SI is just a coping mechanism that makes you feel good for a little while but eventually you end up feeling bad again because it is only a temporary fix. Guess what? You CAN work through your issues and have a more permanent fix where you don't feel the need to SI. There is no such thing as having control over SI...you may think Oh, a little SI here, a little SI there, and I am OK...but sooner or later, it has its grips on you and you can't control it anymore, it controls you and you're doing it all the time. And its not just about not harming yourself...its also about getting rid of all of those horrible nasty things inside of you that make you want to hurt yourself.

People don't understand it. Drugs and alcohol people can understand because so many people in this world have experienced what they do to you. Very few people have experienced SI and people fear what they do not understand. I like to look at it as a type of addiction just like drugs or alcohol, its similar in so many ways. I just wish people could be more understanding and i wouldn't have to be so ashamed of my scars and maybe it would be easier to talk about it.

SI is an addiction it becomes an ADDICTION! the feelin good bit is just a sipmle rush of addrenilin thru ur system, but then the more you do the worse you get, u pretty much become and adrenilin junkie!! quick fix's aint worth the scars aint woth the shit ya hav to go thru to stop urself from doin it!! your not insane ya just need to find a bettrer outlet writing and drawing got me thru! now i have the scars 4 ever no amount of anything will gt rid of them inside and out! and what ever you do please dont justify it to urself it makes you think that its a gud thing! You can do anything as long as you put ur mind to it!! take control of it now!!!!

I totally know how you feel. Nobody can give me a really solid reason why its so bad, so i think its ok. I think forcing yourself to stop is like lying to your self

Ive never seen anything wrong with it!Its been almost a month for me and im waiting for my wife to go to work this morning so i can cut.I really need the release ya know.

The question is not whats wrong with it but rather whats right with it! I SI and i need it sometimes but it has become an adiction that i need most days good or bad. How can something like that be good for you? I dont think your insane your just struggling with issues in your life and dealing with it in the only way you no how. you need to deal with the issues that are making you feel this way because i can promise you it will get worse before it gets better if you dont. If you ever want to chat ill lend my ear. take care of yourself

ur not insane at all i agree wiv u...i dnt see why people think its so wrong n that they think people who sh r depressed or summat!...not all of us r!!
sometimes i dnt even try 2 hide my scars cos im not ashamed of them but then other days i hate them!
sumtimes i dnt even want 2 stop n i like wot i do...but then other days i jst wish i wasnt doin wot im doin...sh doesnt mean theres summat wrong wiv us its jst a way of coping n dealing wiv things i dnt see wot the big deal bout it is but i guess people jst dnt understand it!...sorry if ive gone on abit lol xxxx

i agree with anon i also dont see the big deal if its how we cope with things why should we stop

thank you everyone.
this really helped!

well, any addiction, SI,Drugs, Alchol etc. is a bad thing,notsure which one is... better as such.