I am a Cutter How can I stop?
436153
Try and think what makes you want to do it..\nIs it because you feel you are not attractive and no-one loves you?\n\nThat can all change in a day! you are always attractive to someone and luckily different people are attracted to different things so one person may not find you attractive at all, whereas another could think you are damn sexy.\n\nWhy don't you go travelling with a friend, go to Auz its too easy to enjoy yourself there! Don't even think about suicide there's so much to do & see to even think about it! if you are definately going to top yourself think about taking a big loan out from the bank and going off somewhere you may change your mind!
335049
you don't want add cuts to your body \nyou want your body to be cut\n\nlower your fat (running, swimming, biking, etc)\nlots of reps (do the exercise lots of times) with weights (keep the weight at a level that is challenging but not so heavy that you can not do at least 15)
1047951
Cutting is primarily associated with Borderline Personality Disorder.  Perhaps you could look it up for further information.
999203
One way is to stop hanging with those friends of yours who do it with you.  Stop calling them and don't answer their calls.  If you really want to quit, that should be easy. \n\nAsk a friend of yours who doesn't do crack if you could stay with her /him for awhile.  Be honest and don't put her/him though hell like you have so many others.   \n\nAlso make sure you have plenty of weed.  It makes it easier than cutting yourself off completely.
1115265
Cutting - I don't like knives.  I am submissive and will do as I am told but my master knows cutting is off limits and luckily he agrees.  .
866804
I'm sorry that you feel you can't stop your cutting.  I cut too and am trying to cut down at the moment.  Firstly, you need to realise that you are just dealing with stress.  \n\nIf you feel better from the pain it causes try these alternatives to cutting:\n\n1. Try having an elastic band around your wrist and flicking it when you feel the need to cut.  (I sometimes leave bruises when I've flicked it so much but they soon go).\n\n2.  Ice cubes melting on the skin.  \n\n3.  Hit your pillow over and over again.\n\nIf you feel better from seeing the blood try these:\n\n1.  Scribble on your arms or legs with a red biro and then wash it off.  (It really helps me to do this).\n\n2.  Melt ice cubes (coloured with red food dye) on your skin.\n\nThese tips have really helped me in the past, hope they help you.  As you don't feel ready to stop PLEASE try reducing the amount you are doing.
651134
stop it to get hurt later
696098
I have been a cutter since I was 11...I am now 18. I have also been in and out of rehab. You need to take it a day at a time. I just kept telling my self " I am not going to hurt myself today" and if I had to say it over and over and over again, I did.  Try that... if you mess up, dont get upset, just keep going.. So what if you mess up, just keep trying not to do it...its not the end of the world if you slip up. I also paint...I find that able to get some of my emotions out. I havent  cut in maybe 1 month...and you know what treat yourself to things and do things for yourself since you deserve them. Someone told me that you have to be selfish and focus on yourself in order to get better. I hope what I've said helps. If you belong to a church you might want to get involved in group with people your age. You might be suprised I did that, and I found that people were going through the same things I was. \nYou can email me if you want to talk. \nSavedbygrace2_8@yahoo.com
460541
You need to talk to your parents, school nurse, counselor, about getting help.  You need to find a counselor and a doctor to help with these feelings.  You also need to remove all the blades away from you, to help you stop.\n\nThis is a serious problem, that happens to a lot of people.  I hope you take care of this quickly.
837650
Yea, it is sad that your family thinks that your cutting is a problem to them and worst that you dont seem to understand why it could be their problem. Strange, isnt it. Looking after you, feeding you, giving you a life to live, education (i assume they send you to school), not to mention above all this, that, your mom had you in her stomach for nine months, brought you out to this world, looked after every part of you...and its sad, to think that you cannot see why they would really think cutting your own body, and having over 500 visible scars, from the age of 12, is a problem to them. I wonder if you ever thought on how it would be if your mom felt that you were a problem and decided not to have you at all.......you wouldnt be here at this moment typing out this question...realise that ?\n\nAnd you think you should stop cos' your little niece would ask you why the scars ? That is if you are recognisable by the time your little niece grows up. You are 18, and by the time your niece grows up to ask you, I wonder if you would have any place left wihtout a scar for her to recognise you. But then, atleast you have realised you have to stop. Yes, you have to stop. You have a problem, and you need help. You have to start being more expressive, and control yourself from expressing it on your body by cutting yourself. \n\nNo one can give you a professional advise here. And everyones advise would be the same. Stop. Listen. Talk / express more, see a therapist and do positive things. Do anything it takes to get you better. Just about anything positive, which will not bring you shame at the age of 80, look back and you want to throw up on yourself.\n\ngood luck.
