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why I am addicted to self harm



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04/09/2008 22:22
Storm6751
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I always hear about others and myself who had or have given up self harming for so long only to remember it was a coping thing and then in turn go back to it.

So many of u say ihavnt cut for like years and then one day i couldnt seem to stop myself or its all i could think of.

well i have een researching this for a while now and im asking other people's opinions" why do you think we go back to it?"

my answer is the feeling afterwards is so comforting its evigorating in some sense and tats what we are addicted to physically but emosionally i have always thoght i cut so i didnt hurt others with my fustraton or crap but really i was.The watched they saw they covered for me yes they too were hurt.

Finally i realised i did it to punish myself but also in a way them... ill show them i dont need anyone else , I am strong enough see.. etc we all know what im talking about im sure.

what ild like to know is :

when was the last time you self harmed and was it the physical addiction or emosional?

Mine was about 3 weeks ago i burnt myself with lighters and ciggy's and slit my wrist... i felt overwhelmed and like i was suffocating in this wedding its all anyone wants to talk about and wants to hear about and well i wish it was over and instead of saying to hubby and friends can we talk aout something else i went to my safety net to get out fustration and get that feeling we all reach afterwards once the physical damage is done.

So becuse i couldnt take away my hubby's excitement and tell him i was over it all and make him doubt me i

went to town on myself so to speak.. so i got the rush afterwards, felt i had some control , And hurt him by him seeing i had hurt myself again.

This is my last harming episode its now been like 3 weeks, before that it was nearly a year and before that the longest was 4 and a half years.

Please add to this lets all be open and maybe with each others help we can find out how we lasted so long between harming only to go straigh back to it.

thanks for listening guys

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04/10/2008 14:05
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Well I don't want to say this really but the last time I cut was 3 weeks ago, however I have binged and purged all week the last time being yesterday afternoon. I haven't eat today though and that is another way I use. When I do this I feel like I deserve it and its a way that I won't make that mistake again. It is also something so take care of and love and the feeling from it makes me think it loves me back. I have a real feeling of need for it but know I have to change.
"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it." Marilyn Monroe
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04/16/2008 19:31
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I know that I am new but this all really hits home with me. I wanted to join this group because I started cutting 8 years ago. I went 3 years this time and out of nowhere, I cut again. I really thought that I was better. I take meds, I see a counselor, and I have a loving and supporting husband. Like you said though, it was that rush. I felt like I had hit my breaking point and didn't know what to do anymore.

Afterwards I realized that I had lost control again. This really has me worried. I have thought about how I could be ok for so long and then I would give in. Do you think that this is something that we will deal with forever or something that we can conquer?



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04/16/2008 20:14
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I am very glad you decided to join. We do not judge here and you are welcome to post whatever you want as long as it respects everyone. My cutting got out of hand enough for me to notice about 5 years ago but I remember doing it as earlier as 8 or 9. I haven't had things under control for a few months now but I am trying now. I have meds that I just started today and I am hoping it will help with the anxiety that triggers me to cut and to control my food and weight. I know that I will be dealing with this for a long time. Some think that addiction is cured and some think it is just treated kind of. I think I will always have the thoughts of cutting or purging, its just going to be easier to not use them. Together we are stronger. Big hugs and support to you dear!

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04/17/2008 20:58
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Fantastic!!!

honesty and finding our triggers are really saving points for us all in our own ways.

Im so proud of you both!!! thank you

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07/12/2008 08:44
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I can understand why you would, though.

the longest I could go was 6 monthes. It's been 3 monthes so far, and I'm trying.

Good luck!!

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07/14/2008 10:54
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Anyone else know what triggers them or see patterns to there injury? I find that people analyzing there self gives me words for feelings I am or have had and not understood.
"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it." Marilyn Monroe


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