I used to cut myself almost every two weeks. My weapon of choice was broken glass or sometimes stiking pins into my skin. sometimes i used to burn myself. my main problem was issues about how i look, how i look different from other people. Even though i am mixed race i don’t think this really affected the way i looked it was more about having gorgeous friends. I’m the kind of person who needs constant reasurance about myself. At other times i used to cut myself because of work stress, i have taken a lot of exams early due to parental pressure and that made me think that i could only be loved by them when i passed exams. Overall i just didn’t know who I was so to try and prove my identity I carved my initials into my thigh. This was all about 6 months ago. it looks like the scar will not fade after me repeatedly picking it to make it bleed again. For me cutting myself did not get rid of any emotional pain, it was instead a distraction. ‘Look what i can do to myself’ was what my body was telling my brain. The causes of cutting have never really gone away. Instead i try to use my brain to sort out my problems. Luckily this means that one major problem has been eradicated; the cutting itself.

For anyone who wants to stop cutting themselves apart from the usual talk to someone blahdiblah here is some other useful advice

try drawing on your arms in red pen.
try hitting something really really hard
try exercising to get rid of the stress, a stich is still pain but at least its healthy pain,

So good luck, many stupid girls cut themselves because it is fashionable, because it is ‘emo’, however, this is a real problem and anyone who imitates it for the sake of popularity, these are the real nut cases. Not us.