How can I fight the felling to cut myself don't call me emo or I will report u?

Question

I'M 16 and I started at 14 I have not cut in a few weeks and I want to again but then I don't want to if that makes sence how can i fight it

Answer 1

You should get some help.. because sometimes the reason you feel depressed is because of a chemical imbalance in your body that isnt anyones fault. If you feel like you are depsressed for no reason and you feel like crying for no reason at all... and you feel tired like you want to sleep all the time you should go see your medical doctor and tell them your symptoms.

Just try to write out how you feel, work out, or do something productive. put a rubberband on your wrist and when your sad or mad and you feel like cutting just snap it a few times... dont over do it with the snapping, but i think thats better than cutting.

Try to get your mind off of how angry and sad you are of yourself and the world.

Good luck .. and i hope that you find another way to express your feelings

Answer 2

How does it make you feel when you cut yourself? Is it a pleasurable feeling? Do you enjoy the sight of blood oozing from the wound? Does the cutting leave scars on you? If you can answer yes to these questions, then you should get some help because you could seriously hurt yourself. What do your parents say about it? They can't help but notice. You asked how you can fight it, which indicates to me that you really don't want to do this, but have no control over the impulse. That's why you may not be able to fight it yourself, so you need help. A beautiful 16-year-old girl should cherish her body, not destroy it. If you don't want to get help for yourself, then do it for those who love you. Good luck!

Answer 3

You need to ask yourself what pleasure you get out of cutting. Why do you do it? And what purpose does it serve? Then look for different ways to fufill that purpose. Cutting generally takes place of some need that you are not getting met, so try and figure that out. If it is something you cannot do yourself, then seek a counselor. If you have a school counselor maybe he or she could help you. Realizing that this is a behavior you want to end is a good first step. You may also want to speak to one or both of your parents, or an adult you trust.

Good luck & take care of yourself.

Answer 4

Try to imagine how you would look with all those cuts... You're a young woman with all life ahead and when this dark period is over those marks will remind you of your bad days. Do you want that?
Everything changes and even if bad things dominate now it doesn't matter that it will be so forever. If you can't deal with it alone, maybe there's a close friend who could help?... If not, or you don't want to share your problems, here's my advice: find a beautiful young lady in you. Change your hairstyle, buy new clothes, go for a vacation... I know, it's quite banal but it might work.
Cheer up!

Answer 5

Hi ,
It does make perfect sense. You are fighting the urges and have for a few weeks. That is great. Try to distract yourself when feeling triggered. Sometimes, exercise is a good outlet to do, or writing your feelings down in a journal.
Seek support for yourself, and talk to someone who you can really trust. This will help you tremendously.
Best wishes .

Answer 6

I had a friend who used to do that. You need to distract yourself from the thought of mutilating yourself. Some people find it helpful to hold an ice cube in their hand tightly until the urge goes away. Another trick is to have a band aid on your wrist and snap it over and over on your wrist until the urge goes away.

I think you may want to tell a family member or a teacher at school you trust. You need to get help. It's nothing embarrassing or anything you should be ashamed of. It happens to the best of regulated people.

Answer 7

I went through this 15 years ago, before EMO was even around. You have to take it one day at a time. Thats wonderful you've gone a few weeks. Keep it up. I looked at how ugly it looked and how I didnt want to look like that. I recently saw a girl with horrible cutting scars on her arms, it was so sad. Dont do that to yourself. If it scars it will look so ugly when you older and trying to have a career, its like being tattooed or somthing.
Please keep up the good work of resisting!

Answer 8

From what I have read and heard from other cutters, cutting is used because the individual does not know how to properly display or deal with internal emotions. The only way to be able to come to terms with cutting behaviors is to seek professional help with someone who actually understands that there is an underlying emotional dysregulation.

Behavioral modification therapy will replace the cutting behavior with a safer and more socially accepted behavior. Cutting behaviors are extremely difficult to overcome without someone to talk to who can guide you in expressing yourself.

There's nothing wrong with needing to talk to someone outside of your family or friends.

Answer 9

That's good that you didn't cut yourself in a few weeks. Try not to do it for another week, and so on. I am truly not sure how you can fight it. Sorry! Talk to someone else about this besides us here.

Answer 10

do something else to take your mind off of the urge to cut yourself. go outside, take a walk, read a book, do something you're interested in. there is also a method of breathing in deeply for 8 seconds and exhaling for 8 seconds. do that until you don't feel like cutting again. or you could use a rubber band instead of a razor or whatever and snap it lightly on your arm.