lol... i feel like saying this is why i need it, then i remember nobody needs it...

[1_21Guns]

after cutting last night, i've been happy all day, for me, the happiness doesn't happen while i'm cutting, it happens later when i'm more or less rid of the anxiety and stress that had been building up.
my cuts aren't even bothering me, its like they're not even there, and i've been in a good mood all day, and that's why.
it made me feel like making a whiny thread like i used to, saying i need it.
but that's when i remember that nobody needs it, does more harm than good, blah de blah.
they're not even cuts, they're more like scratches...
i don't know what i'm writing now tbh,
i just wanted it all to go away, and it has.
but it's temporary.
ARGH. i hate the arguments i get in my head over this x____x

[Sith Lord 13]

Nat, everything you've said here has a point. If it were so easy to just say "Nobody needs it" and just walk away, it wouldn't be an addiction. You're right, you don't need it. But you do want it. And it does make you feel good in the short term. But you've got to stay focused on the long term. In the long term, cutting doesn't help. You just have to remember that, and keep working. The small slip up last night is just a bump in the road on your way to being cut free.

[1_21Guns]

Nat, everything you've said here has a point. If it were so easy to just say "Nobody needs it" and just walk away, it wouldn't be an addiction. You're right, you don't need it. But you do want it. And it does make you feel good in the short term. But you've got to stay focused on the long term. In the long term, cutting doesn't help. You just have to remember that, and keep working. The small slip up last night is just a bump in the road on your way to being cut free.

thanks hun, that's true :hug:

[Sith Lord 13]

thanks hun, that's true :hug:

:hug: You ever need to talk Nat, my contact info's on my profile.

[1_21Guns]

:hug: You ever need to talk Nat, my contact info's on my profile.

thanks Alex :)

[georgiamay]

Like Alex said, you say no one needs it, but that doesn't stop people from wanting it so bad, they end up feeling like they need it, even though they don't. You may have slipped up, yes, but why do we fall? So we can learn to pick outselves back up again (that's a quote from batman, but i don't care tbh, it's still true :P).
Yes, it might have all gone away now, but your right, it is only temporary. That's why cutting serves no practical purpose in life whatsoever. But when your addicted to something, and the feeling of needing it is just that strong, you don't give a crap about it, and at the time, you don't care about the consequenses (I don't anyways).

You may have slipped back, but that doesn't mean you can't keep going, and try to beat this, which you can. Everyone slips up now and then, all you need to do is pick yourself up, and move on. You don't need this natalie, you can beat this if you just tell yourself that cutting doesn't help, and can only makes things worse.

I'm here for you if you ever need to talk :hug:

[Mike321]

As the others have rightly said, no one needs cutting but we want it. We've all made mistakes and slipped up, you just need to pick yourself back up and keep pushing on.
Keep telling yourself you dont need it, no matter how much you want it, if you've got the determination (which I know you have), you can beat it
You know you can PM me if you need to talk

[1_21Guns]

thanks guys

[HeroesAndCons]

u deserve a :hug:

[blah_x]

You CAN beat this nat... WE all can, its just going to take time, sure there will be ups and downs.. but we can beat this.
together.
x

[1_21Guns]

thank you so much :hug:

[TRexbait]

after cutting last night, i've been happy all day, for me, the happiness doesn't happen while i'm cutting, it happens later when i'm more or less rid of the anxiety and stress that had been building up.
my cuts aren't even bothering me, its like they're not even there, and i've been in a good mood all day, and that's why.
it made me feel like making a whiny thread like i used to, saying i need it.
but that's when i remember that nobody needs it, does more harm than good, blah de blah.
they're not even cuts, they're more like scratches...
i don't know what i'm writing now tbh,
i just wanted it all to go away, and it has.
but it's temporary.
ARGH. i hate the arguments i get in my head over this x____x
I know the feeling. I don't cut for a while, thinking I don't need, then something happens, I cut. I feel nothing for a while, and then later on I feel happy (though it feels a bit unnatural). And I think "So this is why I do it." Then I think it's some sort of false consciousness, or something of the sort, find myself an idiot, and the cycle starts again. Very difficult to break, and the mental argument does have the potential to tear one apart.