im gonna quit

[electric7rocker]

ive been struggling with cutting for almost a year now... and i feel like its controling me. i hate it, no matter how much i love it at the same time, i hate it and what it has done to me. and how its torn me apart from my family and friends. i dont know... i might tell my parents or something... idk.. thoughts please?

[RaisingSand]

First of all ... good on your for wanting to stop cutting. :)
And yeah, telling your parents IS a good idea, but only if you are pretty sure they'll understand and support you.
And finding an alternate activity to cutting that would distract you when ever the urge to cut arises, such as exercising hard out, I find that works okay-ish for me.
Congrats again for wanting to try and quit. :D :hug:

[Mollie]

its great that you wanna stop! and i agree with angelina, tell your parents if theyr gonna be supportive... if theyr not then it might only make things worse

xxx

[electric7rocker]

its hard to tell how theyd react... i think theyd be really disappointed with me, maybe mad, and theyd most likely send me to a psych ward and a therapist for a veryyy long time... so far its been.. almost a week? merh.

[RaisingSand]

Well maybe it's best not to tell them if you think they'd react that way. :/ Giving up cutting (or trying to) is hard, and you don't really need the added stress of having your parents on your back about it all the time.
Just do what's best for you. :hug:

[electric7rocker]

i dunno, right now i kinda feel like im lying to myself and im not actually gonna quit, i just want to feel like i am? i dont know... im confused about stuff... *sigh*

[RaisingSand]

Awwww sweetie, you will get through this. :/ I know it feels really hard at times, but you just have to keep going, even if you don't want to. Hang in there. :hug:

[electric7rocker]

but i feel like im only saying im gonna quit so people stop bugging me. thinking of my life without it seems.. weird?

[RaisingSand]

Yeah, I know what you mean. :/ You do something such as cutting for so long, it becomes something you identify yourself by, if that makes any sense at all. :/

[electric7rocker]

it does make sense... and this week has just sucked so bad... i dont have any faith left in myself... especially not enough to quit, which makes me feel like even more of a failure

[electric7rocker]

i cut last night... a lot... ughh