Any ideas on how to fight "the urge"
 

like i said in my intro thread, i have been cutting for 5 years now and am tired of constantly having to worry if someone is staring at my scars and cuts. im emotionally unstable, although my mood range is from acting normal to being severely depressed and just a warning= most of my urges are at night. anyone know how to stop this destructive cycle?

Keep distracted or phone someone or hide the stuff that ye use to cut yerself with

First I would ask if you're on any medications for your depression? Evening out your mood might be a good first step to getting injury free. As for fighting the urge....Sometimes it helps me to call someone. Talk about the feelings you're having a process them with someone you trust. I'm mostly a grin-and-bare-it kind of person. I just wait it out and eventually the desire goes away. Also remember that self-injury is a choice and it's up to you to make that choice. Being injury-free is hard. But you can do it. Find what works for you because what works for others might not do any good for you at all...Just some thoughts...

to "one lonely tree"= i was on medication for my depression buy nothing was working, i went through 9 or 10 different meds and none did anything. Some made me feel worse in fact. Maybe i just need to switch to a different psychiatrist?

Exercise helps me the more i push myself the better.
Switching pstchiatrists is a good idea if you cant connect with one ask for another.

Amy x

*hugs* nights are really hard times but i've found the thing that works best for me is to find something you can do with your hands eg. writing, typing, drawing, making something etc, that way your hands arent reaching for the thing you cut with and you can lose yourself in creating something. The only other thing i find works at night is meditation, its quite hard to learn but once you've mastered being able to take yourself to a place where you can almost lose yourself in a world where you can be safe, its very useful. I dont know if any of that helped but i really hope it did and good luck. PM me if you ever wanna talk