Questions for Past Cutters

[Saosin]

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy?
What did you do to reinvigorate yourself?

What type of things reduced the urge to cut?

What helped prevent you from cutting again?

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
Meaning: embarrassing yourself and making it seem outlandish to prevent you from doing it again because others will know and judge you if they see more scars?

thanks!

[DismaliciouSx]

Yes I felt as if I wanted to just drop dead. I would go home and cry my eyes out for hours, sadly I would need to repeat it daily just so my friends and family wouldn't worry. My friends and family just seemed so ashamed of me I finally threw out my razor. To not cut again i would surround myself with people... I would go to the park, mall, a friends house, anythIng like that. I personally wouldn't admit it unless you want medical help because you never know who you can trust, but if you want help just not medical tell your family first because you can reason with them.

[Becky]

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy?
What did you do to reinvigorate yourself?
Definitely at points I just wanted everything to stop I just wanted to sleep forever. I distracted myself took a nap and then did something I enjoyed

What type of things reduced the urge to cut?
Again I distracted myself I became very good at baking! I love reading too I escape for a while.

What helped prevent you from cutting again?
I don't really know I think I started to realise some people actually cared I finally felt like I didn't need to do it. Don't get me wrong I still have bad days a month or 2 ago I just collapsed then spent 2 days fainting and crying. But it gets easier

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
Meaning: embarrassing yourself and making it seem outlandish to prevent you from doing it again because others will know and judge you if they see more scars?
I wouldn't tell anyone who was going to make you feel like that, there is always the chance they will try and get you help but I went for 2 years with people knowing and not doing anything. Tell people who are going to be suppostive of you and want you to stop becuase they love you not becuase they're ashamed.

[Kaius]

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy? 99% of the time yes.
What did you do to reinvigorate yourself? Er.. I drank until I fell asleep.

What type of things reduced the urge to cut? Running, adrenaline rushes, When i get really bad urges I tear up other things instead of my skin. Paper, shirts, sheets.

What helped prevent you from cutting again? People giving me a reason to stop, fear of sectioning, running.

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
Meaning: embarrassing yourself and making it seem outlandish to prevent you from doing it again because others will know and judge you if they see more scars? Sometimes it is sometimes it isn't. It depends on who you tell really. Some people may take it well and want to help you, others take it badly and end up giving you shit for it.

[Bath]

Okay so I don't cut as much as I used to, recently I have a little bit, but I'm answering these questions anyway. I'm trying to stop completely.

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy?
What did you do to reinvigorate yourself?
- Most of the time. And usually I would just go to sleep afterward, cause often times it would be night.

What type of things reduced the urge to cut?
- Knowing that I'd have to cover it up and that'd be a lot of stress.

What helped prevent you from cutting again?
- Well I ended up cutting during an anxiety attack a few days ago, but before that I hadn't cut in a month. I had gotten into a relationship and he really didn't want me to cut myself, so I did it for him. Until he caused my anxiety attack. I told him and he cried and I promised not to do it again, so we'll see.

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
- Fuck nooo. I used to be open about that shit, and people are such cunts about it. I preferred just to keep it to myself, everything about it. I'm not an open person anymore, except on these forums because that's what it's for. They know anyway.. they see the scars. I don't care. It's my business, you know?

[IDon'tLikeUsernames]

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy? yeah

What did you do to reinvigorate yourself? I did things that I like; like drawing and piano, or I did things that made me laugh

What type of things reduced the urge to cut? Not being alone, like hanging around family and friends whenever possible

What helped prevent you from cutting again? Just taking a minute to fully think it through and then choosing to do something that would make me feel happy instead of useless

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
Meaning: embarrassing yourself and making it seem outlandish to prevent you from doing it again because others will know and judge you if they see more scars? For this reason, no. But it's always good to talk to somebody you really trust, so that you'd have someone to talk to whenever you feel the urge to self-harm.

[Kiss]

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy?
A lot of the time

What did you do to reinvigorate yourself?
Throwing pillows at walls, ripping up paper, breaking stuff.

What type of things reduced the urge to cut?
Knowing I have scars after everything.

What helped prevent you from cutting again?
-My sister helped me out so much.
-My own will power- that wasn't a lot because im always fucking up
-Thinking about the people who love me.

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
Meaning: embarrassing yourself and making it seem outlandish to prevent you from doing it again because others will know and judge you if they see more scars

I guess it depends what people we're talking about. To most people, no. Maybe one or two people who are really close to me.

[1_21Guns]

Did you ever feel completely drained of life energy?
Every inch of me was numb, sometimes I felt stronger, but the drop was always the hardest bit.

What did you do to reinvigorate yourself?
Drank myself to sleep, induced sugar crashes so I'd pass out, lived off energy drinks and glucose tablets.

What type of things reduced the urge to cut?
distracting myself with anything and everything. gaming, walking, reading, writing, anything.

What helped prevent you from cutting again?
Pretty much all of the above and my friends, one friends face when I did it really bad one time really put me off.

Would it be helpful to admit to others you cut?
I found it both a blessing and a curse. Some I was glad I told, others not so much. Sometimes I wish I could go back into that hiding box, instead of having my best friend checking me all the time...