How to stop?

[Fiction]

I burn myself. I have never told anyone. Yesterday my boyfriend noticed the marks on my arm. I tried to lie say that i didn't know how i got them but he knew. He seemed ok at the time. He hugged me and said i was an idiot. i could see he didn't understand it at all. He asked me to stop. He said he wanted me to stop and that he was worried about me. I promised that i would.
I never thought of my burning as something that i couldn't stop. i always thought that it was my choice but obviously not. Now i'm trying to stop i realise how addicted to it i am. He doesn't understadn this and think it really is as simple as just stopping. I really don't want this to break us up.
Now he knows i feel more depressed and even more guilty if i do what i usually do in that situation. i really want to stop but i don't know how. Any tips?

[Amyxoxo]

Well before you start to stop i think you need to have a good old talk with your boyfriend. Tell him that its going to be hard, you dont expect him to understand completly but you do need help. If you can tell an adult that could help or tell someone that could help. Your GP a school counceler?
You need his support as it will make it so much easyer to stop.
You also have us here :D
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Good luck ~ Amy : ) xxx

[Asylum]

it's going to be hard for your boyfriend to accept. he isn't going to understand... it will be frustrating, but you guys should be able to work it out. My boyfriend doens't self harm, but after i told him the reasons he thought it was alright... no its never alright to self harm... but he realized it was the "best" way to cope i found for myself at the time... pm me if you need to talk hun go see a counsler might help