how do you stop yourself

[Wakoabs]

I was just wondering what kinds of ways you try to stop your self selfharming instead af all the usall ways.

I use red food colouring as it looks a bit like blood, found that out at school and went out and brought some. It does help if you put in on your self and just let it run. best to put in water.

what do you guys do instead?

[MadManWithaBox]

i play video games, or read some manga.

[iamafterhours]

Get in the front seat of my best friends car and drive around with loud music on

[NightFighter]

I usually desperately want to s.h when its night so sometimes i just go to sleep.
Chocolate helps a lot too! Yummm so yeah i comfort eat on chocolate.
Or i come on VT and speak to my friends. They distract me and make me feel happy without even realising it! ^_^

[OnlyByTheNight.]

If its during the day I will go for a walk or do some jobs or something. But its mostly at night I get the urge so I just watch a comedy or talk to my friends on VT or something.

[Project Delta]

Well a lot of people come to me for a cheering up, 12 + :D On a regular basis, so talk to me if you want and hhave msn :)

[Kale]

I play this. (http://iro.ragnarokonline.com/)

[TaBear.]

I write lyrics on where I want to cut in pen. I draw them real pretty and take a lot of time making it perfect. After all that work, I don't wanna ruin my artwork. [:

[dead]

I do graffiti not the best option, but hey it works for me.

[2D]

Well I have a little Converse shoebox hidden in my closet and I have a few things that help me not cut. Like I have a stuffed animal I've had since I was born, a letter my brother sent me from China a long time ago, a handkerchief that is covered in my blood, [it helps me idk about you guys] a little fuzzy kitty thingy i got when i was like 6 when i went camping with my family, a charm my brother made for me when he was in China, another thing from Japan that says Okinawa with two little dragons on it, and a bottle full of sand and seashells that my bestest friends brought me back when she went to Florida. :) hehe that's the stuff that helps me. You can get what you think would help you the best. :) and sometimes I workout or call my best friend to talk to. :) Hope that helps. :) peace ('_')..V,

[Myzarri]

I play guitar or I write. sometimes I cry. It sounds really dumb, but if i can get it all out through crying, I don't have the energy or really even the need to s.h. Sometimes, the thought of having to wear long sleeves or jeans in the summer is enough to stop me. But when all else fails, I take a sleeping pill (since i only get the urge to s.h. at night. I wonder why that is?).

[dstnyisurs]

If I can be on my laptop I go on and get someone to disctract me.
But... it doesn't make sense but I can tell myself not to cut by telling myself you're being selfish, stupid, don't think about it, how dare you... so on. I can tell myself I don't deserve the release and it works except if I get so agitated that I don't care anymore.

[PoisonedRazorBlades]

I do anything to take my mind off it. Watch a movie, talk to friends, read. Also found that metal music helps. Slipknot seems to work best for me :P

If its during the day I've been know to clean things. It keeps me busy and seems to help. There's been a few times that I've went through old Kerrang magazines and put posters on my walls for a few hours. xD But basically, when all else fails, friends are always the best.

[Project Delta]

I can honestly say i've never tried the cleaning thing... coz i dont clean :)

[PoisonedRazorBlades]

I never used to. But it does work. A friend of mine does it too. The both of us just clean whenever we're annoyed or upset. It's worth a try at times lmao

[DinoRAWR]

I have fake blood, it actually works surprisingly.
Plus I distract myself by reading or going out a run or moshing like a lunatic to really loud music. :)

[Myzarri]

Ooooh, I clean a lot too.

[PoisonedRazorBlades]

It works doesn't it? lmao. I find it mad. I hate cleaning but it really helps. Recently I've been stopping myself by playing Pokemon xD (I should probably just clean again :P)

[Triceratops]

Cleaning is awesome ain't it! Yeah, sorry I'm a bit of a clean freak. :P

Anything creative or imaginative works for me really. Something that allows me to focus my attention within a fantasy world rather than reality will help prevent me from self-harming at times.

Whether it's reading a book, writing about fictional characters or poetry, drawing, watching anime, playing The Sims, listening to music, making jewellery/accessories or anything artsy (whether that's painting, collages or paper mache etc).

I recommend anything which deeply interests you or keeps you busy whether it's school work or chores around the house. Distraction methods can be useful, depending on the person and their own ways of self-injury such as biting, cutting, burning or pulling hair out. One of my favorite techniques for cutters in particular is where you keep a razorblade or whatever you use in a box which has a lock, whereas you lock up the box and throw away the key, if that makes sense. It worked for me when my mum locked all sharp objects within my reach in a cabinet and kept the key with her at all times.

I write lyrics on where I want to cut in pen. I draw them real pretty and take a lot of time making it perfect. After all that work, I don't wanna ruin my artwork. [:

OMG, I love that idea! :)

[kt2369]

i distract myself

sleep, tv, talk to someone, movie, hang out with friends, etc.

i really like to rip paper :yeah:

[Truth]

Hm, i just punch myself repeadetly not to cut, or if you mean not self harm, i either try to think of the people who love me, or sleep.

[Viral Death]

I just walk around the yard and think about what I will do for the rest of my life. I think if I ever have kids and they ask me why I have scars on my wrists then I would hate to tell them daddy cut because he hates his life. But I will get on Vt when I am sad and talk to a friend on here.