I'm Weak.

[Megson]

I feel the urge to cut over the smallest little things that happen to me.

Today is a good example; my parents were arguing (they almost never argue) and my mom stormed out of the house after my dad cussed her out. I'm angry, but it's not like I can do anything about it. And so I want to cut instead.

The other day I cut because my friends were ignoring me. I sometimes cut when I'm stressed out over school.

I feel like my reasons for cutting are pathetic. So many of you guys have seriously legitimate reasons for self-harming, and here I am reaching for a razor when I have a 'bad day' at school.

[Unbroken]

Don't worry! I feel exactly the same way! I'm stressed about school and exams and that makes me cut. I feel like everyone has it worse than me and i feel pathetic because i do cut. Thank god someone feels the same way as me :/ If you ever need to talk pm me anytime :)

[Dimitri]

Honey, everyone cuts for different reasons, NOT ONE STORY IS THE SAME, do not compare yourself to others. Yes, so me people have had to undergo some real travesties in their lives but still hun, you do not need to demean yourself.

You are strong, you need to find something to do with that anger, write, paint, read, dance or sing. Something to get your mid off of the topics.

I personally sit at the piano with a pint of chocolate moose tracks and play for a few hours....by time the ice cream is gone and I memorized my song I feel all better, I started this in the hopes that I would gain a few pounds as well, use to cut but I have beaten it, you can do it, I know you can.

This is an amazing place to seek help, so much experience and support in one little place.... we are all here for you hun, let me know if you need anything....

[Desuetude]

Honey, everyone cuts for different reasons, NOT ONE STORY IS THE SAME, do not compare yourself to others. Yes, so me people have had to undergo some real travesties in their lives but still hun, you do not need to demean yourself.

You are strong, you need to find something to do with that anger, write, paint, read, dance or sing. Something to get your mid off of the topics.

I personally sit at the piano with a pint of chocolate moose tracks and play for a few hours....by time the ice cream is gone and I memorized my song I feel all better, I started this in the hopes that I would gain a few pounds as well, use to cut but I have beaten it, you can do it, I know you can.

This is an amazing place to seek help, so much experience and support in one little place.... we are all here for you hun, let me know if you need anything....

Like said here and in my sig. Dont compare yourself to other people. You don't know theyre story but you know yours.
Try and think up other ways of taking things out than cutting. take a walk, do something you enjoy, listen to music. Anything that will keep you from reaching for a blade has got to be worth trying.
Everyone is here for you and dont feel you cant post because you think your problems 'arnt as important' because they are. If they are making you upset and angry then its definitly worth asking for help or advice.
You can do this, you dont need to cut, it does not rule your life. You have to stay in charge and know there are other things out there other than cutting that could help you.

[painful paradice]

there's no reason to feel like that. i think that everyone who cuts feels pathetic for cutting or burning or branding or anything they do. i feel like i'm pathetic and worthless every time i do it. i don't really have a reason either. i just do it whenever things get too stressful for me. i don't remember what started me though.

[Aubrie]

One time a girl whom I used to be friends with said to me, "It's really selfish that you cut yourself when there are children starving in Africa and people with much worse lives than you." Yeah, it hurt a lot, but then I realized that you can't compare your problems to someone else's. There will always be someone with it worse than someone else, but your feelings are your own. No one can tell you how to feel, and if something is triggering to you, then it's triggering. You shouldn't feel like your reasons/you are pathetic. It's going to get hard before it gets better. When I was quitting, EVERYTHING set me off. It's normal. It's a psychological addiction, and that's how it works. Your brain thinks you need it, but you don't. You're a strong girl. You have all of us for support :)