Kristine, cutting does not help your problems, I also cut. I have PTSD from multiple traumas.

What makes you want to cut? Often it’s that you might feel you have no control over your life, or a way of punishing yourself, or you need to feel pain to express your emotions, For me it’s that I have no emotions. I am completely numb. Every time I want to cut is normally when something has happened and it’s a way of expressing them, so instead I have had to work on a way of coping that works for me to express my emotions.

Journalling helped me somewhat. My therapist wants me to record the way I feel. What has helped me is trying to pair my emotions to words in songs to describe how I am feeling. Sounds weird but it’s helped. You might work on a coping method that works for you so instead of cutting you do something else,

I am not sure how to stop the urges, but once you start it’s hard to stop. I hope you find a way of coping and if you can’t you might consider calling the suicide prevention line who can help you through what your experiencing. Best wishes,

There are many things that want to make me cut. I was sexually assaulted and abused for many years I have been through many deaths some I seen first hand physically abused and disowned by my family recently things went south with my partner and I had to get a restraining order. Sometimes I cut because im angry sometimes I need to know im human and sometimes it's to try and get rid of the emotional pain I have. Inside of me. It's hard to control the urges because of all the crap in my life.

I am sorry for what you have been through. I hope you have a therapist to help you develop coping skills. I am currently going through exposure therapy which helps but is very painful. I have had to take a break. Like you I have been through a lot, Child abuse, multiple major accidents as a passenger causing disabling injuries, shootings, stabbing, hostile work environment, emotional abuse and seeing things in the line of work that I do that no one should ever see. We are not so different. Sometimes I have a hard time coping. So I have to do something to distract myself. I hope you can find something that works. Hugs.

Thank you I have not had much luck with coping yet I started to work through things then my rd decided to do some dumb shit so now I'm dealing with a whole new trama in my life right now om on crisis mode it's so hard each and every day. I don't know how to cope with anything at this point honestly.

I am here for you. You are welcome to message me if you need to talk. You just have to click on my name.