Confused

[lostlady]

I just need some advice...........

I have been cut free for 8 months now, my life is pretty much on track. I have finished my exams, which i think has gone fairly well, I have a good job, I have finally found someone I love and he loves me.

So i just can't work out why i'm having the urge to cut..... part of me is missing it for some reason, I desperately don't want to go back as i promised myself in 2012 i wouldn't but the urge is strong again.

Any advice would be great.

LostLady

[Scumbelina]

I think when you've relied on something for so long it's almost easy to revert to it, even if you don't think you have anything that justifies it. Maybe you remember the calming effect?

If you stay strong through these urges, it will get easier every time

Sorry I don't have anything more useful to say!

[lostlady]

I guess that is true, it was calming.

It's just the urges are getting stronger,, im trying to stay strong but it's getting harder each time.

Thank you for your reply.

[Scumbelina]

Could you take to your boyfriend about it?

[lostlady]

I guess i could, but he is away at the moment. I mean i don't know what he thinks about it at the moment, i don't want to freak him out, i mean i did tell him about it before we got together but I dno....

[PassedExpectations]

well.. it doesn't get easier every time, but it does get easier over time in general.

maybe if you just try to go on with your life as normal the urges will die down... i feel like sometimes they just come back almost out of habit, and i have to just press forwards and they'll eventually go away. i mean, use coping skills, but don't put your life on hold for this.