[BrokenWings93]

I'm so angry that I self injured last night.. I have been doing so well, it had been about a month and a half since the last time.
I've been really stressed at work and I have gone off my anxiety medication; I know that's not a good reason, but there was something just building up inside. I don't know what to do now, I just feel so... lost, I don't know if I want to stop again. It calms me down. I think that I started because along with going off my medication and work being stressful, I have also quit smoking; so that has been my recent way to calm down, but now that's gone.
So, now what? Do I keep self injuring.. start smoking again, so I stop self injuring? I don't know what else to do.. I'm just confused.

[Sam2]

BrokenWings,
if you have to give something up, give up the self harm. Smoke "Blue" or one of those other electric cigarettes. I was never a smoker, so I don't know much about the new smokeless cigarettes.

If your medication was helping, stay on it. Unless it is causing major problems with your functioning, its better than self harm. Self harm is addictive, (believe me, i did it for years and years), and becomes all you think about.

Everyone makes mistakes, so don't beat yourself up for hurting yourself again. just remember how bad it is making you feel now. SI is not a cure for anything. It is a symptom of an illness, just like a sore throat is a symptom of strep throat. You need to find out why you cut and then take steps to find other outlets. If you have a therapist, call him or her and let them know what happened. SI doesn't seem that terrible when you are in the middle of it, but the physical and emotional scars you will get from it will last for years.

Sam2

[misswanderer]

I feel the same way. It's really frustrating to the point of feeling so helpless.