect people to pay more attention to me for doing it. Odd stuff.
SomeGuy092
SomeGuy092
You can be strong enough to resist cutting yourself. You could play with your dog again. Or you could post a discussion like you did now. You could do something harmless or sleep until the feeling to cut yourself subsides
LouieSax
LouieSax
I 1000% recommend the app calm harm, it gives you individualised self harm alternatives, which have honestly helped me so much
KelleyPaterson
KelleyPaterson
Cheese, people cut for different reasons. It can become a coping technique for depression. The bodies response to pain is to raise endorphins which make the person feel better.

It also breaks through the numbness that depression has caused.

You don’t understand it and yet feel qualified to comment on it negatively in a condescending manner.

It is not only young girls who cut. Males & females of different ages cut. Most people hide it. The people who do show it are looking for help, not attention.

That is the same as saying people threaten suicide for attention. There are a hell of a lot of other ways to get attention.

Edenxgo, you have already taken the first step by posting here about it instead of doing it. Keep coming back. I have friends on DS that have been supportive to me for years.