I don't see how this will end...?

Question

I've self harmed since i was 11 and i'm now 18.

I just can't ever see it stopping. I think i'll always need to do it and always will as a result of this.

I've quite recently gone to my GP for this and am still seeing her every two weeks...she's referred me to see a psychiatrist but don't know when that'll be.

I have tried EVERYTHING to stop. I can't get my mood up enough to stop. As soon as i feel OK it's just a short matter of time before i just feel c**p and do it again.

I have tried everything i can to stop (i mean getting help was the last option!) but nothing works. I'm sure you can give me any solution and i'll have tried it and it will have failed.

So what do you do at this point? IS it even possible to stop? HOW??

Thanks for reading. x

Answer 1

its all how you look at life.

ive had your problem.

then i got a huge wake up call and grew the h**l up.

Answer 2

I know what you're saying. I feel the same way. I've been self harming since I was 13, and I'm 22 now. I just started seeing a therapist. It's really the only way to go.

I really feel like too that I don't think that I can ever stop. I hate it when people tell you to use a rubber band, or ice or something like that. It doesn't help. It has no effect like cutting does.

Go to the therapist. Be honest, and open up. It's the only way you're ever going to be able to stop.

And yes you can stop. It seems like you can't now, and it seems like I can't, and ever won't. But really, it's no way to live. Cutting, hiding the cuts, being ashamed of them...

You just have to trust your therapist and make an effort to stop.