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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justaconfusedguy 07/04/2010

It seems like i stop cutting around may and relapse around thanksgiving... im just wondering if anyone else has this cycle?

deleted_user 07/04/2010

I don't but I have an idea... Could it be the weather that makes you do this? Like because around may it gets warm and you have to stop wearing long sleeves, hoodies, etc... and around Thanksgiving it gets colder and you can wear more clothing and hide the cuts better. Could this be it? Idk, just trying to help. :)

deleted_user 07/04/2010

I don't have a concrete cycle. I always restart in Dec.-Jan. and usually start trying to quit once summer roles around.
Fall is shaky ground for me :/
I don't think it is weird at all to have a 'cycle' that seems to determine when you start and stop. I think it is finding out what is so gosh darn triggering about thanksgiving that sends you into a relapse.
Hopefully you can find someone who is triggered by similar thing. Is it the holiday itself that sends you back into cutting?

justaconfusedguy 07/05/2010

nah its not the holliday its just around then i always relapse :/

deleted_user 07/05/2010

I don't have a Thanksgiving cycle but I definitely do have a cycle, I think everyone does. I stop for a few months, I think it's gone away, then something triggers my mind and I'll relapse. And the cycle continues.

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