14 and cutting,nothing seems to help. Posted: 12-30-07 01:13am
I'm 14, and i've been cutting for three
years. I can't stop. I've been
hospitalized in-patient and out-patient at
a phyciatric hospital, taken medications,
tried alternatives, and i'm in therapy.
Nothing seems to be helping, at all. I
have horrible dreams almost every night
and it's almost all I think about. I don't
know what to do.
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impulser23
Supporter
Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 122 Location: ,
Posted: 12-30-07 01:29am
my cuzin is in the same situation you are
right now. You know she tells me all her
problems and it seems to make her happy
that someone is listenin to her problems.
I think first thing u should do is find
someone close that u can tell your
problems to. sometimes therapy isnt
affective because they are strangers and
you dont feel comfortable telling them
some private stuff. Step 2 would be
changing ur surroundings a bit, find out
who ur real friends are. that is a huge
factor. Your 14 and still young so u can
be influence easily.
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paintedmouse
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 17 Location: ,
Posted: 12-30-07 10:21am
Sometimes just saying no is all it takes.
I know it sounds stupid but its worth it.
Sometimes the worse thing a cutter can do
is replace cutting with a lesser form of
si beucase it triggers the same endorphins
and keeps the dependence. If these
methods haven't make anything better for
you stop them becuase they could be making
matters worse.
Horrible dreams usually indicate past
trauma, so you have to bear with therpy
and trust yourself that if there is
something you need to remember, you'll
remember it when you're supposed to.
Cutting, as an illness, is an isolating
disease. Probably one of the best things
you can do is not be alone. Join clubs,
make more friends, volunteering. These
can help build your self-esteem, too.
Excercize and don't eat high fructose corn
syrup and avoid white flour and vegetable
oil. It sounds impossible but its worth
it. Blood sugar rushes can cause
mini-depressive states and larthargic
behavior even in those without blood-sugar
regulation problems.
Open lines of communication with your
parents if you can, if not them, your
aunts or uncles or people who act in that
role. Find code words so cutting won't be
awkward, "I really just need to watch a
movie with someone" is a good line.
Lastly, open lines of communication with
someone much older, wiser and who will be
in your life for a while. Not about
cutting but just about life, and gain from
someone who's seen the world a first hand
experiance of history and what struggles
they went through as a teen and young
adult
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