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.
so I've been a part of this support group on and off since I was 16. I'm now almost 23. I used to cut every day, 4-5 a day. Then I stopped. For a few years. And in the last year I've been cutting like maybe once a month. And nothing deep. I've been thinking it's okay because I'm not constantly thinking about cutting, and it's more of a release.
A little back story, when I first started cutting,my boyfriend at the time cut too. So misery loves company I guess. But lately, besides one friend, none of my friends cut, they all have healthy coping habits so it's made it easier to be "normal". But my one friend who does cut is more of a preformer about it. That's not the right term but I've always been secretive and more ashamed whereas she tells everyone, takes pictures, purposely puts blood everywhere. So I've had to clean lots of those times up. She has borderline personality disorder so I get it but it's hard when it's flaunted in my face. So I've been thinking about cutting the last few days. Then today at work, it's all I could think about. So I cut. Nothing deep. But I've never cut at work before.
Compared to before, some would say in recovering and other would say this is a new low.
Im just confused as to how to feel about this.
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Hi All.... It's great to see all of the new people joining the site... I'm loving it!!...smileI'm not sure if people are aware that if you don't have Bipolar Disorder but have a loved one who has the disorder we do have a board for people to go to in order to share their experiences and seek friendship, support or adviseIt's the Friends and Family of Bipolar Board.... I hope you'll take a...
I started cutting when I was 13, I'm 47, still cut off and on a few times a year, never a new cut, always over an old scar. Usually I can handle life, but I'm Bipolar as well and sometimes when the Depression is that bad, I'm not the best at controlling things.
Cutting (Self-Injury) is a learned behavior, it can be replaced by other safer healthier behaviors. Its not something that can usually just be stopped, it almost always has to be replaced by other behaviors, coping skills learned.
So, it can be stopped, it's not a disease to be cured, its a behavior to be replaced by different behaviors.....but it depends on the person.