Hello @GrayBear
I used to have a self-harm addiction- sometimes it comes back to me. I know that it is very hard to fight the urges to self-harm. It was the same for me, too. I commend for your bravery to express your desire to stop cutting.
For me, drawing something helps- I used to use red pens as a way of expressing my desire to cut. Sometimes I would put ice on my skin for a brief period (for like 10 seconds or so) to suppress the desire. Also, you can go to an addiction counselling for self-harm as well. I used to see one because my urges to cut were so high that I couldnât resist the urges. Donât be afraid to seek help, and if you need to talk to someone, you can message me on here
I am thinking of you and I know you can do it. I believe in you <3
I also had a (daily) self harm habit, which I now think of as an addiction⌠in the end what kicked it was just sitting one day and demanding with myself that it would stop, and trying very hard to wait for the urge to pass every time it came. Like quitting cold turkey⌠Relapsed a lot at first, but got better at it. Busied myself with creative tasks.
It helps if you have a hobby that takes a lot of your mental power to do instead of hurting yourself. Doing a very effortful physical activity when the urge comes can help, like exercising or dancing. Also like @InnerCircle said, talking to people can do so much good since self harming is such a lonely experience.
It gets easier and itâs worth doing. Best of luck to you!!
As others have said, one to fix it is to examine why you do it. Since childhood i have hit myself in the head, usually hidden in my room or the bathroom. Only in the last year did i start paying close attention to my train of thought that led me to do it and disecting out the bad thought patterns
abilify really killed most of my cutting urges, before that i was a serious cutter and have a lot of bad scars. the other thing that helped was all the knives in our house becoming dull. without anything sharp to grab i just COULDNT cut so it helped too
