News of Cutting and Self Injury Forum

I have gone 4 days with out cutting an nearly a week without cutting a lot but now the cuts are fading and I want to cut more. I feel like I need to just to feel something. I have had a great week but it doesn't matter I just want to cut. I can't enjoy anything all I do is foucous on my scars and wish they were cuts. Idk what to do.

I have not stopped cutting and recently relapsed with alcohol. I cut myself that night and now the hospital program i'm in wants me to work on healing the cuts and getting rid of the scars but i do not want to. I know that i am going to cut again when the cuts heal. I want to be able to move back into daily life but i feel like i cant do that if ...

I have had terrible insomnia ever since my Lyme infection this summer. It gets worse (gets in intense feedback loops) with stress and school. Working on my thesis. I feel like I am destroying my body. Have pulled all nighters and not gotten anything done, just stayed up because I couldn't sleep--numerous nights. It hasn't bumped up my blood pressure a ton yet, but I know it will. I don't want to live like this ...

Hi! I am 22 and my brother is almost 16. Yesterday I found out that he's been cutting himself for a year now. He said he feels depressed and that cutting himself makes him feel better.
I offered him my complete help and support, but he doesn't want to talk about his problems. He asked me not to tell my parents. I have to say my mum is extremely anxious.
I don't know what to ...

So I'm 20 years old and I've been self harming for 5 years. It's gotten rather bad and even though I know it's not a good coping skill and I shouldn't like the scars, for some reason I don't want them to go away. There will be times that I'll go a week or so free of self harm but as soon as I heal I start to get extreme urges and I want to ...

I started to self harm back in 2004. It was sporadic and then increased to daily. Then in 2008, I quit. I've done it only a handful of times since then. I really want to start again. I am not sure why exactly. I was feeling better than I have in a long time until this past Monday. I had an appointment with my psychiatrist that left me feeling anxious, stupid, sad and angry. Ever ...

I found this a while back and it's full of good helpful information. Whenever I go to the hospital because of cutting I always bring a copy of this with me to prevent misunderstanding. Most hospitals I have found are totally wrong in their approach of those who self-harm. Hope this helps.

The ' Bill of Rights ' For Those Who Self Harm

The Bill of Rights For Those Who Self Harm spells out the ...

I want to try something. I want to be held accountable. Every day I will post here and report if I have been safe or not.

Today is day one. I have been good. No S.I. of any sort. I had thoughts but I beat them. I will continue to beat them.

Amanda

This weekend I signed a contract with my therapist not to cut at all but I have had a rough weekend and a ton of anxiety. this pushed me far and I really didn't want to break the contract so I found matches and now live but myself four or five times and don't want to stop :evil: ...

There was a time when I used to be a happy confident young woman. I dreamt of finding the right guy, getting married, kids, career etc. I fell in love with my boyfriend when i was sixteen. We've been together for nine years. I love him but we've had our differences. I have been depressed since uni started and i left home. I have been overly anxious since my teenage years. I would obsess over ...