Advice appreciated

I self harm and have done for a while, a friend recently found my poems on here and from that found out about my self harming. She is really worried about me. Also it has been getting worse lately, the cuts have been getting deeper and I'm doing it more often. My common sense is telling me to stop but my will isn’t strong enough, what can I do?

um, i can say from experience that it's gonna be hard. try to snap a rubber band on your wrist. another thimg you can do is draw lines on your arms in red ink. excercising is supposed to work too. the best thing you can do is talk to your friend about it. i've done these things, and they've kinda helped. stay strong hun. the only way you can stop is if you really, REALLY want to stop.
**lisa**

you say your friend is worried... use that to ur advantage. Think of how much its hurting her to know your cutting. Your hurting someone you love. And think of your family and other friends, think of how all of them would feel if they found out you were cutting. Its never too late to stop cutting. You just need to ask for help. its scary, but you can start somewhere easy. Like first telling a friend and from there you can either tell a parent or counsellor. Its gonna be hard, but if you want to quit bad enough you will... Remember its easier to be sad, but happiness feels so much better.
Best of luck

Amy couldnt have said it any better myself. If your friend is worried for you than talk to her about it because if it was anything like my sitution than they want to know why and all that stuff. Stop cutting while you can each day gets harder but that doesnt mean you cant stop anytime. Baby steps is what it takes eventully you will understand other ways to releive what ever is bothering you. If you need to talk more Im here for ya.
Good luck

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~Georgi

Stopping is hard, and if you don't get to the root of your problem you will do it again no matter what. You need to find out why you cut and fix that. It turned out that I had an emotional disorder and trusting problems so that is why I did it in combination with my life going to hell. But I didn't know that at the time. Seek help from a perfessional. I know how stupid that sounds but there are people in the world who are trained to help you get over these things, so let them do your job. If you are scared to tell your parents and ask them for help then go to a guidance counselor at school or at a free clinic who understands these things and they can tell you parents and help figure out what course of action to take. Some people can quit on there own, but if there is an underlying problem you need that to be found out. I mean telling is the most couragous thing you could ever do, and people will be proud of you for it. I mean things seem to be going crappy right now, wouldn't it be nice for them to start getting better? You deserve better than cutting, do this favor for yourself hun and you can live life again.

-Tainted Mikochan

Try and find some motivation for stopping. Mine is that I wanted to look my nicest at the winter formal and not have to wear a compleate granny dress to cover up my cuts. And I relised that it's a choice if I cut or not, and I'm not going to let cutting control what I wear, that's silly. So you just have to think about it that way. You can stop, It's very hard but not impossible. If you want to talk feel free to e-mail me.

stopping is the hardest thing you will ever do. if you need someone to talk to, email me. acusack89@yahoo.com