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*huge hugs*
First step is to work out why you feel like this.
PM me if you wanna talk.
Just popping in to give people an update... I'm not using the internet much anymore. But yes. On Saturday it will be 5 weeks since I last cut. 5 weeks since I decided to stop punishing myself. I'm using the scar reduction stuff on some of the more obvious scars on my left arm which is quite a big step for me because up until now I didn't want to lose them, strange though it sounds. I'm feeling generally better... I'm on 40mg a day of prozac now which is double what I was on originally and I guess it's helping.
Gav, hope you're ok my love *hug*
Kate, you too. You know where i am.
Glad to hear that you are doing well. Keep it up sweetie
Well done chicken
just wanted to pop in quickly and point you to this page - it's our new health helplines page. I know many of you will know about these already but Christmas can be a difficult time if you are feeling low - just wanted to remind you that there are people around who will listen should you need to talk.
Take care
Hannah Spanner x
I hope you're ok. xxx
I thought I would come and play computer as it means that I won't keep the boy up. Been getting a few paranoid feelings recently. I think it is the time of year. I hate January.
did you find the samaritans any good?
I called something like that the other month but didnt find them much use.
Hope things start going better for you soon.
It might sound stupid but try not to specifically focus on not cutting because you'll end up thinking about it more and more and that can make the urges worse not better. Not that I'm really one to advise on reducing S/H... it was just something that some counsillor once said to me.
I remember the first time i cut a word into my arm. I was about nine years old and i was listening to a band i hadn't heard of before. In my bedroom alone and shaking, i picked up the sharpener and cracked it open with ease, knowing how to break it properly. This band knows me. I remember thinking as i heard my little brother crying and banging his head against the walls because of me. the next thing i remember is looking down at the word that dripped from my arm.
help.
That was it. since then i hardly ever cut words. that scar has long since been covered and i don't quite remember all the words that came after it.
Some people's names are all clearly scarred onto my arm although one has a strikethrough scar where i crossed it out. you can see I LOVE YOU somewhere vaguely.
i have scarred knuckes from frequently punching walls and if i bang my head anymore there is a high risk of minor brain damage - again. i have slight brain damage from a life of doing that stupid thing but sometimes i cant take it. no one listens when i ask so clearly for help. an entire decade of counselling hasnt helped at all and they took me off of meds.
My girlfriend self harms a lot worse than me. I hate most when people think you do it purely for attention. If I wnated attention I'd roll around on the floor screaming. It reallt isn't a funny matter, but people seem to think it is, that REALLY annoys me. Well I'm not sure what else to say.
-Bri
Focusing on not cutting will make you cut more. But if you can't or won't take the advice given, and get help about it, then there isn't much else that can be done. Except buying some TCP and sterile cotton pads.
I'm pretty much just distracting myself until I go to church atm so I can't do anything.
ah, good old ignorance.
bulimia is a big problem. very big. you might not look all skinny and dying like someone with anorexia might, but the damage you are doing to you insides is horrific.
it can kill you. simple as.
i'm not lecturing you because i think you are being silly, or that i think you don't know this. It IS a problem, and it's one you need to sort out. sharpish.
Gav, *lots love and hugs*
Kate he is probably just trying to lessen the tension about it. And it's probably something he doesn't understand.If he acts likes its not so much of a problem or big deal it's easier for him to deal with. Read what Kaff said, she speaks wise words :yes:
I can't stop cutting, again. I stopped for a while and onw it's as bad as it's ever been. I got an appointment to see someone at the adolescent mental health service here in London (not convinced cos didn't get on with equivalent in my home town) as long as I let them know when I'm free so I'll post that letter tomorrow and I guess I'll just hope for the best, right?