How to stop?

[Stolen Memories]

What were your best techniques on how to stop?

I tried cold turkey...







....fail.

[Kaius]

I couldn't stop all together. Well, I stopped cutting. But I did other things. I tried the band effect. I borrowed a hair band from my sister and kept it around my wrist along with a rubber band and snapped it when I got the urges. When I had bad urges I also ripped things up, including pieces of paper and a tshirt. I had bad nights, I ended up quite destructive but ever since then I've found it a lot easier to control my urges by using these. But different things work for different people.

[Asylum]

the main goal is to want to stop, once you want to stop and are disgusted by what you do... then you own will power will stop you... however distraction is the key to stopping. PM me if you ever wan to talk....

[georgiamay]

distracting yourself is always useful. do something creating to take your mind of it, or punch soft stuff until the feathers and stuff come out of them. i used to do the hair band thing that desolation suggested, and whenever i got the urges i'd snap it. it helped, and soon i felt like i didn't even need that, but of you do that you need to be careful with this.

talking helps aswell, like a friend or something. i'm always here aswell if you need to PM to vent or something.

[Stolen Memories]

Yea, I've stopped for about 50 day's now... My boyfriends helping.. I do the snapping one but my boyfriend still see's it as self-mutilation so I cant if I'm going to see him within the few hours...

[Amyxoxo]

The bast way to stop is to get professional help.
You are much more likely to succeed if you go to someone who knows what they are doing.

[-Silence]

Cold turkey, but that's not the point. You have to find other outlets before you can even attempt stopping; something to take cutting's place.

[Kaya]

Although I dont cut....the best advice I can give you is to get some help. Other then that...why not try to slowly stop. Like becoming less dependent on it....