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Would someone help please?

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In the 5th grade, I began scratching my arm with staples. My mom found out and there was an endless amount of therapy. 6th grade came along, and with it so did help. I hadn't cut myself for about a year. 7th grade came though, and it was my worst year of my life. There were two people who made suicide pacts, and they both were self injurers. That year, I gave myself about 33 eraser burns. I stopped however because my parents found out again. Then this year, I just started again. My mom is bipolar and my little brother is autistic. I used a compass first, but then I started using a razor. I had stopped for about a week or two but then I just started again two days ago.
Please help. I don't think there is any reason I do it, but I like the feeling. :(
 

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I'm sorry, sweetie, it is a horrible thing to deal with.
Usually it is due to some kind of emotional pain... perhaps your family's problems are hard to cope with.
There are things you can do to try to stop when the urge to self harm is bad. I find wearing an elastic band around my wrist and flicking it can help to avoid escalating to anything more serious. there is a sticky here at the top of this forum which has a lot of other suggestions which might help.

Do you have anyone you can talk to about this? It does help..
Please PM me if you want to talk.. I know how it feels, and I can listen, even if I can't do anything practical.
Praying for you. :hug:
 
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