Tips to help stop

[rEpReSsIoN.?]

Okay this worked for me okay... next time you cut think of each cut as a reason to live and the blood as the tears people cry because of what you are doing to urself (im not promising you will not cut again but it kinda worked for me)... Also another way to self harm without scars is to wear a elastic band around you wrist and pull it back and release it so it flicks your skin when you feel the need to self harm (it helps you stop and no scars)... i hope these help to stop if they don't im sorry i have wasted your time

and a note i am in no circumstances telling people to self harm or how to do it i don't want people to hurt themselves this is to help them stop!! I know how it feels and even now i can still feel it.

[mRojas2000]

You didn't waiste anyone's time by trying to help :)

[Bobby]

Those are wonderful ideas.

[schrei jess]

About the elastic bands thing, I used to do that and it was great but if I did it enough in a row - It would create a bad bruise. So just be careful how much and how often you do it, it can be REALLY painful if you do it too much.

But it is a great way to avoid cutting.

[rEpReSsIoN.?]

Is it just me or has the edit button gone for my first post hmmm... well i'll just add another comment
I found some more stuff across the internet
Write in a "feeling" journal: Write down all of your feelings and closing the book. This technique allows you to get everything out of your head and move on from those feelings.
Getting out your feelings through exercise not only helps you get exercise but it really does release a lot of tension or feelings you are having. Activities like kickboxing, running, and aerobics are good.
Write, take pictures, paint, draw, or compose music: these are all great ways to release frustrations and be creative at the same time.
Punch or scream into a pillow, scream or yell: these are a great way to release anger while not hurting yourself.
Talk to others about what is happening in your life. You can and should talk to other people.You could talk to your friends or family.

[infextus disease]

i already posted this in another thread but i feel that it is also fitting for this thread as well

cutting isnt exaclty an addiction. medically speaking this is what happens when you cut or self injure. your nervous system senses pain. your bodies natural reaction to pain is to release addrenoline and other chemicals. these chemicals are said to be infinitly better or rather more effective than say morphene or codien. once you are used to having these chemicals in your system you become essentialy chemicaly dependent just like an alcoholic. your body will end up craving these chemicals and because you have the habbit of cutting to release these chemicals your brain subconsciously links cutting to these feel good drugs. thus cutting itself is NOT an addiction, the chemical release caused by cutting is the addiction.

so how to work around this... there are many things that can release adrenoline or my personal favorite endorphines into your blood stream. one of the most pro-active one is physical activities. running, walking, biking, swimming, tennis, hacky-sack w/e you prefer. if you get the urge to cut replace the thought of cutting with the thought of doing an activity that you enjoy.

i used to cut i admit that. ive been self injury free for over a year now. at first when i was trying to quit cutting i had some issues and yes even relapses where i thought i was okay i thought everything was okay n the next thing i knew i was cutting... so im not going to lie to you and say its easy cuz its not. ne ways i started playing hacky-sack again n it helped me quite a bit. if i got really stressed out i would honestly go out side in my back yard and split wood... the good thing about that is it either calmed me down to the point where i didnt wanna cut again or i was too tired to even think about it any more. i also took up running for a while.

another way to help curve the urges is to meditate. sounds kinda hoaky i know but im not talkin about sitting down with your hands on your knees saying "owwwummmm" just where ever you are think about happy things, think about things that you really want as long as they are positive.

to continue on... if its really bad call a friend up, somone you trust n see if you two cant go for a walk to just walk n talk.


ps. another plus to physical activity is it gets your blood flowing and more oxygento your brain which allows you to think more clearly. pm me if you wanna talk some more about this