Self harm.... Why??

convinced101 · Dec 5, 2004

I self harm... and I feel alone lik I am the only one.... is ne1 out there in the same situation or u no some1... I wud love 2 hear from ne1!!

sparrow · Dec 5, 2004

Hey convinced101, I just wanted to let you know you're not alone :wave:

I also struggle with the same thing and have done for about a year.

You'll probably find that there are quite a lot of us here that do it. You just gotta look at some of the other threads to find that out.

convinced101 · Dec 5, 2004

But I jst keep thinkin y.... y do ppl do it I dun even no wot I am thinkin bout this I feel blind lik there is no escape!!
It jst seems so...so weird (the only way I can say it)
I want 2 stop but how?

ark_angel · Dec 5, 2004

hey, yeah you are definitly not alone, I am also a case of self harming among other things, I am currently working on stopping, so I just wanted to let you know that you are definitly not alone, I used to think the same thing that I was the only, or atleast there was probably not that many, but as I have come to find there are quite a few people, a whole lot of people suffer from it. Anywayz, if ya want to talk I am here.

bliz · Dec 6, 2004

Convinced -

Your problem is far more common than most people think.

What's going on is that you have discovered that physical pain helps to quench emotional pain. The cure is to figure out what is causing the emotional pain and stop that and/or learn different ways to cope with the emotional pain in your life.

A counselor or therapist can be a great help in dong this. You can probably arrange to speak with someone through your school's guidance office - you don't even need to tell them why, just say that you would like to meet with a counselor. No one is going to be grossed out or repulsed or think less of you. Honest.

Godsgirl481 · Dec 6, 2004

I was a cutter for 8 years...I have no cut in 16 months :clap:

It is an ongoing struggle to fight the urges...never really gets easier

convinced101 · Dec 6, 2004

hey
thank u all 4 ur messages they mean alot....
I was thinkin 2day bout wot is causin my emotional pain.... and i guess it is everythin ...my parents always argue, skool life is hell!!! I am so pleased for all of u who have managed 2 stop that takes guts and that is somethin I dun hav. I am seein a counsellor and I no it works 4 some ppl but all they do is patronise me.....
As I say again thank u for all ur messages and may God bless u all!

Cerulean_Butterfly · Dec 6, 2004

You're definetly not alone.... i used to think i was alone too... i was surprized how many people here were in the same boat as me... i love these girls here... and please check out my thread "Idea for people that SI" it might help. :hug:

I Self harm too... ive been doing it since i was 9 years old... :hug:

your not alone hun.

Jo. :hug:

convinced101 · Dec 7, 2004

Thanks again 4 all ur messages it mean so much that ppl want 2 tlk 2 me!
I hop I can get 2 no, those who wud lik 2 get 2 no me!
And that we can helps each otha out!
PM if ne1 wants..... Thank u so much again

katylees · Dec 7, 2004

i do it too ...definitely not alone *hugs* ...a good site is www.busmail.org/phpBB ...i use this ..and it does help most of the time ..if u join it then tell me and illtell u my username ..if u want to talk then im here and always listening ..take care

jen_soccer13 · Dec 7, 2004

I know exactly how you feel...I have been doing this for almost 6 years now...it is a mess. my life is never normal. get help while there is still hope for you

fish-eyes · Dec 10, 2004

i do it too. have been trying to stop lately though. hang in there hun *hugs*

Godsgirl481 · Dec 11, 2004

the first time I knew I was not alone was when I was 18...and SIing about 5 times a day. I found a chat room on AOL labled "cutters".....MANY MANY MANY people do this. Mostly girls...and mostly in teenaged or young adult ages. But guys do it too...and older people. I was really suprised to see this. When I moved to Kansas...I was in a sexual abuse class in the my church called Shelter From The Storm...and I told the girls about SI...and one of them was a counselor for kids that have been taken from their homes because of abusive parents...and she deals with SI all the time...told me at least 1 out of every 20 kids she sees does this....which is a lot if you count how many kids she sees.

HisEagle · Dec 13, 2004

convinced101 said:
I self harm... and I feel alone lik I am the only one.... is ne1 out there in the same situation or u no some1... I wud love 2 hear from ne1!!

All I can say is that you aren't the only one who does it. I can't offer any advice, because I don't have any. I don't know any.

This whole self-injury thing is new to me, and I'm a 39 year old man. I have an alabaster ball that I use for hitting myself, and I just beat the snot out of my legs yesterday and caused some bruising. Today, I really ripped away at them with a sharp plastic object I have on my desk, and they bled a lot. I do this because I know I'm not worth anything, and nothing about me matters anyway. I don't even think God cares sometimes, because otherwise why does He keep letting me be like this? My life has no purpose, and I pray He will give me cancer so I can just die.

ark_angel · Dec 14, 2004

I know how you feel groundhog, I feel like that like all the time, I like always feel I have no purpose in life and that no one cares and that even God doesn't care, but just because that is how I feel, deep deep deep down I know that it is not true, I know that God does care for you and I know that He cares for me, although I sometimes have trouble even believing it myself, I know it's true so I have to just keep telling myself that because I know that He does care for everyone including you

WhereareyouGod? · Dec 15, 2004

I have been SI'in since i was 7 on an off, stopped for a couple of years and started again bout 2 years ago now i guess. You ain't alone but you can never get too deep, yeah it gets harder to get out of the hole but there is always away, Don't loose help any of you. Set yourself goals, make them achievable i started out with one day and built it up from there, my current goal is 6 weeks which is on tuesday

going an hour for somepeople is good so try that.

I am happy to talk or listen to any of you if u need a chat, i may only be 15 but i have been through one hell of a lot recently. lol

Lizzie

WhereareyouGod? · Dec 15, 2004

Groundhog, you are worth something, you are worth everything. You are God's child. Everytime you hurt be it physically or emotionally he is crying He feels every bit of pain you do but one hundred times over. The heaven's all cry because they want you back, God wants to hug you so so hard right now and just take it all away. He loves you so so so much you would not believe it is impossible to comprehend.

I know you probably won't believe me but it is true. He really does love you. If i can help let me know

Crazy_nut_4_Jesus · Dec 15, 2004

Nope. You're not alone... SI is an excuse for us when it really comes down to it. Don't give up and realize that you aren't the only one who is into SI. Secondly, This is life...That's just the way it is... But just remember that just because life gets too hard to handle doesn't mean you have to slice up your skin... Head over to the Bible instead.

Loopi · Dec 20, 2004

hiya
your not alone, and its reassuring to know that as a christian cutter im not alone too. thnk you for starting this thread.
i have no advice, only a belief that Christ can get us all through this eventually, it just takes time
ive been cutting for the last three years on and off and have sadly slid into it worse everytime
God bless
xxxx

TheMainException · Dec 23, 2004

MY LOVE TO YOU!!!!!!! Don't forget that I care too...and that you are not alone because I too am involved with this...although I only did it a couple of times...I'm too much of wuss for pain...but cutting and clubbing yourself with a ball is not the only way to harm yourself...so, I guess, the cutting a couple of times was just one way to do it...I'm beating myself tons of times, pulled my hair and do everything and everything dangerous to hurt myself. Anything to bring pain mostly...anything that my youth pastor won't catch me on and know what I'm doing. And a lot of the time...it's not just because I'm depressed...it's just because pain is good for me...(not really, but that's what I tell myself) It makes the pain go somewhere else. I want to do dangerous things...and I'm never really sure why...but I just know that it has something to do with the fact that I'm an SI'er. have faith sister...(I know that it can be hard...I'm faltering right now with my faith)...may the lord not let you go...I know he won't...with love, Lauren

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