ive just tried it :(

#1 by Billie on 05/03/2010 22:06:07 (id-2254).
Nope. Hurting yourself won't achieve much in short term and in the long term when you wake up the next day or later on in the day your state of mind will change and you will probably just feel silly and feel sore. Are you sure theres nothing bothering you? If its other people why harm yourself? Maybe your hurting yourself because you blame youself for something?

#5 by <3 EMILY <3 on 09/03/2010 20:54:27 (id-2264).
Wen i angry i go and take it out on my mum cos it always her falt.She had me in the first place so i put the blame on her but sometimes i do put myself at the end of a knife and it not good.

#6 by .char on 10/03/2010 01:34:02 (id-2266).
As someone who started with a few sctaches and now cuts almost every day with scars over my body so summer is never summer for me,i cant go swimming,or short sleves and is labelled a physicological risk to self on my doctors notes ,dont carry on its a spiral down and believe me it never takes it all away, never completely and you become more addicted and hurt yourself more until it foesnt work anymore and you are left with the same reasons it all started.

#7 by LUVVIN YOUU on 11/03/2010 11:37:54 (id-2277).
YOU NEED TO STOP WOT YOUR DOING NOW!
I USED TO AND ALL IT BROUGHT WAS PAIN SCARS AND SHAME
YOU NEED HELP BEFORE IT GETS WORSE

#9 by Sarah Rose on 10/04/2010 22:30:10 (id-2374).
Don't do it, it doesn't really help. I use to do it when I got frustrated and angry and you don't want to start a habit like that, they're hard to quit.
It upsets others when they find out, which they will, family and friends or it makes matters worse because they don't understand and think you are attention seeking. That's not what made me do it but I know a few people who've self-harmed for nothing more than it gets them attention.
There are no positives to it.

#10 by Heath on 10/06/2010 18:59:55 (id-2491).
It won't make everything better! I fully understand what you're saying but, speaking from 2 years experience, it doesn't help in the long run- it starts off with a couple of cuts but soon you get addicted and the cuts get deeper and it leads to serious problems (the psychological problems are the worst) and it really isn't a good road to go down! If you're depressed, you can go to counselling and they may decide to give you tablets (that's what happened with me.)

#12 by Lauren :) on 19/12/2010 12:48:21 (id-3156).
Dude. don't do it anymore, seriously i wondered that the first time i tried it and now i'm addicted. it messes up your life :/ x

#13 by Izi on 23/12/2010 11:25:31 (id-3188).
That's how I started now I cut my legs every day sometimes twice a day. It's an addiction and you need to try and overcome it - find a friend or family member or friend of a family member or someone to talk to, and remember everyone who has read this post wants you to feel better x i send good luck and my love x (hope that doesn't sound cheesy =])

#14 by bernieee on 22/04/2011 23:55:17 (id-3895).
thats how i started, well technically i started by bruising myself but I quickly moved on to scratching myself, at first just lightly but the it started getting deeper and deeper. A few weeks ago i suddenly found myself cutting... I hate to admit it, but i know i am addicted to it, the power it makes me feel, the control over myself... but it is all an illusion. Do not be taken in. I was and now i have scars that will never fade and a problem that im going to have to find the guts somewhere to face up to. x

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