I Always Want to Cut Myself. Posted: 06-06-04 15:01pm
Ever since I was a younge teen whenever I
got depressed i'd cut up my arms. It
wasnt to die or anything it was to feel
the pain and see the blood. I feel like
i'm crazy. I'd do it with anything I
could find. I still get massive urges to
do it today but my family and bf wont let
me obviously. I need help. Is there
anything anyone can suggest that help me
overcome this overwhelming feeling?
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blackkittykatx6x
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 May 2004 Posts: 19
Posted: 06-06-04 15:22pm
Hey sweetie...First of all how old are
you?...Second I used to do that too, I
don't do that anymore because it's very
very stupid I mean think about it...Do you
really want ugly scars all over your body?
I used to be very very depressed and it
was real hard, but then after a couple of
years of being depressed passed I got so
tired of it and realized that the only way
I can be happy is to make myself
happy...No one else can make you happy
unless you do it yourself. You have to
make the best out of life. I'm really
sorry if you are depressed but you have to
hold your head up through this hard time
and be strong. Cutting yourself to
release pain is not the answer...You can
do other things to release the pain like
draw something or write down your
feelings...If not that then talk to
someone close to you about your feelings.
Do you like sports or to cook or
anything...When you get mad or upset about
something then you should do something
like that to get your mind off of things.
Hunny just listen don't hurt yourself
anymore. Life is way to short, when you
think about hurting yourself or get the
urge to hurt yourself just go on a walk or
call up a friend. I'm going to go but
listen if you need to talk my email is blackkittykatx6x@hotmail.Com and my
screen name is also blackkittykatx6x. I
hope you get your problems fixed real
soon. Bye sweetie.
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grotesquepuppy
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 24 Location: Australia
Posted: 06-07-04 10:52am
I'm 20 in a few weeks. I don't cut
anymore but the thought and urge is still
there. I am an artist actually and when
i'm down I make photomanipulations this is
my site http://grotesq
uepuppymeow.Deviantart.Com/gallery/
you can see there that most of my art is
pretty depressing. Thankyou for your
concern it measn alot. I just find my
life really hard to get through sometimes.
I feel i'm not as strong as I once was.
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Atheniian
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Indiana
Posted: 12-01-04 06:55am
My doctor told me to put a rubber band on
my wrist and every time I wanted to cut,
to flick it. It didn't work obviously.
I stopped cutting on my own. I made the
decision to just stop cold turkey one day.
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jurplesman
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 139 Location: Sydney Australia
Posted: 01-18-05 21:44pm
Hello grotesquepuppy,
if you want to stop cutting yourself you
have to treat the underlying depression
and frustrations that you are
experiencing.
Most people assume that it has something
to do with the way you think and feel, and
that by changing these feelings and
thinking by will, the depression
disappears. But these feelings are
simply the consequences (and not the
causes) of an underlying metabolic
disorder over which you have no conscious
control.
Doctors believe that the underlying
metabolic disorder can be treated by
drugs, but I believe that drugs only cover
up the symptoms without affecting the real
causes of the metabolic disorder.
Most people with mental illness have been
found to have hypoglycemia. This means
that the person has problems converting
glucose (found in food) into biological
energy, upon which the brain depends.
Thus if we can improve the glucose
metabolism - the way the body converts
glucose into molecules of energy (atp) -
the symptoms you are experiencing will go
away.
You can improve glucose metabolism by
having a sugar-free diet. This diet -
the hypoglycemic diet - is described at
our web site.
Please read:
“what is hypoglycemia?”
“the hypoglycemic diet”
at our web site.
You can discuss this with a therapist who
might help you getting on the hypoglycemic
diet. Psychotherapy can be useful, if
you feel you may have lost confidence in
yourself as a result of suffering from
this metabolic disorder for many years.
Re: I Always Want to Cut Myself. Posted: 05-04-05 12:21pm
grotesquepuppy
wrote:
ever since I was a younge
teen whenever I got depressed i'd cut up
my arms. It wasnt to die or anything it
was to feel the pain and see the blood.
I feel like i'm crazy. I'd do it with
anything I could find. I still get
massive urges to do it today but my family
and bf wont let me obviously. I need
help. Is there anything anyone can
suggest that help me overcome this
overwhelming
feeling?
i would suggest that you get into therapy
and talk about the underlying cause for
you wanting to harm yourself. Contrary to
what some people may think, cutting is not
a cry for attention. At least not for the
majority of self-injurers. Usually the
cutting begins as an attempt to release
some inner pressure of mental anguish.
Sometimes it's an attempt to feel anything
at all. Either way, there is mental
anguish at the core. Talk about it.
Good luck.
