Why do i do this....any help will be help?

Question

i'm a generally a happy person but lately i've been cutting my wrists and leg. i feel really c**p about myself but i don't know what i do it. it's really not like me to this, but now that i've done it a few times

i can't really stop

anything will help

oh and don't bother saying "wow are you emo" because it's bullshit get over it

Answer 1

happiness and cutting ..or self injury.. have nothing in common. you can be happy and cut or unhappy and cut. cutting releases endorphines which in turn make you feel better after each cut which is why you feel like you cant stop. realising this is huge, and you may want to tell someone who can help before this turns into an addiction, and believe me it can. please be careful and hope this helps.

Answer 2

ive had similar issues,

in the end something will help you get over it.

if you want it to stop eventuley you will.

Answer 3

To illustrate, consider what happens when you are in a doctor’s office about to get a shot. As the process begins, have you ever found yourself pinching your skin or perhaps putting pressure on it with your fingernail, just to distract yourself from the sting of the needle? What the self-injurer does is similar, although on a more serious level. To the self-injurer, cutting provides a form of distraction and a sense of relief from the sting of emotional anguish. And the anguish is so great that by comparison physical pain is preferable. Perhaps that is why one self-injurer described cutting as “medicine for my fears.”

The Bible acknowledges that “oppression may make a wise one act crazy.” (Ecclesiastes 7:7) The challenges of adolescence—in some cases, coupled with tragic life experiences—can provide the groundwork for a pattern of harmful behavior, including self-injury. A youth who feels isolated and believes that she has no one to talk to might resort to cutting in an effort to find relief. But whatever relief self-injury may seem to offer is short-lived. Sooner or later the problems return, and so does self-injury.

self-injury—which includes cutting or self-mutilation—has become surprisingly common among teens and young adults. Canada’s National Post notes that the practice “terrifies parents, baffles [school] guidance counsellors and challenges doctors.” It also says that self-injury “can become one of the toughest addictions known to medicine.”

I found this really interesting magazine that talks about this, e-mail me and I'll send it to you.

[e-mail]

It helped me.

Answer 4

it's sad that you do this, but it's a simple cry for help,  it's a stress relief issue,  please seek medical mental help, so that this does not get out of control......

Answer 5

I just got over this problem. It lasted around 2 months.

You have to want to stop.

I personally didn't want to go back to school and have everyone

see my scars. I also wanted to be free. It get's tiring trying to hide things from your loved ones.

Best of luck to you <3

Answer 6

i think you need to take your own advice and whatever is making you do this, stop doing it and GET OVER IT

Answer 7

Cutting is almost like a drug man, you use physical pain to cover emotional pain.Although cutting may provide some temporary relief from a terrible feeling, even people who cut agree that it isn't a good way to get that relief. For one thing, the relief doesn't last. The troubles that triggered the cutting remain — they're just masked over.

People don't usually intend to hurt themselves permanently when they cut. And they don't usually mean to keep cutting once they start. But both can happen. It's possible to misjudge the depth of a cut, making it so deep that it requires stitches.Cuts can become infected if a person uses nonsterile or dirty cutting instruments — razors, scissors, pins, or even the sharp edge of the tab on a can of soda. Most people who cut aren't attempting suicide. Cutting is usually a person's attempt at feeling better, not ending it all. Although some people who cut do attempt suicide, it's usually because of the emotional problems and pain that lie behind their desire to self-harm, not the cutting itself. There are better ways to deal with troubles than cutting — healthier, long-lasting ways that don't leave a person with emotional and physical scars. The first step is to get help with the troubles that led to the cutting in the first place. Here are some ideas for doing that:

Tell someone. People who have stopped cutting often say the first step is the hardest — admitting to or talking about cutting. But they also say that after they open up about it, they often feel a great sense of relief. Choose someone you trust to talk to at first (a parent, school counselor, teacher, coach, doctor, or nurse). If it's too difficult to bring up the topic in person, write a note.

