Is quitting even a word when it comes to cutting?

[Fiending_the_freedom]

Does anyone REALLY stop cutting?
like i know that a very blunt question but all im saying is,
i feel personally even though i've quit, that i'll always just be quitting untill the next time i relapse?

i mean has anyone really stopped for a LONG perod of time and KNOWS they wont again?

i feel like once your acually a cutter, your always one, maybe just always fighting the urge.

btw oppsy typo in the title!

[Atonement]

Well, that was kind of depressing... Sorry to say, just knowing that I will always want to cut is really unmotivating. Though an interesting post.

[Fiending_the_freedom]

lol well i posted this in the hopes of hearing from someone who really is done with it.

[Axellance]

it is really depressing but i feel there is alot of truth to it i think if you stop for long enough they will leave!

[thesphinx]

Although I have never personally cut, I can tell you for a fact people have gotten over it.
Its like any other drug when you finally get off of it your never going to be the same but you are in control and you can decide not to cut once and for all.

Well, that was kind of depressing... Sorry to say, just knowing that I will always want to cut is really unmotivating. Though an interesting post.

I don't think she was looking to make a statement, she is looking for help on this subject.

[Atonement]

Well I know, it just related very closely to me.

[mojane_jesus_gcfreak]

i get what you mean.
i have stopped for the moment, in hopes of not doing it again.
but the way my life runs, i never know, when im going to have a total
flip out moment and just want to cut.
i never know when im just goin to be on the edge and cut.
my one friend took my [one] razorblade and to tell you the truth
im probably going to cut again soon.
ao i sorta agree

[Bobby]

I think you can probably stop with a lot of willpower.
I don't know that much though, I've never experienced it myself.

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

It's possible to stop and to, with time, stop having the urges. I've been cut-free for 18 months now, and I only get the urge to cut VERY rarely, and I'm able to dismiss the thought easily. Within another six months to a year, I don't think I'll be having the thoughts even as often as I am now.

It's possible, you just have to find other ways of coping and, if possible, try to get rid of what's causing you to cut in the first place.

[Whisper]

I haven't done it in along time hun
It's no different then any other addiction like alcohol or drugs
you always think about it but it gets easier over time

When I start getting really depressed or stressed out I think about it constantly
Its been months but I came very close like 2 weeks ago

to the point of blade resting on arm close


But I was like fuck that shit man!
WORD!

Ya just gotta fight
I'm stubborn
I like to have the control over my own decisions and actions
Addictions a weakness
That I don't like having
So the more I crave it
The more pissed off I get


Just get angry
and USE IT

[-Silence]

Truthfully, I'm not sure anymore. I'm sorry.

[Φρανκομβριτ]

It's hard to say. I hope one day, I will stop for good, but Right now, it's just for today, if you know what i mean :P ;)

[Crystal-Clear]

I've seen people say this before. I like to think there is such a word as qutting.
I quit a year and a half ago, and I aint planning on going back to it, sure I get urges, but I know in my heart of hearts, that its not the solution. So I don't do it.
I never plan on cutting again if I can help it. I can do better, we all can if we try =)

[sophies_justice]

i didn't cut for two years and recently started back up again, right where i left off. i think, as everybody else has basically said, that if you have enough willpower and strength you can do it. but you have to use it.

so yeah, i think it's possible to completely quit. but we'll always be cutters. just like alcoholics will always be alcoholics. we just can't touch that blade or glass or whatever again with the intent on hurting ourselves, just like the alcoholic can't touch the beer or vodka again.

we can quit, i really believe that.

[Evrythng_im_not]

There really is no "quitting" when it comes to self-harm. You stop, yes, but it's almost always going to be in the back of your mind. I say that I have stopped, not that I have quit. Because I know that there is always the small chance that I could relapse. It took almost dying in front of my best friend to see that I had to stop cutting my self. And I know he worries everyday about me, wondering if I relapsed or if I've made any new marks on my used-to-be flawless skin.

[Crystal-Clear]

I still really think there is such a thing as quitting though.
If you say there is no such thing as quitting for self harmers, then it makes me think 'whats the point in any of us trying if there is NO way of quitting'. There is, believe me there is!! I canot stand to be branded as a self harmer for the rest of my life, because I QUIT it, I left it behind, I don't need it anymore.
You will get urges, to every addiction there is urges, but after a while, you hear the urges, and you know what? You think 'Thats a stupid idea'. When you realise your urges are stupid ideas, then you have got over the highest hurdle, and sure it seems tempting when your low, but you still realise urges are a stupid idea, and go and do something else.
You can get out of the deepest hole, if you climb high enough.

Think positive!!!!! You can quit self harm, if you BELIEVE you can.
I haven't cut in 1 year and 7 months, I HAVE QUIT.

(Sorry if I offended anyone here, I'm not trying to change anyones mind, I just get very het up sometimes, its like when your at school right, and you work really hard to get a C and then someone comes along and says C's are crap, and you put all that effort in to get a C, its kinda like 'well whats the point', you guys see what I mean?)

[scatman]

Ive said this a million times but truthfully ask yourself what do you gain form cutting yourself besides something you'll regret in the future

[xGodsMinionx]

Does anyone REALLY stop cutting?
like i know that a very blunt question but all im saying is,
i feel personally even though i've quit, that i'll always just be quitting untill the next time i relapse?

i mean has anyone really stopped for a LONG perod of time and KNOWS they wont again?

i feel like once your acually a cutter, your always one, maybe just always fighting the urge.

btw oppsy typo in the title!

i started cutting at the beginning of my freshman year in highschool

im a junior now. going into senior year this coming august

i started cutting because people picked on me all the time and my 1st time cutting i was actually attempting suicide. but after cutting so much it caused me to be tired from loss of blood and i fell asleep in my room

awakening the next morning i put on a hoodie and wore it for a little over a week to hide the cuts from everyone at school

after that cutting became a normal thing for me because something about it took the pain away from me of all the emotional things i was feeling... i probably cutt on average every other day, sometimes 3 days apart.

i was 15 then

im 17 now and have been cutt free for a year n 8 months. i stopped beginning of sophmore year or a month into it. and i havent cutt since

ive had a few encounters were i wanted to, but didnt, but i beleive im cutt free and wont ever do it again