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Hi all, I just want to say I’m not encouraging self harm but I’m just trying to relate to someone else. I feel incredibly dumb right now, I’ve self harmed for a few years now and every year I find my depression worsening. I’m very good at hiding these things but I’m not sure how much longer I can hold on, recently ive started cutting my arms and I can’t stop myself. It makes me calm down and ive started enjoying it a bit too much. It gives me this short period of a “head high” almost and it’s so addictive. I currently cant afford therapy but I’m trying to help myself, I just can’t stop.
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If you haven't seen a doctor for help with your depression yet please do and at the same time tell her/him about your cutting as it is not good for you.
ReplyHey, I relate to this so much.
I've been self harming on and off for years now. I've weined off of it but my biggest issue is triggering times of year. As of recent, I only self harmed once in 2023.
I can't stop you from cutting but a couple bits of advice I can give you is:
Remove all the things you use to cut from your home. Don't put them in your bin because you can get tempted to go down in. I had to have my partner remove them from our home.
Secondly, when the urges kick in, leave the room. If you self harm in your bedroom, go to your bathroom, have a bath/shower. If you can muster up the energy, go for a walk. This won't take away the thoughts, but it might help you calm down enough to not carry out the action.
Remember this it's all about the baby steps.
Try and start some form of diary, find your triggers, rating your mood from one to 10, and start another diary for an activity log. Everyday write down things you enjoy doing (not in a time frame) and try to complete then even if it's one thing, the smallest thing. The key is not to over whelm your self in the process.
Please try and seek help with someone, whether that be a close friend a family member a doctor. Call numbers like the samaritan if you don't have any one close around you. Even if they're not great on the phone they might be able to give you a good enough distraction.
If you ever want to talk more just keep replying to this comment.
You might not believe in yourself, but I sure as hell believe in you 🧡
Replyfirst of all, thank you so much for your advice! Thats actually a pretty good thing to do, It’ll definitely be hard for me to just drop everything and stop but getting rid of anything I could potentially cut with is smart. Thank you so much again kind stranger :-)
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