DAWN / Sep 09 2009 21.38

please please please please please talk to someone u trust or a consellor i know it sounds horrible but it really helps.

I used to self harm and staerted again after  i stopped talking and doing something i love and have control over made me feel ALOT better.

Because when i began again i sharmed everyday now its just 1-4 times a wk its getting beter and i am proud its hard but working so please try.

Hope this helps

D>A>W>N xx

EmoMouse / Sep 10 2009 16.20

Please get help on this one. I know how you feel completly. I am a selff-harmer and have been for a long time. I have also been in hospital on 2 seperate ocasions for taking an overdose. Just even taken a couple more than you are mean to can kill you. I am in counseling now and yes it might be strange to began with but over time you get better, slowly. It really just takes time and help. You can honestly trust me on this. So please get help xx EmoMouse xx

DB1 / Sep 12 2009 9.06

You really need to get help hunni... I know it hard to stop self harming but then when your addicted to prescription drugs the world just seems to be against you. Stop it while you can, talk to someone, anyone you trust. It's not nice having your stomach pumped, belive me. call childline if you can. Belive in yourself and things will get better.

DB1 -x-

Spanna / Sep 16 2009 13.30

I have never been very good a seeking help, I have always kept things to my self, but because of what happened last year I thought I need to tell someone.

Everything seems very up in the air at the moment. I am self harming a lot and everytime I do it I make sure I draw a lot of blood, I suppose to punish myself for feeling like this.

Butterflyaway / Sep 23 2009 1.33

Do you want to say what it is that's made/let things get this bad? You need no punishment for feeling anything..please try to talk to someone who has the means to get the help you deserve and help you stop. The harm you are doing at the moment will last for years if not for life. Things sound so hard for you at the moment and I really hope you talk to someone about it. A relative? A friend? Your GP? write down or practise how to explain beforehand...it really helps :)

Good luck x

jelly-baby / Sep 30 2009 15.05

I really think it will help if you talk to someone you know and just say what you feel. I also think it would be an idea to do something that you really enjoy like dancing,swimming,singing whatever you do best and enjoy I really think this will help and I hope you do feel better about yourself xxx

Spanna / Oct 06 2009 18.18

Thanks everyone for your kind advice. At the moment there are so many things going on in my life, I do not know which way to turn. I am fed up of everything. I keep having suicidal feelings, but they come and go, and it sort of feels like these feelings are messing with my head. I try and self harm to get rid of these feelings, but this often makes things worse because I feel terrible afterwards.

IfOnlyTheyKnew / Oct 06 2009 21.02

please talk 2 sum1 who is reely able to help u.

cutting is not good but drugs are even worse. i no how hard it can b 2 try and give up cutting and i no dat sumtimes u think uv givin it up but 1 tiny thing starts u again.

please talk to a councellor dey reely can help, you dont have 2 b scared, ur parents dont have 2 b involved if ur afraid of how deyl react

take care

talkingontheradio / Oct 09 2009 19.48

Heya,

The first thing you need to recognise is that feeling as though everything's going crazy is nothing to be ashamed of. You don't need to punish yourself for anything.

The second thing you need to understand is that if you managed to stop the first time then that means you are capable of doing it. It might take some time, but you are able to do it.

Point number three is that harming yourself will only ever make you feel worse in the long run. There may be a sense of power that comes with it, but hurting yourself will ultimately make you feel worse and lead on to continued self harm. Try and find a positive method of getting out your emotions, and if that doesn't work, try another, and another. Physical exercise is a good way of releasing pent-up emotions, and you still gain that sense of power and control from a good workout. Writing and music are great outlets too, if you don't happen to be into sports.

Finally, just let me reiterate what pretty much everyone else here has already said - talking to people one-on-one really helps. Even if that only means calling Childline and talking to someone directly rather than using the messaging boards, having some kind of direct human contact is the best way to get over any kind of negative feelings.

Best wishes

xx

Becca10 / Oct 16 2009 0.40

hi! i know how youre feeling. its addictive selfharming. im not in a position to give advice but just to say might be able to feel what youve been going through and how hard it is to just stop. its good to talk bout it to people u can trust and who arent going 2 hav a go at you for it cos that is the last thing u need really. i think people do it wen they hate themselves so maybe everyone needs to find a way of loving themselves and seeing whats good about them. everyones important and special in their own way and noone should have to feel like harming themselves like that its so difficult but good to knw theres other people that understand exactly how it feels.