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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self injury and ED

valgal18
valgal18
i stopped self injuring about 2 years ago...maybe a few months longer....a few months after i stopped that i was diagnosed with an eating disorder......self injury was about control among other things as if the eating disorder.....i've stopped self injuring, but i still engage in eating disorder behavior.....sorry, i'm rambling.....i'm wondering if there is anyone else who has stopped self injury-or another behavior-and in turn has used another self destructive behavior to help them cope??? i want to stop the eating disorder behaviors, but i don't wanna self injure either.....i feel like i have to choose between self injury and eating disorder and i don;t wanna choose...sorry rambling again....anyway, if anyone has experienced this and is willing to share their experience i'd really appreciate it...thanks!!
IfYouCouldOnlySee
IfYouCouldOnlySee
I stopped cutting 2 1/2 years ago, and shortly after that my eating disorder got out of control and has been a battle ever since. I had the eating disorder before then but it didn't get completely out of hand until I stopped cutting. There was also a period when I wasn't cutting or struggling with the eating disorder while I was deep into a drug addiction. I've pretty much always been wrapped up in some form of self destruction for the past 9 years. right now my eating disorder is completely out of control again and I've relapsed with cutting. I'm here if you want to talk
LoveAlice
LoveAlice
When I stopped cutting and self injuring, I started drinking more. I am going to stop drinking by myself as of today. Idk if I'll turn to something else or not.

My boss freaked out when we were talking about food and I said that I was trying to not eat because her sister had an eating disorder. But I don't have an eating disorder, I just keep trying to not eat lol. I always end up failing and eating.