Self harm/ Self injury support

[Siyren]

just because i cant be the only one surely?

 

[Spunky]

I used to be a cutter, but happily, I've been cut free for I think about 5 years now.

My tool of choice used to be a safety pin, whenever I find them in hiding places I feel nostalgic. Weird of me probably.

Now I pick at my lips, but I hope that is just a bad habit and not related. If nothing else you know you're not alone!

 

[17thy]

I cut for the longest time. Haven't done it since I became pregnant with my daughter but I do have the urge sometimes. DH would absolutely kill me if I did instead of just coming to him and vent and cry and whatever I need to do. I have to say since being with DH a lot of my "issues" have greatly improved.

 

[hellohefalump]

I cut for years... I've stopped at the moment now though. The last time I did it was just over two years ago.

 

[Siyren]

good, to know im not alone

 

[Jess11]

You're not alone. Im 23 and I've been self harming for 9 years. I managed to stop at one point for quite a long time but recently I've started again and had to get stitches last week which was not pleasant.

 

[Miss_Quirky]

Nope, definitely not alone. I am 18 now, been selfharming for six years, with a two year gap where I did really well and didn't cut or burn myself. I've also fought with an ED for ten years now.

 

[Angelbabymama]

Hello, I'd been self harming for 12 years in many different ways but mostly cutting since I was 14. I've been cut free for a year now after a failed overdose last April & a very good therapist! Been totally self harm free for 8 and a half months after meeting my OH.
Happy to say I'm stable at the moment and hoping to stay that way for the sake of my little boy. x

 

[cherryglitter]

not the only one.
i started self harming when i was 13 and continued on and off for years. i'd say i stopped properly about 3 years ago.
i then got PND after the birth of my skin and returned to self harming. i'd say i stopped just before i got pregnant with lola.

i haven't cut since and i don't intend to
it's horrible and there needs to be SO much more awareness in my opinion!

to everyone!xx

 

[2011butterfly]

I used to SH when I was a teenager, for about 1-2 years. I have not SH now for 10 years Although I have still got scars. Thing about that is when people see the scars they seem to think that SH is something recent for myself, which does bother me However, I think 10 years is a great milestone if I say so myself!!

to everybody, and well done to those who managed to stop!

 

[thestarsfall]

I used to cut a lot..and OD on various OTC pills. I haven't cut in several years (lost count, but not more than 3...I found trying to keep count was it's own sorta trigger) but I still occasionally get the urge to do it, and I still occasionally will minor OD on tylenol or something. I don't think the urges will ever go away honestly. It's like in Girl, Interrupted when she's like talking about thinking about suicide all the time...some days all I think about is cutting but I don't do it.

What helped me the most was that I was kinda forced to either quit or explain everything to a whole bunch of random people. I had gone to massage school and we learn on each other so it's not like I could just hide the fact that I was freshly cut up and there is very little skin area that we did not expose (hahaa that sounds weird cuz its school). So I just had to quit. That and a really supportive OH.

However, I still have almost all my tools of self destruction...so I don't consider myself fully recovered.

 

[Pixoletta]

Can i join? I started self harming age 12 then i stopped at 19 and have self harmed twice since then. I'm now 22 so i'm doing pretty good. I still get very strong urges but try my best not to act upon them. Support always here if you need it

 

[BadassMom]

I'd like to join also, if that's ok. I started cutting at age 15, stopped around age 17 and have had a few "relapses" since then. I also still have the urge to cut, even though I'm 24 now. Not to mention I (like all of us) still have to deal with the scars. My most severe cutting happened when I first started and I have scars clustered all over the lower half of the left arm, so their pretty visible. How do you ladies deal when people ask where your scars come from? I used to lie about it, but now I just say I don't want to talk about it. It would be nice talking with people on here who understand where I'm coming from though.

 

[BadassMom]

By the way Siyren: I LOVE your avatar!!! Dean Winchester is awesome, so is supernatural!!

 

[modified]

I self harmed for 14/15 years and have been "clean" for about a year now. I'm doing good

 

[Pixoletta]

BadAss Mom i used to hide my scars so people didn't ask but if they did i would just say i had a past i'd rather forget or if there are a lot of scars then most people realise and do not ask the question.

 

[BadassMom]

BadAss Mom i used to hide my scars so people didn't ask but if they did i would just say i had a past i'd rather forget or if there are a lot of scars then most people realise and do not ask the question.

I hid mine for a long time as well with long sleeves or arm bands but as the ones on my arm started to fade away and turn white I realized it was harder hiding them than just dealing with the occasional question. Also, I think not being afraid to let them show from my self confidence growing as well.

 

[Mrs_X]

i self harmed for 6 years, but been 'clean' for 3 years . i used to cut my legs and wrists and have scars. i have had urges recently due to PND but im coping x

 

[BadassMom]

i self harmed for 6 years, but been 'clean' for 3 years . i used to cut my legs and wrists and have scars. i have had urges recently due to PND but im coping x

Good for you for resisting the urges! I've been nervous my whole pregnancy about PND.

 

[EmilyDB1993]

I self harmed from when I was 8 up until a few months ago, and I'm 18 now. I had an abusive family and I was bullied a lot in school and in the streets, so I really had no escape.

I'm covered in scars, wrists, arms, shoulders, thighs, stomach, throat, there's a lot of them, people here just look at them and pretend they haven't seen them, thank God!