HappierNow
June 15th, 2012, 12:29 PM
To anyone trying to stop, here's how I did it. It might not work for you because it only just about worked for me and your own situation might be very different.
Basically I started cutting after a whole long, stupid issue with a guy I liked. Shortly after him I got some really bad exam results and then my Grandma died, so it was just generally a really bad time and I started self-harming.
I didn't do it because I wanted attention in anyway, in fact I was horrified by the idea of anyone finding out. One day I had been cutting in my room when my mum walked in to talk to me. Luckily she didn't see cos I managed to position myself behind my chair so she couldn't see, but I was talking to her for about ten minutes with blood running down my leg and a blade in my hand.
It was the closest anyone came to finding out and it was enough to stop me doing it for a bit. When I got over that shock and wanted to start again I managed to stop myself by convincing myself my mum was about to walk in again.
That didn't always work and so I found another way to productively cause myself pain: I bought an epilator!
I haven't cut for about a year now and I haven't had any urges. I really feel for anyone who can't stop but wants to and I just want to say that however hard it is to stop it really is worth trying because, as my username shows, my life is so much better now and I'm sure yours will be too :)
Basically I started cutting after a whole long, stupid issue with a guy I liked. Shortly after him I got some really bad exam results and then my Grandma died, so it was just generally a really bad time and I started self-harming.
I didn't do it because I wanted attention in anyway, in fact I was horrified by the idea of anyone finding out. One day I had been cutting in my room when my mum walked in to talk to me. Luckily she didn't see cos I managed to position myself behind my chair so she couldn't see, but I was talking to her for about ten minutes with blood running down my leg and a blade in my hand.
It was the closest anyone came to finding out and it was enough to stop me doing it for a bit. When I got over that shock and wanted to start again I managed to stop myself by convincing myself my mum was about to walk in again.
That didn't always work and so I found another way to productively cause myself pain: I bought an epilator!
I haven't cut for about a year now and I haven't had any urges. I really feel for anyone who can't stop but wants to and I just want to say that however hard it is to stop it really is worth trying because, as my username shows, my life is so much better now and I'm sure yours will be too :)