why cant i stop

[zac zohla]

i don't know why i keep cutting. i mean, i do not feel depressed or scared anymore, but cant help but cut and i cant stop. i need help and i want to know why.

[ByXaz]

i don't know why i keep cutting. i mean, i do not feel depressed or scared anymore, but cant help but cut and i cant stop. i need help and i want to know why.

I'm guessing that at this point it has become some kind of addiction. Did you cut when you were depressed or scared? Your brain could have associated the act of cutting with the temporary relief you get from it. I don't know much but I've just heard that it can happen. If you tell someone it may make it easier to quit.

[Castle of Glass]

You are addicted to it. Thats why you don't have a reason but you need it. Get rid of your blades and what you use to cut. Write, draw, do a sport. do somehting to distract yourself. Do the Butterfly Project (http://butterfly-project.tumblr.com/). It helps. We are here to help you :hug:

[suicidalbutter]

i don't know why i keep cutting. i mean, i do not feel depressed or scared anymore, but cant help but cut and i cant stop. i need help and i want to know why.

addicted. for sure. if you just do it for the hell of it you are definitely addicted. It's not easy to stop this addiction, but with our help you could do it.

try the butterfly project, and if that doesn't help or doesn't seem to be something that would help then I have an idea.

ween yourself off. Stop for one day, and if you can get through one day without it, then try for 3-4 days. if you can get through these few days try a week. and then try two weeks, then a month. Each step of the way if you fail to meet a time frame just restart that specific time frame (i.e. if you fail a week, start those 7 days over again)