Side effects of not self harming?

[Fiction]

I promised my bf that i wouldn't self-harm again. I have kept this promise because he emans more to me than anything and i know how much worse my life would be without him. The only problem is, i can't sleep any more and i can't eat. He found out on saturday and on saturday night i didn't get to sleep till 4, on sunday till 2:30 and last night at 12. Yesterday morning i woke up unabale to eat. I ate very little of my breakfast, no break, no dinner and then very little tea. Today i ate no breakfast, no break, very little dinner but when i got home from school i got this overwelming need to eat a lot. I ate alot of biscuits even though it made me feel ill. I usually eat alot and get hungry very quciky but i haven't felt hunger for the last 2 days. I want to stop self harming but i can't deal with these side-effects. the tiredness makes me want to do it more and the not eating is drawing attention to me from others. How do i stop myself from feeling these things? How to i make myself better?

[Asylum]

force yourself to eat when you normally would. if it makes you sick to eat, eat small amounts.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Self harm is an emotional addiction but also a physical one as it does release chemicals into your body when you harm yourself, so it can turn into a physical addiction too, so I assume it may cause effects when you quit, but I think more so mentally, & when you are stressed out, you are very likely to have a lack of appetite(or increase, either way), you have trouble sleeping/settling down/staying asleep(or sleeping too much, either way, again.) & in general, cruddy feelings.

It'll pass.
Give it time.
If it doesn't, see your doctor as it may be a health issue.
But I think it may just be the stress you're feeling from not self harming anymore.
It's a major thing to promise & puts a lot of pressure on you too, as well as the stress of no longer having that crutch.

[Amyxoxo]

You may just be thinking about it all the time that you dont feel hungry.
All I can really say is just try to eat and if it hasnt gone in a while then go and see someone about it.

[Fiction]

I broke my promise. I don't know how to tell my bf. i feel guiltier than i have ever been before. I can sleep at eat again though now. or at least till i get my craving for self-harm again.
I really am determined to stop now. I did it and i stopped with much less injury than i usually did because i felt so guilty. The guilt after was much worse than the sadness before. Any advice on what to say to my bf would be helpful :)

[munchausen]

I broke my promise. I don't know how to tell my bf. i feel guiltier than i have ever been before. I can sleep at eat again though now. or at least till i get my craving for self-harm again.
I really am determined to stop now. I did it and i stopped with much less injury than i usually did because i felt so guilty. The guilt after was much worse than the sadness before. Any advice on what to say to my bf would be helpful :)

Be completely honest with him, tell him about the side effects and how you managed to stop yourself before going as far as usual. I was in the same situation once before and my gf wasn't bothered that I'd broken my promise. She was more angry at me not telling her how much I suffer (the words too strong but I couldn't think of another) when I don't cut.

[Fiction]

Thank you. I told him and he said that he would just have to live with it because he loves me too much to leave me for it :)

[DSV-Dan]

Glad to hear it worked out for you.

[munchausen]

glad to hear everything worked out for you :)