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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browneyesdarkskies
browneyesdarkskies
So I've been a cutter for 10 yrs. I've gone about a month without cutting which is good compared to the usual which is like every other day...but the urges are gettin REALLY strong once again...it seems like the longer I got without doing it the more I feel like I'm suffocating...I NEED that release so bad.video HATE this. I don't want to do it, but I do. Any advice?? HELP
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First off going a month with no cutting is totally awesome. It is something to be proud of.....don't sell yourself short by saying compared too......it is just plain awesome and I am so proud! I haven't made it that far.....working on it.
Have you tried the ice trick (holding cold ice in your hand till it melts, you can even die it red to look like blood), rubber bands, drawing on yourself with red marker (sounds dumb but works. I use a sharpie so it fades and "heals" like a real cut. If it's really bad I will use clean blades to peel the skin off of tomatos. Yeah I get you may be laughing at me right now. I would. Sounds crazy, but it let's me use my blade, it's still cutting through skin (just not mine) and a tomato will "bleed". Had a bad day once and skinned every fruit and veggie in the house. We had some odd salads for a while.
Hang in there.
browneyesdarkskies
browneyesdarkskies
Nothing sounds crazy to me, whatever works is great, and yea I've tried all of that, the rubber bands help about 40% of the time. "The Butterfly Project" helped for a while but eventually that stopped workino too, thanks for the advice and thanks for saying ur proud :) no one ever does.