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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converseoleander 04/03/2011

I have two cigarettes, no real desire to smoke, I only smoke when I'm with one of my friend who smokes and they offer and thats a grand total of two people, so that means I've smoked like four or five times in my whole life but I have these two cigarettes and I can get more if I really want, I don't, I don't want to become addicted and it's simply a social habit for me, one that's rare.

Long store short I've been thinking about maybe the next time I have a really bad urge to hurt myself, to off myself, anything where it physically hurts not to do it I've been thinking about smoking one of the two cigarettes to see if smoking will be something to calm me down.

I was just wondering what you guys thought of this, or if it helps any of you. Thanks. ~Greta

deleted_user 04/03/2011

I don't recommend it. I both smoked and hurt myself for years. All smoking did was get me addicted (and it took 13 attempts to quit). Don't start smoking. Smoking is still a self-hating act, one that is just more "socially acceptable". It's not preventing anything or healing a wound...it creates a new, separate wound.

deleted_user 04/03/2011

I've smoked twice before in my life, both when I was 10 or 11.
I've also really considered smoking instead of self injuring. There are a lot of people in my family that smoke and now have big health problems. Even my 18 year old sister smokes and I hate seeing her do that. I hate seeing anyone in my family smoke.

So, before you decide to make a big habit out of it, think about what your friends and family would think and about the long term consequences.
I definitely don't recommend it, smoking can be just as damaging for your health as self injuring. Maybe there's someone you can talk to about it?

I'm here to talk if you ever need to.

converseoleander 04/03/2011

I don't plan on becoming addicted... and I know everyone says that and I really can't control it but like I said I only have two cigarettes and I know how hard it is to quit, both my aunt and uncle smoked for a long long time and their both struggling to quit, I too hated watching them smoke when I was younger and I would be upset if I found out either of their sons, my cousins had picked up the habit.

But on the other hand I feel like I've tried everything else, I'm 17 and I can't see a therapist or go on meds privately (so my parents aren't involved) till I'm 18. I just thought maybe I could try it... maybe, I don't know :(

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