Going back to SH cause everything else is helping.

[Lozart]

This is for people that when tring to stop SH has joust made thing worse for them or is no longer working. And i am really crap at putting things down so have messed up the name of this thread.

[Aspiringanonymous]

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say with this thread.

Resorting back to self-harm as a coping method, because no other healthy alternatives have been useful? That is a very common experience. Which is why it's very important to not just focus on quitting self-harm in itself, but rather project a larger part of one's focus to addressing the issues which led to such actions in the first place. That is a much easier way.

One just has to understand that in the long-run, depending on such a coping method will get you nowhere. Even if the physical injury inflicted is extremely minor, even if one does not feel a compulsion for the act itself independent of needing to cope with emotional stresses. Damage is still damage, whether or not the self-harmer views it as such. Two negatives never make a positive; they feed into one another. Every scar and bruise acts as a reminder of one's troubles, keeping it alive and validating its existence.