how do u stop cutting?

Question

i know i need help from a pysh. but i dont know how to tell anybody that i cut i'm to scared that their gonna get mad at me. and i'm to shy to tell a consler or a teacher. what should i do??

yea i forgot that i also have an eating disorder. i starve myself. ...i think i might have depression.

my brother is bi-polor and i think my mom was to. i might have it to, i have so many problems. i live with my step-dad, and my half sister, i can't talk to my s-dad cuz all he cares about is his g/f and drinking. and i dont even know where my real dad is. i started cutting after my mom died of cancer, and my s-dad started drinking alot, then i quit. then after my brother ...got into a fight with me i started again, i've been cutting for 6+ months.

Answer 1

I Cut to. Its really bad not to tell someone..
Try talking it over with a friend if you cant with a teacher.
Find the reason why you cut and confrount it.
try anything possible to take your mind of cutting

Answer 2

cutting doesn't solve anything. Don't you realize that your actually hurting your self even more?You cant continue living this way. Times can be real hard but try to keep an optimist attitude. Except yourself for who you are and try to make the best of yourself. Its also not good to starve yourself! Dont do that! Omg..why cant you look in the mirror and see a beautiful person? Please stop doing what your doing....because people care about you (even though you may not think so). When you feel bad, instead of cutting or starving....listen to music, talk to someone, write poems, make a song, or just simply cry to let it out, but don't cut yourself. You have to remember that there are people out there suffering far more than you are...but they're holding on. Theres people out there that are homeless, with no food, no computer, or don't even have a single person in their lives to turn to. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE.

Answer 3

Hi Danielle,
Just to let you know, you are not alone in this area. So many girls have this problem, dont be scared. Yes you must talk to your Doc or Fam Doc as soon as you can. Just tell them exactly how you feel. Your honesty with your Doc will help you in the long run. There are some things that your Doc can do to change your whole life around for the better. You are not alone sweety!! These are your feelings and sometimes we all need help from others!!!
God Bless you sweety.
p.s. I find praying helps soooo much

Answer 4

I know what your going through, I really do. I cut for along time. It was something I couldn't stop. I was raped. And for some reason it helped to hurt myself by cutting. I went to alot of different doctors. The one thing that helped me the most was using a washable red magic marker. So when I had the feelings to cut myself I would mark my arm all up. It was red, so to me this was the look of blood. I know it sounds crazy, but give it a try. It helped me. Your not alone. Liz

Answer 5

You need to talk to your doctor and counselor about this problem.
It's not healthy to go on like this and not tell anyone you need help.
No one will get mad at you. This is an issue medical doctors and professionals and counselors know how to treat. You can recover from cutting. Good luck.

Answer 6

Do you suffer from an eating Disorder as well, you really should seek help from a trusted adult who can arrange care for you

Answer 7

I used to cut. How to stop depends on why you do it. The first step to stop anything though, is to want to stop. By asking for help here, you've already made a really big step, but the hard part isn't over. The way I stopped esentially, is through support. I was already seeing a psychiatrist and a psychologist when I decided to let people know about cutting that I had been doing for years in secret, and even with their help and my family's support, I couldn't stop. I was addicted to it. My doctors sent me to an Out-patient program at the hospital, which was basically a group of kids with similar problems where we would talk to each other and learn to help each other. I also have a social anxiety disorder, so at first I didn't talk to anybody. After awhile though, I opened up and I stopped cutting. there wasn't really any one thing though that got me to stop, it was a combination of things. Medication can help for depression, if you feel you are depressed, and that that might be causing the cutting, try to see a psychiatrist who can prescribe you medicine. Snapping a rubber band on your skin or putting ice cubes on your skin helped some of my friends, but it didn't help me because I didn't cut for sensation. The bands and ice also reinforce self-harming behavior, so try not to that if you can. Distracting myself by watching a movie or going for a walk helped a lot, but I also know how it feels. When I was in the mood to cut, I hated all movies and didn't care about going on a walk, all I wanted to do was to cut, that was all that mattered, so I know distracting yourself can be hard too. I cut for many reasons. Ultimately, I hated my skin, and wanted to unzip it, to take it all off and walk around without it, as a bloody skeleton. (Metaphorically, I hated myself, who I was, and thought that my skin was the product of a loveless marriage, as my parents got divorced when I was very young.) So to stop cutting, I also had to learn to rationalize my thoughts, and to stop hating myself. I cut very often and very deep for a very long time, and have over 100 scars some an inch wide and inches in length. I recently went to a dermotologist for it, and not much can be done since they are so old. I can't go to the beach, and I can't go swimming at my cousin's house because I couldn't bear them knowing what I did. For those reasons, since I'm over it now and living with the consequences, I wish I could help everyone in the world who cuts so that they don't have to hide themselves like I do. It's a very hard and horrible thing to go through. Also, something I didn't know when I was cutting, depending on where and how deep you are cutting, you can hit an artery and die even if you aren't cutting your wrists. Cutting arms and legs can kill you, and often that isn't the point, or it is but you might just not yet be really ready to die. The cuts can get infected if you use anything rusty or don't treat them properly. That can lead to some really terrible stuff, including lock-jaw, loss of a limb, or death. If you have any close friends, try talking to them about the reasons you cut, rather than the fact that you cut, because in my experience, after trying to turn to some of my friends when I was trying to stop, some of them started cutting because they saw that I was and thought it was ok. That really hurt, and I don't want that to happen to anyone else. That's not to say keep it a secret, just make sure that when you are ready to open up, it is to really good friends or family. I guess my problem was that I didn't want my close friends to know, because I was scared they would think of me different, but they were really the most supportive, so I told people I didn't know as well. Also, I know some friends who would cut together, avoid that at all costs, it's a serious problem, not a past-time to be shared with friends. And even if you can't stop immediately and do end up going to a hospital or doctor, which I HIGHLY recommend, know that you aren't crazy. There is no definition for normal, and what you are doing isn't safe and it is sad to hear that you are going through this, but don't let anyone try to tell you that you are abnormal or insane (in a bad way). A lot of people go through this, and continue to because they can't do what you have already done, which is ask for help. So all in all, do anything you can to stop, turn to music, writing, reading, film, and television to express/keep your mind off of things when possible, and try to seek professional help. Depression is an illness, and can be terminal, but there is help. Hang in there!!

Answer 8

i used to be a cutter...how did i stop? i started writing poems and took my mind offa the things that stressed me out! i dumped my bf and moved on and stopped smoking weed! then i started goin to church and some how God helped me that is the only way i can explain it! heather aka baby girl

Answer 9

you really need professional help.i have a niece who used to maim herself but got medical care and now she is a happy, o.k. gal!

Answer 10

i have a friend who cuts.........try putting rubberband around your wrist and snap it when you would usually cut. u will eventually stop.