Ok well in the past year things have gotten really really bad for me! Me and my parents are constantly fighting ans when ever were suppose to have "quality" time we ALWAYS get into an argument!So ive been starting to cut myself! everytime i start to cry i bring myself to cut my arms up! how can i stop doing this to my self?
x0x_kayla_x0x answered Thursday July 22 2004, 12:40 pm: when you feel the need to cut...go running!! trust me it works!! when my bro died i would go running for hours!! or maybe you should talk to one of your friends that you trust! [ x0x_kayla_x0x's advice column | Ask x0x_kayla_x0x A Question ]
xOchErrytWistOx answered Thursday July 22 2004, 12:17 pm: sorry about your parents, but here are some alternatives instead of cutting:
-Wear a rubber band around one wrist and when the urge to harm is strong, snap it lightly
-Hold ice in your hand
both of those stimulate some type of pain to help, other ways would be listening to music, go for a walk/drive, call a friend, stuff like that. hope i helped.
xoxo
ali [ xOchErrytWistOx's advice column | Ask xOchErrytWistOx A Question ]
girdy_goo15 answered Thursday July 22 2004, 7:17 am: first of all breath. in and out in and out...
when you feel like cuttin urself just do something that calms you down. listen to music or pray or summtin. or the best thing is to go out in public where youre with your freinds. my friend used to cut herself until i talked to her about it. so if you need anything else hun just ask. *~~~shana~~~* [ girdy_goo15's advice column | Ask girdy_goo15 A Question ]
xo_dream answered Thursday July 22 2004, 1:36 am: That definately needs to stop, cause cutting is never the right way out! I'd look into seeing a therapist if I were you, because they can help you find other ways to deal with things. I've also heard of cutters squeezing ice cubes in their hands when they have the urge to cut, because it can [[ kind of ]] give the same sensation + cause pain, but it's not really harmful and leaves no scars. Good luck! [ xo_dream's advice column | Ask xo_dream A Question ]
Noni_White2000 answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 9:21 pm: I do that to. Its stress. Your anger is like controlling you. Me and my mom fight constantly. And they are really bad fights. But you no what I do? I put elastics around my wrists and pop mysylf with them. I no this is not really good advice but, That's the best I could do. [ Noni_White2000's advice column | Ask Noni_White2000 A Question ]
dancergall answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 5:40 pm: i think u shouls a) tell ure parents and b) look into help by yourself first to show them you are prepared and know that you need help there are a bunch of places to go to [ dancergall's advice column | Ask dancergall A Question ]
BaBii_xO_aBbii answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 4:34 pm: Wow this is pretti stupid Im sorri but I had to say that cutting urself is realli not a way to handle stuff if u keep doing this u coudl end up not stoppin which u should if u aim somewhere u dont wanna n hit ur vains or anything in ur bodi ull die n thats mot a good thing because ppl who cut themselves are stupid if u need help talk to one of ur friends or family members sometimes its easier to talk to someone like a aunt or brother or sister about this stuff other then ur parents because they could not understand or just get more angry at u but realli u can stop n u should because if u dont u could have a chance of dying...hope everything goes good for you n please try to stop! [ BaBii_xO_aBbii's advice column | Ask BaBii_xO_aBbii A Question ]
VoLlEyPrInCeZz1 answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 4:04 pm: You are ruining your life, by some silly little fights with your parents. Just think that fights only last a couple of minutes but scars last forever, and the pain isn't worth it. **lauren** plzz rate me [ VoLlEyPrInCeZz1's advice column | Ask VoLlEyPrInCeZz1 A Question ]
ballerina04 answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 3:11 pm: try visiting a counselor. a guidance counselor at school can help suggest one. your visit will be confidential. talk to someone to get out your feelings. write in a journal and just let everything out instead of cutting. best wishes. please send me a message or IM meif you need anything else. i'm here to help!
GurlieGurl22 answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 2:53 pm: Cuts and Bruises,
This is a really hard thing to get over my friend use to have the same prob and i took her to a councelor mayb u shoudl think of going to one they know everything and know how to fix things like that. Also my friend put a rubberband liek a hair thing on her rist and would flick it and i guess thats ALOT better than cutting urself so mayb u sould try doin that.
