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Edited: 5/27/2010 4:05 PM by
I Know I Need To Stop
Well, i guess my biggest issue right now is the cutting. I've been done it a few times now... and it gets worse each time. I know that i need to stop, but it feels almost like i can't. My dad saw the first one i ever made, which was extremely embarassing. I told him i'd stop, and he said he was going to get me a therapist or something. (which i didn't want, because i don't feel like talking about things) Sometimes i kind of think that i can heal all this on my own even though i've been told i can't. I've told two of my friends about this, and their really worried. I don;t want to hurt them or anyone else. That was never my intentions. but it makes me feel better. I've also been considering suicide for a while. I don't think i'd ever have the guts to do it though. People think i might be depressed, but i really don't think so. Because im only like that some of the time. the other time i'm going crazy and bouncing off walls, and i don;t think thats depression. I don't know what to do, please help me ):
Edited: 5/27/2010 4:06 PM by
We know that cutting is a way of dealing with emotional pain.  It is considered a coping skill, however, a very unhealthy and dangerous one. 

One thing a therapist or counselor would help you do is to develop alternatives to the cutting, some safer and healthier ways of coping with emotional pain.

If you want to work on this yourself, create a list of things that you like to do, things that help you feel better about yourself or distract you from the stress and emotional pain you are experiencing.

Then when you feel like cutting, pause, and do the things on the list.  This will not make the thought of cutting go away but it can help you develop some new habits that will reach the desired feeling without self-injury.

Please consider taking your father up on his offer to find you a professional that can help.  Suicidal thoughts are serious and need to be addressed.

Keep yourself safe and stay in touch with us.
 
Pat, Counselor