I'm never going to stop.

[Magenta]

I am not in any way encouraging self injury.

I am never going to stop. I don't want to. I'll keep the scars. I don't regret starting. Alice, Sunny, you guys introduced me to what has kept me alive. Yeah, you guys taught me this. I never knew about self injury before you guys.

I have wanted to die. I still do. Instead, I cut. I can't die, I know that so I cut instead. No one is ever going to take that away from me.

I like it and will continue.

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

You know i want you to get better but i need you around and if cutting is keeping you alive then how can i say stop how can i put you through more pain.

[love is louder]

i too in no way encouraging self injury but my therapist said she would never ask me to stop nor does she want me to at the minute she understands that this is how i cope
she said shes going to try and help me find new methods of coping and said i dont have to give it up unless im ready.
So if this is what helps you then i say do it
its better than the alternative

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

Try to cope better but don't stop if you can't
please dont go to deep i'm here for you

[Kaius]

No encouragement from me but in a lot of cases self harming is the lesser of two evils. I've known people to attempt suicide when they had their blades taken away or they got rid of them themselves before they were ready. While I wish this wasn't the case if you feel you can't stop then by all means. If you need to talk at all my email address is in my sig.

[Spook]

Don't say that. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. :)

[Love.Hate]

I'm sorry you feel like this. But I can see your point, it's keeping you alive which makes it strangely a good thing. I think maybe in the future there will be a time where you dont need it any more. Take care, I'm always here if you need to talk :)

(in no way am I condoning self harm)

[Fiction]

Sometimes although cutting is not the best way to deal with things, it is a way to deal with things. When I threw my blades away last time I ended up overdosing. I know which i'd prefer to have to do again...

You may feel like this now, but one day it will probably change. I've figured out that while in this mindset you won't stop, however much help and support you get. You have to want to stop, and until that happens you won't.

[Spook]

I kind of just came to a point of realization about self harm...reading these comments. It's kind of a way...to let stress and hurt go. When the blades are hidden and unused...it all is bottled up..and ends in a worse way than the blades did. I think I kind of understand...am I right?

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

Caitlin you are right but self harm is impossible to understand if you haven't experienced it
Jo Like you said just keep buggering on

[georgiamay]

I've reached moments like this quite a few times. I just sort of, realised that I can't cope, and accepted that I wouldn't be able to stop even if I tried. That's sort of where I am now. I know that if I stop, I'll probably end up doing something even worse, or if I do slip up and self harm again, it'll be a lot worse than normal.

I suppose even though self harm is bad, and doesn't solve the problem, at least it keeps you alive. I'm not saying that people should self harm, because I'm not. But it's a lesser of two evils. It is for me anyway.