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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valgal18 10/09/2011

i was just thinknig about why i self injure and i figuered out a reason why.....a lot of the time i feel like i'm out of control or that the situation is out of my control.....and when that happens i suddenly need control so i self injure....anyone else here injure for control???? i know that this is probably a stupid question, but i kinda feel alone in this.....

deleted_user 10/09/2011

You are certainly not alone, everybody needs to have some control. Now that you know this maybe you will be abel to find control in different situations when you want to cut?

e4now 10/09/2011

control is what i seek when i self injure...among other things...you are not alone, thank you for sharing

kefoster427 10/09/2011

I also seek control, whether for myself to get into gear and do something I don't want to or because it is a situation happening to someone that I want to help, but cant. You are not alone.

DeathByDegrees 10/10/2011

Oh hell yes... Sometimes it seems like self harm is the only thing or the only way I can control my life.
Over the 14+ years I've been doing this I have come to the realization however that self harm now controls me.

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