How do I resist the urge to cut again?
I urge you to tell someone that is in the position to help you with this problem. I commend you for trying to do this on your own, but the compulsion to “cut” is a function of controlling chemical actions in your brain. I can almost guarantee that no one will think the worse of you if you ask for his or her help. In all likelihood they will welcome your honesty and not hesitate to help you. Please read something I wrote the other day in the hope that it might give you a little understanding of how to combat your urges. The human brain actually calls for certain actions. There is a reward system within our brain, which is designed to “reward” you when you do things that support survival and pleasure. This includes behaviors such as eating, smoking and cutting. Your brain reacts when you cut by releasing a chemical known as dopamine. The Dopamine is transmitted as a pleasurable experience, and your brain is hardwired to pursue the pleasurable sensation that it releases. As you repeatedly “cut” it releases more dopamine, and the dopamine transmitters then begin to regulate themselves. As your brain sees the amount of dopamine is too high, it starts removing the dopamine receptors in order to keep you “balanced.” As the receptors become more and more regulated, you need more dopamine to reach the same effect, which causes you to start cutting more to reach the same level of reward as before. This is what’s called reaching your tolerance. If you have less dopamine receptors, then you will have little dopamine activity and you will start to feel unhappy if you don’t “cut.” Now you are in a withdrawal phase, so you begin to cut more to generate the dopamine happy feeling. Once we have gotten to the “fix” stage there are no easy solutions. It now becomes a matter of replacing the cutting with a better (less harmful) substitute. This is where you need the help of others. Please seek help, it will not be denied.
Feeling the urge to cut again?
try to keep yourself busy with things you like to do. write out how you feel, go for a run, take a bubble bath, etc. if you need someone to talk to you can call a hotline, here's a few numbers: 1800 dont cut 1800 suicide not sure of your age but if your a teenager these numbers are for adolescents- 1800 475 talk (TALK ZONE- Peer counselors) 1800 400 0900 (teen helpline) 1800 448 4663 (youth crisis hotline) its great that you're reaching out and looking for help, wishing you all the best on your journey
Urge to cut my wrists again?
Im 14, and I recently suffered from depression, and I'm still suffering. I had only been cutting myself for a few weeks before my mum saw the cuts on my thighs which I forgot would show when I sat down. I was cutting on my wrist and thigh but had to stop since my mum checks me for new cuts. I had urges to cut again, so I now cut on my hip which my knickers cover up. But I don't get the same satisfaction, or release by this - I prefer my wrist because i can see and feel the cuts which reassures me, but it would be very risky but I can't help thinking of it? My bracelets would cover it up but I'm scared someone will find out. Please don't judge or say I shouldn't, if any of you have experienced depression of self harm you know what it feels like and the thoughts. Is there anywhere else that will be hidden where you feel more of a release? Btw I've been referred somewhere by my GP for couselling and assessments, which I will open up to about my cutting but until then it's bottled up so I feel like I need to cut more. I will. E receiving help but until then this is a coping mechanism..
I used to cut myself, and now I'm getting the urge to do it again. I need help to stop myself!!?
I'm really scared because my boyfriend and I just broke up and he's really pissed and calling me a slut.....and i mean we both made mistakes when we were drunk but it wasn't anything too too major. I swear to god i am NEVER drinking, at least for a long long while, but the ex wrote me a poem and it's telling me to go cut myself. :( and now i REALLY want to, but i know that other people will be upset with me. i'm not sure how to handle this situation right now. The poem he wrote to me is so hurtful and it's not true at all. I don't really know how to deal with it. In the poem he's telling me to go home and cut myself, twice as deep and let it bleed. :( i'm so scared, i need major help.
I've got the urge to cut and I'm scared?
Hi sweetie, I'm really happy you know that cutting is wrong, and I'm proud you haven't done it in such a long time! That deserves some credit. What I want you to do is, go eat some sugary sweets, some comfort food. Eat something that makes you happy. And then, go take a bath, until you get bored of laying in water or the water gets cold. Then I want you to look in the mirror, put your right hand on your chest, and feel your heart pounding. Your here for a reason and you are so much better than cutting. If you still have an urge, take a nap. Scream into a pillow. Draw like a five year old. Punch your mattress. Run around outside. Dance. Sing loudly. I really hope you continue to fight for yourself honey, you've made it so far :)
Why do I have the urge to cut myself?
There are three reasons that I know ofPeople that have a lot of difficulty because they constantly think about something that they don’t want to think about look for ways to distract themselves. Self Harm is one of those ways. It’s not pleasurable, but it’s a relief from the torment.After pain comes endorphins and a sense of pleasure. Some people crave that, and self harm is a way of generating it. There are of course other ways that don’t leave scars and have less risk.Some people feel that they have a limited ability to express themselves, that they aren’t understood, or that they have much less freedom than they would like to have. In those circumstances we can end up doing some really strange things, that make no sense, but they serve to prove to us that we really do have the freedom to do whatever we want. It feels good not because of what it is, but because we are proving to ourselves that we have control over our own lives and bodies.Hope that helps :)
How long did you struggle with the urge to cut?
I was a cutter. I say was loosely because I recently relapsed. I was free for almost a year. I'm varry happy now I struggle less with my depression but still find my self wanting to cut my self. This question is for recovered self harmers after the last time you cut or burned your self when did you stop having the urge to hurt your self?