When can you say you have officially stopped cutting?

[Amyxoxo]

I wondered When you could really say that you have stopped cutting, your opinion of course.
I was wondering because I haven't cut I a REALLY long time (for me anyways) and I was wondering if I could actually say that I have stopped cutting.
However I was questioning myself because I really think about a lot, especially at the moment.
So yeah I wondered, mabie from last cut or from when you dont think about it anymore ...
:) xx

[Asylum]

it depends... a few weeks.. isn't enoug.. i'd say a few months... then you can say you stopped. its what i did

[georgiamay]

mmm... i dont know...

i'd say when you don't feel the urges to cut anymore, because you can say "i stopped cutting" when it's actually only been 1 day. i'd say when you dont feel the urges, not when you stop thinking about it.

i think :S

[Aspiringanonymous]

When the compulsion is largely faded or gone, and one no longer needs to actively resist it.

When one knows that turning to self-harm as a coping method again is highly unlikely.

There is no distinct amount of time, as with most other things - you will know when you are ready to consider yourself officially recovered.

[Harley Quinn]

When you no longer need it as a coping mechanism.
Well for me anyways.
Personal choice is personal choice, you could say months, years, anything you want and say you've stopped. Depends on the person.
:hug:

[Sapphire]

I think it is when you don't have to consciously resist turning to it when in an emotionally charged situation.

But, as has been said, it is down to personal choice.

[munchausen]

For me I'd say when I go a whole day without thinking about it even once... I think I set myself an impossible task there :hmm:

[HeroesAndCons]

Hmmm try to go a month or two then say it XD itl help alot