I feel invalidated!

[missfortune]

I feel invalidated because I feel like I'm not going deep enough and I know I'm not going deep enough because I never bleed enough I try to go deeper but I don't have the stuff but I still want to get better but I feel like I haven't gone through enough!!!:what::confused:

[screamtobeheard]

Your cutting still counts as cutting even if it's not deep. Whether you don't even break your skin or you end up in the hospital, it's still not a good thing to be doing. I used to feel this way about my cutting, before I started trying to recover. It's really challenging to get past, but you just have to realize that it's valid no matter how much you bleed. You should consider talking to someone about this to help you get better. Good luck!

[Razor Kisses]

I started cutting to where they just looked like little cat scratches... I've got to a point In the last year that they have got so deep I needed stitches several times I can promise you whether they are deep or not makes no difference. Either way you're doing it for a reason and in order to get better you have to both figure out and try to fix whatever that reason may be.

[sprouse530]

hey i know right now your in a tought spot but i want to first start this off by saying good job! your taking the first step to recovery! im a survivor, ive been there, cut attempted ect but im clean now and i still remember my first few days, they are always the hardest, i never really did what u said where you progress but ik i was always bleeding and if i wasnt then i was pushing them so that i could feel it, like a reminder, like a "hey im still here" my advice is talk get your feelings out there, people are out to help you, to get you the help you need, im always here if you need to talk you can, just post on my blog or anything im always able to talk and on here when ever i can be, just keep doing what your doing and reach out, it seems stupid and counterproductive at first but it works i promise good luck and im always here to talk just blog me

[Free_Music_Bird]

I've been there as well..Sprouse530 knows this very well. If it weren't for him I wouldn't be cut free. Everytime I feel like I'm about to I talk to him and he helps me vent it out instead of cutting. It does help to talk it out no matter how much you deny what another is saying, trust me I denied everything he said, but it does help. The deepness doesn't matter, the thing that does is that you are, I'm here to talk if you'd rather talk to a girl about it. I'm new to this site but am happy to start helping people! I know things seem hard right now, and that it seems like a dark tunnel that'll never see light. But I promise that there is brightness at the end and all you have to do is take small steps like talking yourself out of it, talking to others, getting rid of cutting utensils, and or you can get activities that you like to do to ease stress and such. I hope I can help anyone who needs it, just shoot me a post if you want