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"Recovered" self injurers?
People who use to cut, or otherwise hurt themselves.
Replies: 19Last Post June 15 10:13pm by alicerevisited
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Is there anyone here who used to self injure/ cut?

If so, how long has it been since you last did it?

How did you stop?

Do you ever get urges to do it again?

Personally it's been since senior year. So about 2 years. I guess I sort of "grew out" of it and found better ways to deal with my problems. I occasionally get urges to cut because it's a quick fix... I wonder if these will ever go away.

I was wondering if there was anyone on this forum like me.


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omgscarlett


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I never saw why people did it anyways.

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DanixxStellar


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me. its been since october. i constantly get urges but i hold back

i have some pretty wicked scars left over.

i just try t find other ways to deal with stress and sadness

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awakenedbyspring


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cutters will always be cutters. even if you don't do it for years. it's always there.

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julymoonflower


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-YEah I use to
-Been since Jan.
-I stopped for a bf,I made a promise and I always keep my promises
-And yeah I get the urges, but I just think of the promise I made

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Princess Bubbles


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I did about four years ago, only for maybe 6 months, then I became suicidal, my friends intervened, went to therapy and the shrink grossed me out so much I determined that i'd never do it again because I didn't want to see his face and he wasn't helping me. I fooled him like the second time i went to see him. but no, my two best friends helped me out of it and I realized that if i didn't stop I'd never get the one I loved.

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im with stupid


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I used to cut
I stopped last December
I listened to uplifting music until the urge went away
Rarely, I just punch a wall though.

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Quote: from awakenedbyspring at 11:17 pm on April 29, 2008

cutters will always be cutters. even if you don't do it for years. it's always there.


I wonder how true that statement really is.


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penguinsrule


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its been bout a year and a half since stopped, and yes..i get the urge a lot...i got a bf, and i didn't want anymore scars :(

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wtf123


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its been since decemberrr
niceee scarsd:)
but hate when ppl ask grr
urges? all the time
helpful ness ? music <3

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wingedmisery


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i have gone about 5 months with a 1 relapse since then. I don't remember when that was, but it was about a month or 2 ago that I did it last. I stopped because I have horrible scars that I will have forever and I needed to come up with different coping skills. I stopped by seeing a pyschiatrist who put me on meds to stop the urges. Yes, I have the urge sometimes... but I haven't given in again

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Arguia


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I haven't self harmed in nearly a year and five months.

I have urges a lot of the time.

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what are some things you do for the urges?

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amiee


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it's not something i consciously stop doing. i can go through periods of self harming quite a lot, and then i'll stop for months and months and just randomly start again. i don't actively try to stop myself, i guess.

although, for urges, i imagine completely distracting yourself and removing yourself from the stressful situation, or from the place where you could self harm, would help a bit.

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Oregon503


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i knew a few girls that do. one quit and the other I'm really trying to help.

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