>>8412583
there is nothing wrong with you when you get a habit like cutting it is so hard to stop.
I've been battling it since i was 8 you can't just stop it always comes back

stop being a faggot

Only reason I've tried to stop cutting is because of the scars, or else I'd still be doing it. Feels good, man. So much release.

i'll never understand why people actually like cutting themselves

>>8412622
try to be understanding :(
self-harm is not a joke and shouldn't be joked about

>>8412615
I'm sorry you have been dealing with this as well.
The thing that is currently upsetting me the most is that I don't even know what set it off this time

>>8412632
release of what? blood?

take the advice of this anon ... >>8412622

>>8412644
If you really wanted to kill yourself you'd be dead.
Grow up and learn to cope with your problems like a functioning adult.

Cool Fucking story

i have those moments to it feel like you've just taken steps back its shit
the way i deal with it is I call the help lines and junk I try not be alone with those thoughts otherwise I just get worse
>>8412646

i should probably feel bad but i find it incredibly hot when someone has scars from cutting on their body, especially legs and belly area

>>8412632
I dunno what you're talking about, I love the scars. Heaps of small cuts look pretty shit but a few really deep ones are look great.
>>8412670
Hello there.

>>8412669
There are help lines for cutting?
>>8412664
Cutting does not mean you want to die you know

>>8412682
hi, i would love to see your scars.

>>8412664
cutting doesn't mean you want to kill yourself, its a way people cope not the best way but it can't be helped.
>>8412691
not cutting lines as such but crisis lines, I call kidshelpline about 3-4 times a week to avoid cutting and it does really help communication is key

>>8412726
I feel like I would be too old to call the kids help line

>>8412726
>* can't be helped, sounds fucked but oh well

>>8412739
there are other lines google some <3

>>8412746
Thank you. You have been the most helpful person about this

>>8412764
your more then welcome
I know what its like, you think your getting better then bam you slice you self up so bad for no reason :(
it does get better eventually. I've been told.

>>8412786
Well I've been doing this for now more then half of my life on and off. It is getting easier, kinda, but not much.
I just want to stop. And stop for good

hello op. i used to cut myself, stick needles and pins in myself, scratch until i bled, burn myself, and sometimes melt plastic and wax onto myself. i am not sure why i did it, but i liked it a lot. i was not trying to die, but perhaps i enjoyed the idea that it was a possibility. what really helped me to stop was telling a couple people. just a few close friends and a family member. i told them that i harmed myself and would not do it anymore. they eyed my arms for a while after that, making sure i kept my word. i have wanted to self-harm since then, but i have resisted with few relapses.
i am not sure "what is wrong" with you, as you put it. i cannot take the razor from your hand. but i can tell you that you are not alone. even if the only similarity between us is that we have made ourselves bleed. if you truly want to stop you can do it. you may relapse, but try to think of it as just a minor setback, a small step backward. keep moving forward my friend.

Partially because it relieves me, and partially because I find blood and scars very attractive

>>8412795
same, it'll happen eventually it just takes time,understanding and patience

I self harm.
I don't get why it's such a big deal. The only reason I ever want to stop is so that friends and family don't freak out and people don't call me emo faggot.

In kind of a similar situation, OP. Haven't self harmed in a little under a year, last night I fucked up. Hit myself over and over with a huge glass paperweight. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I want to do it again, because it's comforting to revert to old habits, but I know it's a shit idea and I'm ashamed I broke my streak.

you're just stupid. don't worry about it.

>>8412817
that's so hot. i just want to run my fingers up and down your scars now

this thread has a a serious lack of nudity

>>8412803
Thank you. I hope I can be as strong as you one day

Well I'm probably in the wrong thread now. I'm more than capable of stopping, I just don't want to. I like the scars, don't have much of a thing for the pain, probably a completely different cause.

I've heard about telling people you trust but I don't really trust anyone. My parents are stupid and would probably get the wrong idea, most of my friends wouldn't understand. I had a drunk conversation with one friend where they mentioned cutting themselves in a morbid tone, I just thought my scars are better. Along with that it's generally seen as a sign of weakness and I'd really prefer not to be vulnerable or seen as crazy by them.

God I'm a nutcase though, I can tell just from reading over this post. Like it's ever stopped me before though.

Its just so weird that you all feel the need to do so. Even if it feels nice, which by the way is biologically impossible, why would you scar your own body?

The satisfaction you get out of it is purely emotional. And even though it might work for you, you must understand that other people find it weird. "Normal" people have learned to find the same satisfaction in other ways, like talking to friends/family and sharing experiences with others. Friends and family work even better than a razorblade because they can actively seek contact with you and care about you. Only thing you need to do is not locking yourself up.

Beside it being socially awkward it is also a hazardous activity as it can give you infections or you might slice too deep or accidentaly cut something important.

Next to it being mildly dangerous and socially irresponsible there is nothing wrong with it I guess. I personally find the scars fucking ugly, but that's a matter of taste.