I hope u get better
ull be in my prayers!
Mwahz! [ GurlieGurl22's advice column | Ask GurlieGurl22 A Question ]
Pink_Flamingo answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 2:29 pm: This is a serious problem! You shoudl try your hardest to stop! Your parents fighting is in no way your fault, dont try and take responsibility. You should tell your parents that there fighting is cuasing you to cut yourself. If you really just cant tell them you should talk to another trusted adult. [ Pink_Flamingo's advice column | Ask Pink_Flamingo A Question ]
happyweirdos answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 2:10 pm: hey i am not going to tell u to go see some one cause i mean u already no that. but i would keep all knifes or razors out of reach. and u need to find something else to do to feel better. like dancing or just going up to ur room or call up a friend. just dont hurt ur self. i mean i no it will be hard and all that but really it solves nothing to hurt ur self. but i no even tho u no that it is bad 4 u u will still do it. and u just cant stop. but since it seems that ur fights with ur parents seem to start this cutting then whenever u guys start to fight i would just leave just go on a walk or go to ur room (i prefer to go on walks so then they cant bug u) but whatever u do DONT hurt ur self. i hope everthing turns out ok for u. good luck. if u ever need more help than just ask. i have a lot of experience with this kind of thing. hope i helped in some twisted way. lol.
xbellaxobambinax69 answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 1:48 pm: okay listen...do me a favor and ask yourself one question...what does cutting yourself do? nothing! i dont know how old you are but i do kno that as girls get older they start to fight with there parents and hang out with there friends more...so try to be around your friends more. and next time you wanna cut try taking your anger out by doing something else! xox Emily [ xbellaxobambinax69's advice column | Ask xbellaxobambinax69 A Question ]
xx1pimp69ettexx answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 1:42 pm: i dunt undeRstand how cuttin uRe self can make u feel betteR..like dusnt that give u moRe pain..well i hav lotz of things tu saii tu help u and u shud send me an IM and we can talk..muh s/n is xx1pimp69ettexx..i Realli hope i can help you soo plz IM me!! [ xx1pimp69ettexx's advice column | Ask xx1pimp69ettexx A Question ]
angita answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 1:30 pm: i have alot of problems with my family to! we are always arguing and i do cry about it! but i honestly think that but cutting urself ur making it worse.. try talking to people and try to prevent yourself from cutting cuz all ur doing is bringing more stress towards yourselF! cry all u want until u feel better but dotn cut urself becuz tat could lead to other problems! i think u should really talk to someone who specializes in tat. and if u can talk to ur parents and tell them wat the fighting is leading to! maybe that will help and there wont be so much fighting.. but remember life isnt perfect and every family fights.. so just hang in there! [ angita's advice column | Ask angita A Question ]
xHeartxOfxGoldx answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 1:26 pm: O my goodness Sweetie.. you need to stop. You definitely need some help , thats sum serious stuff. One day you could end up cutting too deep and killing yourself. Why don't you try talking to your parents. Tell them about how they fustrate you and point out sum specific times and maybe ask them if they could give you sum privacy or instead of yelling at you just tlaking to you. Or maybe you could play a game with your family so theres really no way you could really talk about anything that could cause arguments since your occupied with the game (etc.)
About your cutting , i suggest writing everything down in a journal when you feel that way. Everytime your about to cry or feel sad or lonely or that the worlds against you. Just write it down in a journal. Or call up a friend and spill everything your feeling out to them. Or talk to a trusted adult or guidance counsler that can help you. You don't want those kinds of scars on your arms forever,that will just remind you of all the bad times.
Maybe you should get some help .. like therapy.. if not therapy then try talking to yuor parents about this, even if you think they will get upset there still your parents and they love you!
Hope i helped..
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xogiggles37xo answered Wednesday July 21 2004, 1:22 pm: ive seen it on tv instead of cutting urself u get rubberbands on ur rist n anytyme u feel u have to hurt ur self u jus pull on the rubberbands it hurts u, but not like cutting does. im pretty sure after that it ends ^ where u dont even need the rubberbands. <3 xogiggles37xo. [ xogiggles37xo's advice column | Ask xogiggles37xo A Question ]
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