GR!
2 weeks ago
In an extremely frustrated state of mind, I find myself wanting to cut. I need to find a way to release this elsewhere. I can’t just keep it bottled up.
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How to stop cutting
It made me
Enlightened
 "This has been an Enlightening Experience...To make myself a better person."
How I did it: Their no one thing that I can say that can be a sure fire way to stop cutting yourself, I can only describe my climb to over come this. It has been a struggle, a lonesome battle that I fought with myself. I learned many things about myself and about how the people around me were. However, the most important FACT that I learned was that I had to do this for myself. After all there was no one who would help, no one who reached out to me ( aside form this forum, but people that I considered friends), there was no one who really mattered but myself. After all who was gonna help no one knew directly what I was doing to myself, no one saw my struggle they just saw my smile and took it for granted. You have to do this for yourself and no one else. Lessons & tips: Know yourself, and understand those things that are aggravating you.
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Duckie Is experiencing privacy fail :/
Fuckin hell...
3 weeks ago
EIGHT MONTHS! Holy shit that’s almost a year!
OMFG! WIN!
xo
unc0nscious Not Awake.
:/
1 month ago
Really wanted to do it yesterday, I had a bit to drink, and got emotional. but I think I kept my cool, and was able to resist. It was hard, but let’s hope I can keep it up.
unc0nscious Not Awake.
Well.
1 month ago
I threw my blades away yesterday, and things seem to be going okay. It’s been about 3 days since I last had cut myself, and I’m trying to remove any sharp objects from my bedroom, to stop me from relapsing and doing it over a small bit of stress.
Wish me luck.
cglover36 foucusing on me right now
Untitled
2 months ago
I haven’t cut in almost 2yrs, but even now when I get upset I sometimes get the urge to cut. It’s something I just deal with and I learned that everytime I get that urge, I just remind myself when I used to cut myself, I was never happy
cglover36 foucusing on me right now
Untitled
2 months ago
damn cutting, it used to consume my life, it was like a high I wanted all the time, I would cut sometimes just to see the the blood run down my arm. Almost as to remind myself I was still alive
Duckie Is experiencing privacy fail :/
Untitled
2 months ago
Seven months.
I wonder when I can click ‘I’ve done this’..
never stopping apparently
3 months ago
so i finally decided i’d try quitting. I mean, i’ve tried a couple times…but not really hard, and i didnt really care. In march i, for some reason, told myself i wasnt going to hurt myself.. that i dont need this. Almost 5 months later I cut again. I’m not going to lie, 5 months seems like an eternity to me.. and then I gave in. After I gave in I felt like shit.. like “omg ..seriously? why did i do this?” I was ashamed of myself. After I started again, i felt no reason to stop again..like i already ruined my 5 month streak.. whats it going to matter if i just keep doing it..? I find no reason to stop myself(its not like im ruining a 5 month sreak).ughhhhhhh how do i just stop? how do i not give up? how do i be strong?
Duckie Is experiencing privacy fail :/
Woot woot.
4 months ago
Six FUCKING months, BITCHES!
Sorry for the ‘bitches’ part but wooooot! I still think about it a lot [Not about DOING it, just…about it I can’t explain it] but at least I haven’t done it. Fuck. 6 months is like the longest I’ve gone – well apart from the time it was like, almost a year but oh well! It’s a lot easier now. I just wish the little white scars would go away :/ Hello, Bio oil!
=] x
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