>I've heard about telling people you trust but I don't really trust anyone. My parents are stupid and would probably get the wrong idea, most of my friends wouldn't understand.
You say people would not understand, but I think they do. You are the ones that don't understand that you're harming your body for something (short-term emotional relief) that can be solved so easily in another way: be more social, friends will care. Your statement of not truting anyone with this confirms the fact that you are not even trying that.

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tldr: you all think you're special cause you have the urge to cut yourself in order to achieve emotional relief, in fact you are failing at seeking the same relief in just being social.

>>8413136
>you all think you're special

This is what morons actually believe.
You're just pissy people have psychological/emotional issues you can't understand

>>8413159
you can't understand

More specifically: don't even bother to try and solve it in a conventional way while eveyone keep telling them.

>>8413136
no cutters want to respond to my text? Or are you all cutting yourself saying "they don't understand what I feel"

>>8412872
>I hope I can be as strong as you one day
Geez ur into it deep. You must be completely misunderstood and everything. Perhaps make a large cut on your arm as that will solve all your problems?

I used to cut like 20 years ago when it was considered a cry for help rather than an addiction.

I was an attention starved brat looking for sympathy but too scared to really harm myself.

Fuck off, some people have real problems and your existence cheapens their actual suffering.

>>>8413136
>Even if it feels nice, which by the way is biologically impossible
>biologically impossible

You...you don't even remotely understand how the human nervous system actually functions, do you?

i have no problem with cutters, but cutters who show off their kitty-scratch "cuts" online disgust me.

i've seen people post them on fucking facebook and i've seen people post them here.
grow the fuck up and stop seeking attention.

>inb4 "but xyz, you're being a dick. i am NOT an attention whore, this is how i cope!"

bullshit. cutting is a way of coping with whatever (not going into reasons for cutting and how valid they are) if you're doing it hidden in your room and then wrap your shit up and keep it away. cutting, then posting this shit online is entirely different.

i kinda mad.

Signals sent from a cut to the brain usually result in the person feeling pain. Psychologically you can try to compensate and that is what these cutters actually do.

>>8413501
It is how they cope. But only because theyve never fully learned or forgot how to relieve their psychological problems with the help of others.

I have nothing against cutters, but I figured it was about time they understood how the rest of the world sees them. I couldn't care less whether they continue or not, I just want them to understand our point of view. And maybe, just maybe one or two of them actually sees the light.

Question to a cutter: do you think it is evolutionary explainable to cut yourself?

>>8413613
>It is how they cope.

i do understand that part. after seeing a LOT of kids cutting and showing it off i actually went to read about it online. i know about chemicals body produces when it's being harmed and how they can help depression in the short run. i read about that, it sounded reasonable enough and thus i don't judge people who cut -because- they are cutting.

i judge people who decide to post these kitty scratches online. i see them as attention whores, and i can't help but be disgusted by them. again, not because they cut. because they seek attention in this sad, pathetic little way.

Self-improvement is masturbation.

If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic

Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat. It's not a goddamn seminar. Stop trying to control everything and just let go! LET GO!

>>8413484
Maybe it my poor English, but I don't understand what you're saying.

>I used to cut like 20 years ago when it was considered a cry for help rather than an addiction.
People that show their cuts use them as a cry for attention. They know other people will find it weird, and they will draw attention. Just like the costumes from Lady Gaga, they're a cry for attention because she shows them and they are weird. For her it is convenient because she is a popstar, for you it is just plain sad.

If you don't show them it is a sign that you are incapable of talking with others about your feelings. And I DONT mean 'aah I feel soo bad', 'my life sucks', but I mean talk about an actual subject. Actual experiences you have trouble to cope with.

Just like xyz says cutting only provides you with a short-term solution. But if they would bother to fucking listen to everyone telling them there is also a long term solution, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

>I was an attention starved brat looking for sympathy
Indeed, indeed.

>too scared to really harm myself
Yes, of course. Why would you harm yourself. It's natural to be scared. Get back to reality moron. You sound like a normal human being at that time.

>Fuck off, some people have real problems and your existence cheapens their actual suffering.
waat??

It's okay OP I used to cut to. Last time I did was 6+ years ago though but I have thought about it recently.

Also I love to see girls with scars. I'll give a pic in a little bit. I'm ashamed to have stuff on my wrist but I love scars...

I've never met a cutter that wasn't a passive-aggressive twat. So stop being passive-aggressive twats, all of you, because dealing with passive-aggressive personas is terrible. I once had a relationship with one of these human leeches and ended up slitting my wrists (the proper way) as a result. Yes I realize this makes me biased. Yes I still hate you all.

dammit, if you're going to do this, at least do it on top of your arms where the skin is rougher.....uggggh wrists and underarms....so disturbing

best if you didn't do it at all though and found a way to redirect the impulse....but if it turns you on I understand it being tough to do that

I do it as a means of defining myself physically. I'm not ashamed of it at all. And if you've got a tattoo, of if you've ever been to the gym, you've got no business criticizing me for it.