388913
For some reason, self injurious behavior is very addicting. Once you start, it's very hard to stop. I started cutting when I was 12--I'm now 28 and still fight the urge.  Since you just started, you need to work really hard at stopping.  If you feel like you really need help, you need to reach out to an adult that you trust and can talk to.  When you feel the urge to cut, call a friend or find another outlet---sports, drawing, working out, music, writing your feelings down, hobbies.  You need to get control over this now because the longer you do it, the harder it is to stop.\n\nI have an adult friend who also cuts.  She cuts to the point of having to go to ER.  So, this is very serious--if you don't gain some control, it'll control you and only get worse.\nIf you're suicidal, you really need to talk to your parents.  You may need some different meds.\n\nPlease find someone you can reach out to! And never feel like people don't/can't understand because there are many people who do this.  You're not alone.\n\nBest of luck to you!\n\nhttp://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html\nhttp://www.focusas.com/SelfInjury.html\nhttp://teenagerstoday.com/resources/articles/mutilate.htm\nhttp://www.coolnurse.com/self-injury.htm
1151402
i have the exact same problem and i chew alot of gum to try to help me to stop; maybe itll work for you
607263
Put some alcohol on it. The kind you use to clean up cuts and stuff. Can you imagine the nastiness. It'll really help. It helped me and i used to be addicted to it! And i used to bite my nails to the point where i would bleed. And it helped me!
1008637
You might not die from cutting.  It's possible you could accidently cut something you didn't know was a major vein or artery.  To those who are less understanding, they don't exactly see why you would want to cut yourself, and for many people it is scary, and creepy.\nI have a different perspective, however.  I haven't cut on myself for at least 2 months (a major victory for me, considering how depressing and sad life has gotten - or has seem to have gotten).  I had in fact made it 2 years without a single incidence of cutting.  That was after coming from cutting 4-5 times a day.  It is difficult.  Something that made a large difference in my life was a place called the Utah Boys Ranch.  Here is a website:  http://boys.westridgeacademy.com/ (and I'm listing it in the sources as well).  It wasn't easy, but living with self-mutilation isn't either.  It is also expensive without insurance, but you can find people who will help you.  I have more memories from there than any other place.  Whataver you do, seek help, especially from God.  God loves all of us, and allowed his son, Jesus Christ, to suffer all or our pains, both of sin and of daily lives.  He suffered all things that ever happened and ever will happen of every person who has ever lived or who will ever live.  'God loved us so he sent his only begotten son; that if we believe on Him [and keep his commandments] we might not perish, but have everlasting life."  You cannot do it on your own; do not reject the help of your family and friends.  Further, don't ignore the help of an Almighty and loving Father in Heaven.  God bless you; you seem more in need than I do.\nOne more thing:  it won't be easy.  Thomas Paine said "What we gain too cheaply, we esteem to lightly."  Feeling good and overcoming is something not to be esteemed lightly.\n\nFurther to comment for some of the answerers on this page, cutting is an addiction worse than alchohol or drugs.  No offensse or anything, but please don't say "Just stop cutting", because it isn't that easy.  It's like saying to a heroine addict "Just stop doing drugs," or to a smoker "Just quit smoking already."  It isn't easy.  I cut myself because I hate myself (that IS the right tense - I still do, although less) and felt I needed to be punished.  I felt somewhat relieved of burden - if only for a while - when I cut myself, because the abuse from my father was being manifested; and to me, the abuse was love.  Hitting me and hurting me was the way I grew up knowing my father loved me.  Saying "Just stop cutting" isn't going to help, and has helped little if not never in this sort of situation.
346664
you shouldn't cut yourself.\n\nAre you doing it for attention?\n\nIf you're doing it when you're angry, you need to find another way to control your anger.  For example, get a punching bag and go crazy on it (or just a pillow works too).
1066707
I know exactly what you mean, when you have that feeling, you just want someone to sit and listen to you, and not judge you. Personally, I think it depends on the person you talk to, you need someone close to you, who knows a bit of what your going through, but who also knows that you aren't out just to get attention (this is most cutters main worry- and often this stops them from talking to people.) Explain your reasons for self harming and tell them that your not aking for their help- you can get this from professionals. You just need someone to listen and actually HEAR what your saying.
303076
It's not really wrong, but you shouldn't do it.You should find a better way of dealing with your problem than cutting. I am a recovering cutter, I haven't cut myself for a year. I still feel like doing it sometimes but I find something else to do thats more positive.