self mutilation, self injury, whatever you want to call it.
i was cutting periodically (almost every day) for at least 6 months. after one huge episode, it died down to about once or twice a week, and then to less than once a month for about another 6 months. after people found out and i went to a therapist, i stopped for a while though i still had urges.
i have cut a few times since i "stopped." i've done it in places where nobody could see, and i still considered myself "done" until the other day when i was at the beach and my friend asked me what the scabs on my thigh were and i made up a story. i realized that i was doing the same thing that i did when i was cutting periodically.
am i still a cutter? some say once a cutter, always a cutter. some say otherwise.
have you ever been a cutter or self-harmer? what motivated you? and if you stopped, how?
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