I am a 12 year old girl suffering minor depression. The other day I was crying and I told myself to stop, I threatened myself that I would cut. It was my first time. It I 3 days later and I now use it as a form of punishment, if I cry I make a cut. Simple. But I need to stop, I want to stop before it gets out of hand, before I lose control but I don’t know how. Please I am begging you, please help me, please.
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Don’t use cutting as a punishment. Soon you WILL become addicted such as I am now. It gets harder to stop the more you do it.
Crying is not a bad thing, its the bodys way of letting go of stress, and to help it heal emotionally.
hi, whyamistillhere… Like determined_rebel wrote, crying is not a bad thing. It’s your body’s natural reaction. Crying is one way your body copes with events. Cutting can be addicting and dangerous. Please allow yourself to cry… Sometimes a good cry can be really helpful.
stop do the butterfly project. If you feel like cutting draw a small butterfly on the part where you were going to cut with either pen or marker. then let it fade naturally. do not rub it off. And name the butterfly after someone if special to you and so when you feel the urge to cut you see them. and you cant cut when the butterfly is still on your body. if you do then you killed the butterfly but if you dont cut while its on your body then it lives on forever in peace and happiness. You can have as many butterflies as you want but the main priority is to not cut when you feel like doing so. you think of the person of whom the butterfy is named after. i dont have the strength to take part in the butterfly project because im too addicted so you still have a chance. you still have a chance at living and you have a chance at not altering anybodies ideas of you especially the way your parents look at you. please for all of us of which its too late.. do the butterfly project.
Breathe.
Cutting is a way to cope, it is not the same as cutting yourself for suicide.
Cutting let’s you take your inner emotional pain and let it out.
Crying is your body’s way of letting pain out and is safer than cutting.
Many of us fear crying because it feels like we will never stop, it feels like losing control.
Breathe, learn to accept how you feel as you sit in stillness.
Sometimes learning to hurt yourself without cutting will work such as snapping a rubber band on your wrist or drinking a little bit of hot sauce.
All of the caring people here are right. Letting your tears out is the best way, finding a nonjudgmental person to hold you while you cry helps alot, even pets!
Peace