Do you ever feel justified?

[Magenta]

I don't know... this time just felt right. Without going into too much detail... I had previously written a word into my ankle. Now I know that not cutting would just be a better option but I realized the word didn't apply anymore or have the same meaning. So I crossed it out.

I left it at that. I just needed to.

Have you ever had a time that you thought your actions were reasonable (sort of)?

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

Yes i know what mean, once i scratched a word into my forearm that did't apply anymore so i crossed it off.
Sometimes it fees justified to cut and it's much harder to avoid cutting then,keep trying.

[closed]

I never thought that something i do can be reasonable. And well, tbh i never felt bad about it. The only reason i stopped is because i promised someone on vt that if he doesn't cut then i won't too. But i liked cutting. It was some way of comfort.

ANYWAY this is not true about you. Cutting is bad. It's dangerous and ultimately destyos your beautiful skin. Try to stop it at any cost! if you ever need to talk i'm here :hug:

[Njathind]

I undestand completly where your coming from. Ultimatly its completly wrong to justify cutting but, sometimes it has to be done in order to move on I'm afraid. I think so long as you can say "right, I'm gonna make one cut and cross this word out" and stick to it then there is no harm. Just remember if you "need" to cut then dont carve words onto your body.

[Charleigh]

No. There are words cut into my body that I regret.
I have tried writing something on my arms, but it only aggrivated my craving to cut.
So I cut the word.

But, what did help me for a while, was with a red marker pen, I could draw a line. As if I had cut. And when I started to feel a little bit better, I would rub a little bit of the line off, until I felt better. Also, if you put an ice cube on your skin and let it melt, you get a numb sensation, also you feel the water trickling down ...

[Syvelocin]

To tell you the honest truth, I think self-harming is completely valid. It's a coping mechanism, instead of sitting there letting ourselves slowly go insane, we do something to let go of that pain and not letting it consume us. Of course, there are BETTER coping mechanisms, but I think self-harm in general is completely reasonable and valid. Getting into detail though, the grandeur of the situation and your reaction to it might change that.

[Ambrosia]

I only justify cutting with my inability to work things out any other way but that doesn't make it okay. Or, at least, not in my opinion. I think it's the worse thing in the world but it has it's reasons. Even when it comes to scratching something out.