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Cutting
14/f
Ok if you looked at the title, obviously, its about cutting. I cut myself. I've been cutting since the beginning of 8th grade. I'm in 9th now. I stopped off and on in 8th grade and I only did my wrists. I stopped for awhile after that cause my friends saw and they sorta helped me.
Then beginning of freshman year I started again. I have stuff going on so I'm doing this for no reason. I think you would know that though.
Then I stopped for a couple months and I started cutting my ankles since no one saw there. Then a couple months I've been cutting myself everyday. I got really bad on this. I started cutting my ankles, waits, wrists, legs, arms, shoulders, and mostly my thighs. I know I should stop but I don't know how. It does make me feel better and it helps me get through the day. I'm 14 and ruining myself. What should I do?
Lastly, I want to know if anyone else has ever gone through this here. And if they were around my age. And if I'm crazy.
My parents never knew about this. But I had a bad influence on my younger brother. He did it once and my parents found out but they didn't really do anything. But its weird how you'll do it to yourself but you start crying when someone else you know does it. Like my friends have done it before and I found out after I started doing it to myself last year.
Thanks, please help.
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The question you should be asking yourself is how come you can't feel the same way for yourself that you do for others?
You mentioned that you cried when someone else did it. I'm sure your parents would feel the same way about you.
The other responder is right- you need to find out what is behind this and get some help. Talk with your parents if you can. If not, at least a counselor at school.
I've cut before but haven't done it in years. I did it before when I felt "stuck" in a painful and hopeless situation.
I had one counselor that gave me a pretty good tip though- get some big rubberbands and put them around your wrist. When you have the urge to cut pop them. It'll sting! Just like the sting you get when you cut.
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You're most definitely not crazy. I'm not saying this is normal behavior, but a lot of teens go through this, so you're not alone.
I cut from the age of 12 to 17. I'm 18 now, and haven't cut in a year.
You need to get down to the core of your problem. What is making you cut? Is it school, home, your friends? Whatever it is, you need to find the resource, and look at all of your options.
You definitely need to tell your parents. I told mine, but they didn't really know what to do with me. I mostly got punishment threats such as if I cut again, they'd hit me or something stupid like that. However, your parents deserve to know. They can get you the help that you need. Cutting is a horrible addiction that nobody should have to surrender to. I can understand the urges, and the distress, and the disappointment in ones-self when you don't give in. But, I can also understand the disappointment when you do.
You really need to realize though, that cutting does not take your problems away. It only makes them worse. After cutting, the problems are worse, still there, and much more of a burden.
I saw a counselor at school. It kind of helped, but I mostly used music & friends to help get me through the bad times. I suggest you see a therapist though. They are professionally trained to help in situations such as this.
If you don't like your therapist, do not be afraid to speak up. So, talk to your parents, and your friends & see if your parents will take you to a therapist. You need to see one or the addiction will never stop.
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17/f here.
I started cutting when I was eleven and stopped when I was 15. Cutting is an addiction. And after I cut for four years, I realized that it was a pointless addiction. I had problems before that should have been resolved with therapy, not cutting. Cutting only lead me to have further problems that needed to be resolved.
You need to take a long, hard look at what is making you so upset that you feel the need to do this. Another important step is to tell your parents. They already know your brother did it once. But you need to tell them that you're doing it. It sounds as though they didn't take your brother's case too seriously. You need to tell them that you've been doing this every single day and show them some of the cuts to make it more real to them.
Whether you want to or not, you need to seek therapy. Your ways of coping are never going to work. They're just going to further complicate your issues. You need to stop before you really mess up your body. Cutting causes you to lose blood, which causes you to lose red blood cells that can never be replaced. It can lead to anemia among other things.
Also, once you really get help, you don't want to have those scars all over your body. They make for really bad first impressions, especially at interviews. Trust me.
If you need further assistance, inbox me.
Darby(:
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