Hi uniquescene --- it sounds like you're relatively at the beginning of this type of behavior. Just talking about it with a professional can help you realize WHY you're self-harming and WHAT the triggers are. We usually harm ourselves to numb emotional pain via distraction...or to feel something different than what we're feeling.

Is there an adult that you can trust?

Do you know where to go for help?

well my mum just freaks and i am scared to get professional help

Why are you scared?

because i dunno what to do and they just think im a freak probably :S

It's actually more normal than you think...and doctors are not going to think it's weird. They will agree that it's healthier to stop ... and will offer suggestions to you for how to stop. They will teach you how to start by being aware of which situations are likely to trigger your urge to cut and then will help you make a plan for what you will do instead of cutting when you feel this urge.

It's nothing totally out of the ordinary, just a way of coping with life that you can learn to try to do differently. You just need options and the opinion of someone who has experience.

hi! i just wanted to let you know i'm expierencing the same thing. i don't want to talk to my mom about it because everytime she sees the cuts she filps at me. i try to quit but its rough. and i'm scared what a professional will think of me. my friemds think its weird and idk... itd rough and i'm scared wat people will think of my. i'm only 13 and i cut.... i wish i could stop, but i'm really dependant on it :/ i just wanted to let youn know you're not alone and that there are people here for you!

best of luck

Kate

Wow. It looks like we're all in the same bucket, here. I am a cutter, too. And my mom is really over-protective and paranoid, so when she found out that I cut she FLIPPED OUT. She forced me to go to counseling with my youth pastor.
It was kinda scary at first, because I have a whole bunch of trust issues.
Well, turns out that my youth pastor tells his wife about the whole "si" thing. WTH? I honestly didn't know what to think...So, I've not had the best of experiences with shrinks, but hey, you might have better luck.
I agree with Kate, YOU'RE NOT ALONE! We are all going through the same things.
Blessings!

It's nice to know that i am not alone and i have been doing really well lately. I try to avoid situations where i want to cut and if i do get the urge i just leave the situation and try to talk to someone to get my minds off of things. i find that it really works i reccommend it
x

hello im 14 and i selfharm, my dad is a crazy controling abusive ass who raaped me when i was 10 its been four years and i still havent gotten over it and i still have nightmares about it i have no self confidence i have very few friends becuse of it and i wish my dad was dead and me 2, at this point i dunno what 2 do, i eat,sleep, go 2 school, and nothing more. My mum just shortly found out i selfharm she took me 2 my youth pastor, but he couldnt do n-ething except through a bunch of questions at me, things i didnt want 2 and couldnt answer, like why do u do it, or when r u going 2 stop, i mean what do u do with that. And my mums taken away all the knives in the house ( including the butter knives �¬�¬), she wont leave me alone, she checks my arm everyday and shes told more ppl about it than im comfortable with, without even asking. im desperate i just wanna know what 2 do.