Tell me some reasons why it is good besides it offering you some relief. Also mention other things you have tried to solve the problem.

Cutting is not what most peeps would consider normal... but some are crying out for attention and for some it actually makes them feel better! I use to be a cutter until I cut myself so deep and I lost so much blood it kinda scared me! So here's what I believe! Now the last time I cut myself was in 1985! i ended up in a psych ward for 97 days!... but see I was'nt just cutting I guess ! My heart stopped 3 times that night alone. Just some thing for thought!

I have a question. I relapsed from cutting . i havent done it in about 3 years. But it was no open wounds. Theres marks from the knife.if i just did it enough to feel pain to. Emotionally feel better. If its not an open wound cut its not really bad right. Ive tried therapist. Ivr tried talking to selective loved ones. I just feel their comfort fake.Nothing makes me feel as good as this

Karen,

This is a 7 year old post and the OP is a deleted user. If you want people to actually pay attn. to your post I'd put it in a new Thread of your own.

Be...cause you could bleed to death or get an infection and die!

Working out is a healthier alternative. Instead of cutting your flesh with a knife, make your muscles cut, ripped! If you're into physical pain, to mask emotional pain, why not cause yourself physical pain that yields a healthy result, physical strength, which also causes spiritual strength and peace!

This is a topic that a lot of people are very passionate about because a lot of us have been self harmful in many different ways. I went through a cutting phase in my teens. It was not the only self harmful phase I had. For me, I would get so lost in the numbness from my internal pain that having that exterior pain, seeing myself bleed, was almost a grounding mechanism for me and allowed me to know I was still human. Way back then, I thought I was the only person who did it because no one talked about it. I still have some scars on my body. I never thought it was bad until I met a shrink for the first time.
It was a summer camp, and my first job as an adult. We had a child psychiatrist who did training with us on mental health and she talked about signs to look for on teens who may be mental health risks, and she mentioned seeing cuts or girls having blades without razors. That was the first I really thought "OMG - Do I have mental health problems?"
Sounds odd - right? But that was not something openly talked about at that time. and having mental health services of any kind was almost unheard of. Through some self reflection, though, I realized that the problem was not so much the cutting as it was the internal pain I carried that I used the cutting to help me deal with.
So if that was the reality, what did I need to do? What I wanted to do all along - make the pain stop.
You are in charge of your life - not just the physical parts, but everything else too. You have the ability to make the pain stop. It won't be hard, and it means facing the things that caused the pain in the first place, but you can do it - I believe in you.
You deserve to be happy. You deserve to feel loved. You deserve to feel in control. You deserve to not have a reason to hurt yourself - not through any means. You are beautiful! You are strong! and I believe in you!
:) Susie