Self-Injury Support Group
Whether you or someone you know or love struggles with self-injury, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, meet others going through the same, and get advice on how to stop. Working together, we can help find alternative coping skills to reduce the urge to self-harm.
i stopped cutting about 10yrs ago. i put my foot down and said NO
last april my step-father died of cancer. My mother is mentally unstable [sever untreated violdent bi-polar, mixed with a slew of other things] this last 6 months has been very hard for me, i'm the only one there to help.
I know this is stress related...i've been trying to deal with issues of sexual abuse, and physical/emotional abuse growing up. i'm a senoir in college, my last semester! now i'm looking at moving back home. =[ i was home for the summer taking care of my mother and it was honestly aweful. she's still very volatile, but also very sad....i can't just abandon her
i accidentally do it....
i don't feel it happening, i just see blood and then i know i've been digging my nails in.
this time my whole hand is bloody
i bit my nails to the nib!! i dunno what to do short of getting mittens!! how can i paint and draw with mittens anyway???
i'm at the end of my rope with this and my sexual addiction
i know come december 15th i'm gonna be in big trouble.... honestly my work load is whats helpin me stay grounded right now.
pls someone anyone? can you relate? have you got any ideas?
i can't keep doing this....
last april my step-father died of cancer. My mother is mentally unstable [sever untreated violdent bi-polar, mixed with a slew of other things] this last 6 months has been very hard for me, i'm the only one there to help.
I know this is stress related...i've been trying to deal with issues of sexual abuse, and physical/emotional abuse growing up. i'm a senoir in college, my last semester! now i'm looking at moving back home. =[ i was home for the summer taking care of my mother and it was honestly aweful. she's still very volatile, but also very sad....i can't just abandon her
i accidentally do it....
i don't feel it happening, i just see blood and then i know i've been digging my nails in.
this time my whole hand is bloody
i bit my nails to the nib!! i dunno what to do short of getting mittens!! how can i paint and draw with mittens anyway???
i'm at the end of my rope with this and my sexual addiction
i know come december 15th i'm gonna be in big trouble.... honestly my work load is whats helpin me stay grounded right now.
pls someone anyone? can you relate? have you got any ideas?
i can't keep doing this....
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
i have tried that and feel a lil better
i think the panic is a matter of will power.... i used to be able to control it...i did for a long time. but that was when i purposefully went out of my way to do it
now,....i don't even know i'm doing it till it's too late
i've been trying to stop for 6 months
i went through a pack of rubber bands in the last 3 weeks...i just don't know when you use them really
i dig my nails in w/o feeling it
with out seeing it comming...
all i know is, damn i did it again
when i cut in the past, it was on purpose....and i put my foot down and just said this is bad.
i know there's no quick fix, as much as i want there to be
and i guess this is my way of talking about it.
i don't want to say i'm weak cuz i hate weakness
but ya know what...i am weak right now, today,....at this moment =[
strenght,...yeah it's there . . .but am i strong enough to actually go through the work of healing? heh...i dunno bout that one
and i'm rambleing/venting now
sorry peoples....
I have not unconciously done it. Mine is always purposeful.
Have you considers seeing a councellor. Your underlining demons that are bothering you might be getting out of control?
For me, talking helps... I post here.. until last night, I had no one in person. I will find out next weekend if I do. I journal... sometimes just free writing my thoughts. Letting my mind wander... I find it helpful to figure out what is on my mind.
*hugs*
i grew up seeing thrapists and shrinks and so on,...and i just wanted a break from it while in college. i saw one in the begining but she was SO pushy about the sexual abuse i just couldn't deal. so i stopped. i know my demons are catching up,...and they're cranky!
i finally shared one of my posts with a couple of friends, and it helped a lot.
in 3 weeks i won't have health INS. so i dunno who i can talk to.
thinking of joinging alanon, b/c it's friends and family of alcohaulics,...and she used to be [it's free?!]
for now i'm inbetween worlds....don't even know where i'm gonna live in two months .. . so i don't want to join and then quit?
just,.....thank you so much for your replies and advise
it means so much, and i am listening....just moving slow there =/