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 am a cutter but have not cut in awhile. I have such a high anxiety to do it. Life has been really rough and I put the blade to my arm but couldn't really do it. I did a few small cuts, I just want to cut. I have not had a bad episode in 2 years maybe, I don't know how to handle that everything that is building inside me. Life just sucks and people who say there my friends I am not sure if they are or not.
Well, if you've not cut in awhile you have a reserve of essential emotional strength built-in. Have you considered writing as the previous supporter suggests? Better to write out what has helped you to avoid the blade while you are stronger, and this writing will be a way of dealing with the matter as you experience that high level of anxiety and the rough times of life. Start reading through your own strong words of support, those valued things in journals that help you cope, and please do so while you feel the urge building inside your emotions and thoughts. Please do all humanly possible to keep strong. I hope for you to soon improve and please come back with an update on your progress.