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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Alliegator
Alliegator
It seems I have started cutting again. I kind of just don't care about all the reasons I had for not doing it. I deserve it.
Kimmy88
Kimmy88
you don't deserve it. You are not to blame for the way you feel its your brain chemicals part of who you are. but even though i don't know you i'm very proud of you for stopping before :) congrats and you know what you've stopped before so you can stop again. maybe you can have a list hung up somewhere that has all the reason why you should stop?? that way you can be constanly reminded to not do it or if you have a certain area where you leave your instrument of harm maybe place a sign up somewhere saying "no turn around you don't need this its not the answer to your problems" or some thing like that. But hang in there and we are all here for you if you need to chat or want a virtual hug xxxx
deleted_user
deleted_user
You do not deserve it. You are who you are, and I completely agree with Kimmy88.
You're an amazing person, remember that :)
GamerHero
GamerHero
I used to feel the same way. I used to think that I deserved the pain because I was such a pile of trash. I used to think that justice was being done each time the blade cut through my skin. I used to like the sound and enjoy the smell of blood.
I realized something though. I was able to seperate my problem and myself. The side of you that wrote that post is not the real you that is your problem tryng to beat you down and defeat you. You need to look at the side of you that wants to cut as another person. That makes it a lot easier to fight I have found.
Good luck
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sorry to hear that. I have never been a cutter, but I have done things like hit myself repeatedly on the head to the point of breaking blood vessels in my head and getting too loopy to even see straight. I also used to bite myself a lot when I would get super stressed, a habit I was just recently told runs in the men on my mother's side of the family. And I have to second what these good folks have said: you don't deserve it. I don't know you, but it's obvious you're a beautiful person and you expect a lot of yourself. Kudos on not going too far with it, but I hope and pray it won't have to become a regular thing again. (I feel like a hypocrite--I have had a few hitting spells the last few days, and I had the same sort of mindset after doing so.)