Alot of times when I close my eyes I see myself cutting myself in all these pretty designs and patterns. Does this mean that I really have this urge to cut even though I don't at the moment? I've tried to cut before but for some reason it never works and I don't want to start cutting because I hate the sight of blood but it's just I keep getting these visions and I dunno what to do. I have been sucidal for quite sometime though so maybe it's just my suicidal thoughts trying to tell me what to do. I dunno. Does anyone else have this problem?
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I'm not a cutter but....*might trigger*
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hm....Im not exactly sure what to say about this. I've never really been faced with that. I've imagined myself cutting, but that was after I had already started, and as for cutting, Its kinda weird, but when I cut, I don't bleed. and if you think you are gonna bleed, or even if you think you won't, I wouldn't start. Its a bad habit
Take it from me, its not a habit you want
Take it from me, its not a habit you want
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dear hoplesss,
i truly understand what you are saying here...cuz i'm been in the same place. It is very uncomfortable to have thoughts like this floating in your head.
i say this only because of my personal experience, but what you are describing can be attributed to a chemical imbalance and can be treated w/ medication. I would quickly seek either medical or a trained professional counselor for these thoughts because they can be treated.
Do you have any history of bipolar, depression, anxiety, or anything like that?
i truly understand what you are saying here...cuz i'm been in the same place. It is very uncomfortable to have thoughts like this floating in your head.
i say this only because of my personal experience, but what you are describing can be attributed to a chemical imbalance and can be treated w/ medication. I would quickly seek either medical or a trained professional counselor for these thoughts because they can be treated.
Do you have any history of bipolar, depression, anxiety, or anything like that?
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First of all, I am sorry to hear you are having such bad visualizations about the self-injury process. I get those same visualizations, but I self-injure... so it kinda makes sense there.hoplessss said:
Only you know if you are getting a real urge to do anything. I, personally, do not consider *fantasies* the same thing as the real act - but other people may or may not agree.
Self-injury and cutting aren't the same thing as suicide attempts. People self-injure for so many reasons including the following: to feel grounded/ brought back to reality, to fleet reality, physically show themselves they are alive, to prove to themselves they can heal, to turn the emotional pain into something physical they can see, etc... Self-injury is often used as a way to prevent people from killing themselves, so I have heard from other people who self-injure (this is something I believe is true for me sometimes too).
If you are feeling suicidal, then you need to tell someone and get help. Feeling the urge to cut and feeling sucidial might be more than just self-injurious thoughts, so please reach out to someone who can help you.
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I don't know why you're seeing these things, because usually only self-harmers do ... but please, try not to make these visualisations into reality. You DO NOT want to get on the path of self harm, because... it's no joy ride. It hurts. And I don't want to see you hurting like this. 
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