When?

[Techno Monster]

I think about cutting when I'm sad, but I never do it... Can I be a normal sad person?
When will these thoughts stop? I have not cut in FOREVER. Will I always think about cutting when I'm sad? Does anyone else have this problem?
When I see the scars from long ago, I can't believe I was the same person back then. I told myself I'd never go back to who I was... a monster...
Do these thoughts ever go away???

[jacknife]

Well, there are no "normal" sad people. The desire to be "normal" is just one form of the deeper desire to be accepted; and I am sure there are people in your life who accept you for who you are.

I don't know if you'll ever be able to stop thinking about cutting. It could go away with time or it might stay for a long while - I'm afraid I'm not really sure. Sorry. :(

[jacknife]

Sorry, double post.

[Sapphire]

I have made a post along similar lines (see "once a cutter, always a cutter")
I don't think the thoughts ever completely go away. I think that they will always be there in lesser or greater degrees.

[just-me]

i dont think these thoughts will ever escape me, if they are strong enough to make us scar ourselves physically, then why not mentally?
hmm i dont know.