Help Outlets to stop self harming

[Leonard_Bangley39]

I started cutting myself on my arms a couple months ago and its developed into a habit/maybe addiction I do every time i feel shitty. Be it right after an awkward social interaction where i feel like the outcast of the group, or to vent the stress right before a big event. I like cutting myself. I like the feeling, i like the blood, i like looking at the blood and at the scabs and at the scars. But I want to try and stop.

Has anyone here struggled with self harm in the past and managed to stop? And if so, what are some outlets I can vent my desires to cut into?

 

[EmptyBottle]

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I found a tip that might help (putting SH items where they are harder to reach)

While I haven't SH'd, I've read about SH here and sometimes elsewhere.

 

[fuzzypeach]

i would look at harm reduction. maybe start by scratching instead of cutting, then you can use a pen to draw on yourself instead etc

 

[EmptyBottle]

hmm, if scratching to remove tiny annoying "growths" counts as SH, then my statement about me not doing SH needs updating, coz I did scratch hard... not to cause pain but to remove the nuisances, even when there was a lil pain.

 

[Leonard_Bangley39]

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Anything that is related to self harming goes here. How you started to do it? Why you do it? What's your method? Did you ever have clean periods? How big are your self harm urges today on a scale of 1 to 10? In my case, I started to do it when I was a teenager, daily while in the second...

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I found a tip that might help (putting SH items where they are harder to reach)

While I haven't SH'd, I've read about SH here and sometimes elsewhere.

that might be a bit hard because i use lots of different razors to cut myself. Currently, I used flat double edged razors to cut myself. It would be difficult to get rid of them out keep them out of reach because i also use them to shave. Getting different reaches wouldn't help because when i first started, i took apart a cheap, disposable razor and took out one of the shark blades and used that for cutting.

the issue is that when i get determined to do something, very little outside of being locked in an empty room will stop me. and i do still need to shave.

 

[thelostautistic]

I used to draw on the area of the body I wanted to cut. But I wouldn't use red pens. Only other colours

 

[diospyros.kaki]

i've had some struggles w sh (i've been clean for 3 days lol) and i think it could be worth looking into harm reduction as people have said before in the thread... burning yourself with ice, using elastic bands on your wrists etc.

also there was a time i just stabbed/cut into a chair in my room when feelings were too intense, you could try something like that