Different reasons to cut

[XxEmoCheerleaderxX]

I used to cut because I needed to... it was so i could feel in control. I mangaged to stop though... i have been clean for 17 weeks now... but the urges are different... i don't want to cut to feel control anymore... i want to cut so i can watch the blood rush from my arm... and i'm scared... i don't know why these feeling started and they scare me... i have been very good at staying away from all sharp objects... but i'm still worried... has anyone ever had urges like this before? and if so what did you do to make them go away? i don't want to feel like this anymore and i just want to get better :'(

[Noirtier]

As hard as it may be, it's part of the healing process hun. The urges you're feeling--we all get those. I get them. The best thing you can do is, first of all keep staying away from sharp objects like you have been. Second, do everything you can to distract yourself--read a book, watch tv, hang out with friends, listen to music, write, draw, paint, do ANYTHING to distract yourself. The urges take a while to go away, and the don't even completely go away. But if you're committed and want to stop as badly as you seem to, then I have faith that you can do it. You have to keep your mind distracted and do whatever it takes to stop thinking about the urges though, hun. I'm always here to support you, all of us here on VT are. Stay strong, you've done so great!

[Imfeelinglostagain]

All self harmers have the urges no matter how long they've been clean. I started cutting because I wanted some control in my life (granted it was the wrong way to go about things) but When I had/have urges I write, draw or paint a picture. It helps get your feelings out some where else other than yourself. Write reviews about movies you've watched, paint the sunset, draw a picture if a stick figure battle :) I hope I helped in some way. Stay Strong!

[LoveMe_HateMe]

I always have urges like these, luckily they're late at night so I go to sleep and 'forget' about them. If they're during the day I'm normally either at college or work and I refuse to get into the habit of cutting in either of them places. If I'm at home - I like to wait until my parents are in bed as they've walked in on me a few times, so wait and them generally fall asleep before I do anything. Other than that I go on my ps3 and kill stuff on cod. And I smoke more to...

But basically my point is to distract yourself - like the others have said :) do something that you can fall into and forget about everything, stick your headphones in and draw/paint/write.

Hope this helps :)

[StopStaring]

I started to re cut after a traumatic amount of death in my life. However, before this i used to get dreams or pictures in my head of blood dripping from my arm. The thing that would freak me out is not the blood but the appeal of the dream. Hope it helps to know that you are not alone- though ur better than me because i restarted.