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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Scared of quitting

VolatileVacuum
VolatileVacuum
I feel like some mutant-freak, but I honestly fear not cutting anymore. I just recently got on medication and into therapy for depression, and my therapist and I are working on my "destructive habits". Don't get me wrong, I'm happy I'm getting help, but it scares me to think of not having wounds on me at all times, or of a day where I'll look down at my arms and all of my scars will have almost disappeared. Am I honestly a mutant-freak or has anyone else felt like this?
whatdafxxx
whatdafxxx
I can relate to what you're saying... I mean, sometimes I really want to stop and hate myself for what I do but on the other hand I feel weird if I think that I wont have this pain anymore and that my scars will fade because they are a sign of what I've gone through and part of my story.

My parents sent me to a counselor because I hurt myself and she makes me write a protocol about it but I don't include most of the times I cut because the reasons are 'not enough' and I feel even worse disappointing her because I don't make any progress so we're going around in circles.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, that's exactly how I feel. You're not a mutant-freak. Last April, I've started to become very scared of not SI'ing because of why you're really scared too. i always been a little scared of that, but now I'm really scared.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I know where your coming from and what help me out was family. Knowing I was hurting them and in my future in having kids and not wanting to do that around them and having to explain to them that it's just am other boo boo. I couldn't image how I that would make them feel that I would be hurting myself.