Identify the trouble that's triggering the cutting. Cutting is a way of reacting to emotional tension or pain. Try to figure out what feelings or situations are causing you to cut. Is it anger? Pressure to be perfect? Relationship trouble? A painful loss or trauma? Mean criticism or mistreatment? Identify the trouble you're having, then tell someone about it. Many people have trouble figuring this part out on their own. This is where a mental health professional can be helpful.

Ask for help. Tell someone that you want help dealing with your troubles and the cutting. If the person you ask doesn't help you get the assistance you need, ask someone else. Sometimes adults try to downplay the problems teens have or think they're just a phase. If you get the feeling this is happening to you, find another adult (such as a school counselor or nurse) who can make your case for you.

Work on it. Most people with deep emotional pain or distress need to work with a counselor or mental health professional to sort through strong feelings, heal past hurts, and to learn better ways to cope with life's stresses. One way to find a therapist or counselor is to ask at your doctor's office, at school, or at a mental health clinic in your community.

Although cutting can be a difficult pattern to break, it is possible. Getting professional help to overcome the problem doesn't mean that a person is weak or crazy. Therapists and counselors are trained to help people discover inner strengths that help them heal. These inner strengths can then be used to cope with life's other problems in a healthy way.

Cutting can be habit forming. It can become a compulsive behavior — meaning that the more a person does it, the more he or she feels the need to do it. The brain starts to connect the false sense of relief from bad feelings to the act of cutting, and it craves this relief the next time tension builds. When cutting becomes a compulsive behavior, it can seem impossible to stop. So cutting can seem almost like an addiction, where the urge to cut can seem too hard to resist. A behavior that starts as an attempt to feel more in control can end up controlling you.

  

Answer 8

stop cutting yourself then you can say hey i stopped cutting myself what an accomplishment  

Answer 9

You are likely unconsciously trying to get some control over issues in your life. 'To feel pain' sometimes becomes twisted in one's mind.

If you can feel pain, at least you know you can still feel SOMETHING.

It is not important to understand why you are doing this. All that matters is how you feel about it. Learn to reduce the negative emotions about how you feel about things and you can stop cutting.

Cutting is an expression where action seeks control.

You will stop self-sabotage behavior once your mind resolves (reduces) away the potent negative energies associated with your control and fear of loss issues.

Answer 10

when you have the urge hold some ice in your hand, snap a rubber band around ur wrist or wherever you feel like cutting,listen to music, or go for a walk, maybe write down somewhere everything your feeling like curse words or emotions, like lonely or sad

you could get some help but honestly its probaly the hardest thing ive ever done, having to deal with my parents then the psychologist's questions,  idk that was all too much for me,but if you do wanna get help make sure u find the rite psychologist, it relle makes the difference between stopping and falling even further, but im guessing you dont wanna get anyone involved?idk

and if you need to talk or wanna talk about anything, message me or something, i kno what your going thru, just have faith.

good luck<3

Answer 11

its obvious you are seek self sympathy, you want people to feel bad about you because you feel sad about life.

Not a emo, just a sick freak.

stop bitching about life, look at how much stuff you have.

not emo, neeed help, straight jacket.

Answer 12

You are what the Mental Medical Community call "A Cutter."  Cutting comes from a addictive behavior which in this case stems from something in your blood line. What the spiritual community would call a generational curse. I am sure if you follow your bloodline you will find people who do weird things for whatever reason.  The physical reason you cut yourself is like a drug addict, it produces a euphoria, and that's why you keep doing it.

Despite the reason, the root source of your problem is the devil, Anything not good is not from God and the enemy has come to try and destroy you. You need to seek help, but the help needs not only be Christ in your life, that is a must because only He can break the curse, and then you need to follow the medical regiment prescribed until you have established a relationship with Christ and can totally rely on HIm to be your Healer in all things.