i've cut myself 2 times today which means i've relapsed 2 times tosay and then i cut my arm the other day and i can't stop and i don't want to does anyone know any ideas of something else i can cut or something i can do??
Uh hi I'd you don't mind me asking clearly something is triggering you to this act , do you know what it is any common factor between the 2
>>34447435Well I was worried about my body image for both of them which was most of the problem, but then again i just kinda wanted to
I am proud of you for trying to fight this. You are stronger than you think. Sometimes focusing on smaller things will help make triggers weaker. Take a bath, make a drink, light a candle. A big part of the battle is being okay with yourself and forgiving your relapses. Try not to catastrophize when you fail. Sorry if this wasnt helpful its just what works for me.
You can also use a red marker or a website, fataltotheflesh is a good one. Also talk to a friend about it and look up some general advice if you havent already.
>>34447411It means you got stressed 2 times today. And 2 times today you chose cutting yourself as the coping mechanism. Don't focus on the "relapse", forgive yourself for it and understand it was only a coping mechanism for stress. Don't hate the stress, don't hate the cutting, don't hate yourself for it. Don't love the stress either, don't love the cutting, and don't love yourself for it either. Detach from those two things "love and hate", understand they are not to do with you, they are to do with others. You either love someone else or hate someone else. There is no loving yourself or hating yourself, only being loved by someone else or hated by someone else. The self harm is something beyond all that. Detach from identifying with it in an emotional level. Just see it the same way as a sneeze. You feel the urge to sneeze (stress) and you pick the outlet: sneezing into your hands (cutting). Just choose a different outlet, like sneezing into a tissue (cutting something else that isn't you.)You can purchase sand blocks that are satisfying to cut with a knife. Or a rigid crunchy putty you can dig nails into. Use those instead when stress strikes you.
>>34447411i've had thoughts about serrating my face with a scalpel and ripping it off.
>>34447411Honestly, the best thing you can probably do is to contact your local BDSM community and find a competent sadist: they will be able to inflict all kinds of pain on you that won't cause lasting damage. I'm guessing it's the pain you're after, not the scar.
>>34447411Have you tried doing the thing of putting an elastic band round your arm and snapping it against the skin?
whoever said they wanted to rip their face off that was not me I'm OP, i'm not that intense. and i'm kinda new to 4chan so idk how you can tell the difference between the OP and some comments
