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Originally Posted by Forever&Always
Hi,
Im a teenage girl and for over two months I've been cutting. I am really really depresseed and I very quickly became addicted and I've also overdosed on Advil one too many times. I've cut myself a LOT all over. I'm not proud of it and I just had the courage to tell my parents a few days ago. I'm not sure if I'll be going to a pyschologist or anything but I hope too because I'm afraid that I could be bipolar as well because I have major mood swings that aren't really normal. Anyways my question is how do I stop the urges????  They are soooo hard to stop. I've tried writing in a journal, the icecube thing, the rubber band thing...nothing has worked. Any new ideas??? I want to stop but the urges are sooo hard and sometimes they last for hours.
Thanks.  |
This sounds alot like me, except for the telling your parents part.
Luckily I managed to stop (I hope...), although I'm still not sure how I did.
Its good that you told your parents, they can help you get help. Hopefully their reaction wasn't too bad.
Don't try to deal with just the SI, figure out the reasons behind it and try to deal with them.
Personally I've found that music helps me alot. You said writing in a journal doesn't help, maybe a more creative outlet like writing poems or songs would help. If you're not creative try just listening to music (lol). Or when you have urges force yourself in situations where you won't hurt yourself, like around other people.
Count how many days you don't SI, the longer you haven't gives more motivation not to because you'll have to start all over with stopping.
That's all I can think of to help right now, if I remember anything else that helps I'll post it as soon as I think of it. You can send me a message anytime if you need to talk about anything.