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.

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good for months now back at it sadly

msfraggle
msfraggle
I was good for months. The last time i cut was july 7th. Now my life is falling apart. I thought i wanted this to happen, bu now i feel like a nut case. Ive cut 3 times in 3 days. I feel like i can't stop. I wanna cut so bad right now. The release, the feeling, the control, I can't explain it. I was doing so good. Now idk if I can control the urges.
joneszy93
joneszy93
I'm so sorry you're going through this right now. We all slip up here and there. I didn't SI for two years and then I started again, cut every night for almost a week, then it tapered off to about once a month, and so far, right now I'm 45 days clean. Relapse is inevitable and when we do relapse, it always seems harder to quit, because we remember how good it feels again. Try not to be so hard on yourself about it, and you're not a nutcase, you're just going through a tough time right now.

What helped you stop cutting in the past? Maybe try to do that. Or try to distract yourself with something like drawing, painting, writing, maybe working out...... Something that keeps your hands and mind busy.