OD.v.Cutting

[Hopegirl]

Im on holiday at the moment and havent cut for about 2 weeks, i feel the urge, for absolutely no reason, all my scars are coming up due to the tan im getting :/ Before i went on holiday id started overdosing nearly everyday, not enough to really hurt me (i dont think so anyways) but enough to make me ill..i had about 3 days off school. I started overdosing because id confessed to my mum about my cutting, so i knew if i started again i knew she cud be keeping an eye on me, also i wanted to make myself ill, just so i could stay away from school and the people causing me the trobule, my " friends" :/ Im just wondering if cutting would be better than overdosing or not ? just seems a better way to me because im useless at trying to cover up cuts :( Its bugging me so bad because a "friend" of mine also cuts n she goes aand post stuff on blogs ect about her self-hrm but its not asking for help but more the attention seeking kind of thing as she has no real problems yet everyone seems to want to help her ,yet when i need help for my harming she claims im attention seeking...? :confused:

[FearsomeEnder]

I see where your coming from. If you dont want to deal with the people at school just act sick overdosing could kill you so easily its sad sorta sucks how easy the human body breaks dont overdose if you have to take off school just pretend your sick talk wheezy cough whatever you have to do. also the cutting its not a good thing and you seem to be badmouthing yourself dont do that you are a wonderfull person put in a bad position remember 2 negatives equals positive whenever im sad i listen to music that makes me sad and for some reason im happy.

[georgiamay]

Neither of these forms of self harm are "good" at all, they're both very dangerous.

It all depends on a lot of stuff really. With overdoses, even if you only take an amount that will make you a bit ill, if you do it often enough it can easily cause internal damage. Plus, if you used paracetamol to take minor overdoses a lot, there's a chance that you might start to become immune to it, and when you only take 2 for a headache, it won't help at all. (I'm not sure if the latter is completely accurate, but that's what I've heard)

Whereas, cutting doesn't damage you internally, but it does leave visible scars depending on how deep you go etc, and the scars could affect you a lot psychologically later on in life. Plus, there's always the chance that you could slip and hit an artery and end up in A&E or maybe even dying (worst case senario).

It really is a judgement call, but obviously, I'm going to have to recommend that you don't do either. If you have an urge to hurt yourself, you could snap an elastic band against your wrist? Make sure it's really thick, that way it will really hurt. It's still kind of a form of self harm, but it's not dangerous at all, and it still gives you a release, even if it's not as "good" as cutting or ODing.

Are you getting any help for this? Now that your mum knows, you have nothing to lose by going to see a doctor and seeing what they think you should do.

I'm always here if you need someone to talk to, just PM me :hug3:

[XxMurderedKissesxX]

ODing is extremely dangerous,my sister died from an over dose. U could take just alittle to much,and never wake up,or u could seriously mess up ur body. If u dont want to self harm,then why not blast music,write,paint,sketch,go for walks or possibly talk to someone about whats bothering u,like a therapist? Uve probably heard the elastic band trick b4,but when u have nothing else to use at that moment,it does help. There will always be people that bother u,so when u really need a break,fake it,make up an excuse not to go,and if for whatever reason u do end up going to school and something happens,u could talk to the guidance counselor. As for the girl who says ur attention seeking,I personally dont think u are,at all. Dont let what other people say bothering u. She could just be jealous because ur trying to cope,and she could still be stuck in the worst of it.