I started cutting today

I started cutting today. Now my nice arms are all scratched which is sad Now i'm gonna cry, i like my arms

Do you want to talk about what is going on to require this kind of coping? I hope that you don't keep going with it, as it is so much easier to stop before it becomes a way of life. It seems to help sometimes for a little while, but it doesn't last. We need to learn better ways to handle our feelings.

TC,
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stop now! it only takes a few times to not be able to turn back without some nasty scars. as much as it seams appealing right now in a few weeks it you it won't, but by then you can't just stop.

I don't think it will become a habit. I just felt bad. I am on medecation so i think i will move on and forget about it...

I was on medication too, and all it took was once. Once for me, and I was addicted... I needed it... it was hell to quit and I almost died too many times during that. Please don't continue. It's just like drugs.... pleeeeeeaaaaaassssssseeeeeee don't continue.

Just keep all this in mind if you contemplate doing it again.

Thanks friend, i think i will be ok. I don't want big scars on my body so i think that will put me off, anyway they're just little scratches and don't need stiches or anything.

I'm guess I'm scared. Scared that my fear will be justified. Most of us have thought those thoughts at first. I just hope that's as far down our path that you go.

Aw, once I was so close to doing that. It can be really hard some times. Instead I used a red pen (that was a close one! I wish you get well luck and my heart is with you. I agree I also adore my fingers.

i find the trouble is once you start, and get what you need from SI it is SOOO hard to stop. I have always maintained that I do not want to scar my body, and now I do not want to scar my body ANY MORE, but the last time I SIed was a real eye-opener for me- I didn't even know I had done anything until I pulled up my sleeve later to see why my arm felt a bit sore. Now I am literally scarred ALL over my body and this summer will be worse than last (we are just coming into spring/summer here) as I have SIed in new, visable places. I wish you all the best of luck and I really hope that you can stop this now.

I am sorry irishsj.

I cut again today.

I like seeing the blood.

But i think it's because i took a sleeping tablet and it was easier to do, i dunno, i'm still zonked out on sleeping tablet.

stop stop stop stop

i am 32 and have been cutting since i was 16, years later i felt the urge never really left until i cut far to deep and now i have deep thick scars to remind me that yes i went to far last october, summer time was hot, but i was wearing jumpers and people were asking why ' i am ashamed to show my scars so please stop now why you have the knowledge to do so if you need to call a friend , go shopping and reward yourself for not cutting i do it now and it works hopefully i will get the courage to wear short sleeved tops when the scars heal but i have many more that remind me they never ever go completely

i wish you well

keep smiling








keep smiling

DONT BE AN IDIOT!!
This is no joke and you dont seem to realise what you are doing ! Wake up and smell the coffee! What you are doing is dangerous, dont you care about your health? dont you care about the ones around you?

I dont mean to be hard but it hurts me to see you so calm about the situation! My sister does not cut anything or anything like that but she has an eating disorder, and i know how much it is hurting my parents, my whole family!

I just cant stand the feeling i get when i know that heatly people, kids, grownups are doing this to themselfs when there are people who have good reasons to give up on life and yet the fight trought it in a sane way!

I dont mean to diss you or anyone who has this problem in any way! i know its hard but please do not take it lighlty, dont say, 'ohhh its my first time', or 'ohh i like my hands to much to do it again' these are just excuses to shut us up! you need to resolve this problem you have before it gets any worse! before it gets out of hand!

P.S. i am sorry to hear all the other people who wrote saying that they have been doing this for a nomber of years. think about what i said, maby you have heard this
***** for along time but i dont know you and yet i feel for you, let alone the one who care for you!

If you dont stop for yourself, do it for the ones who care!

(once again sorry if i offended anybody, it was not my intention.)

That is alright I can understand how you would like to outburts a useful point. However when your poor mind is bothered and tourtered with things it can be SO HARD NOT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm glad you said what you did Milanist.

Goldmaiden,You act like this is no big deal; like it doesn't matter. See how easily you did it again. It's just going to get easier.

This is an excerpt from a previous post by someone that I think you should read:

"i had stopped for a week and then then i had to start again. then i told myself i'd stop and then couldn't. I didn't realize that it was going to be like this."

When they posted that it hurt me so bad. I don't know them but that is how I felt after I had started... I didn't know it was going to be like that. I've never used drugs (other than prescription drugs) or tasted alcohol because I was warned not to; I was warned they were addictive, but no one ever told me SI was addictive.

You're getting a chance many of us wish we had, to stop before it is near impossible to quit. You don't realize how lucky you are to have that chance, and how much it hurts us to see you throw it away in disregard.

You still have a chance, don't make life worse for yourself. You may think that cutting won't make it worse, and if that's how you feel I pray that you never find out the truth.

There's still so much hope for you.

Please don't throw it away

((((((((hugs))))))) goldmaiden

i hope you are well and you have read the posts there may some harsh things said to you but remember it is only you that can do something about it ,sometimes you need harsh words to make you realise sometimes you need to take note!!!!!!
I live with depression which i do not understand , i can function very well at work, I was abused from an early age and just spent 18 months of enduring domestic violence from my husband. I now know that self injury is not the answer it is merely self hatred for myself for not doing anything about my past.Now i just know that self injury is dangerous and you can stop you just have to want to !!!!!!

i wish you well

keep smiling