Triggering (SI) - how do you stop?

l'il esky · 14-08-2009, 11:31 PM

i dont mean fully stop cos hey we wouldnt need this site if we knew how to stop! but....like i've never been one to cut or burn just once (well certainly not once cos i dont like odd numbers) its always been mega amounts per session and i have real trouble stopping once i've started...i try and say just 2 more and then stop and then before i know it i've thought it again and again and again and i've done another 20times.

i just dont know how to stop myself cos the urge gets more and more as i go along and then its TOTALLY out of control and then the form of sh gets worse aswell.

i was just hoping to get ideas of how when your doing the sh you stop yourself doing more.....????

also do others sh like everyday or is a more sporadic thing?

xxxx

Country Girl · 15-08-2009, 12:47 AM

I have the same problem...once i get started i can't seem to stop I have literally

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i have to force myself to stop. It usually ends up with me telling myself i'm stupid and it's done and i throw my blade down. which isn't exactly good for my self esteem....

If i'm not trying extememly hard to stop I tend to cut everyday....

i don't know if this is what you wanted to know....

*HUGS*

Twisted Fate · 15-08-2009, 03:46 AM

When I cut I would do it many times too.

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Other times I would just start crying because I had slipped up. Then I would just kind of lay on my bed and cry. Other times I kind of reasoned with myself. I would tell myself "ok this is enough. You have done enough damage for one night." Normally after cutting, I would go to sleep or take a hot shower.

Coaster · 15-08-2009, 07:54 AM

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I just sorta *know* when to stop.... and I too have sat there and done it for long periods of time in the same spot. I lose track of time, whether it's 15 minutes, or an hour.

And as far as "do I do it everyday", well right now I'm in a remission, but usually I'll do it for about 5 days straight and have a day or two of break. It's like some sort of weird cycle with me.

But when you feel like you should stop and your brain is telling you to keep going, just tell yourself "I've done enough damage today... this is enough" and force yourself to put the blade down. Then go and do something else and don't go back.

StillBroken · 15-08-2009, 12:39 PM

I too have the same problem

I try to tell my self that it's enough for one night, and then I try to think about all the things I can't do because of the scars, like wear a short sleave shirt on a hot day. It makes me feel shitty that I can't, but I normally stop cutting, convincing myself that fewer scars will fade away faster. Sometimes I also think about the more cuts and scars I get, the more likely it is that someone will find out about what I doing.

As for cutting everyday, in periods I do. I will cut everyday for a couple months, and then have a week or 2 off, anad then get back to cutting everyday for a longer period of time again.

l'il esky · 15-08-2009, 03:42 PM

im glad im not the only one that struggles with this, it makes me feel a little more normal. not that i want you guys to struggle but...... u get me!

xx

PassedExpectations · 15-08-2009, 04:51 PM

yeh... lots at once, but not deep, i re-cut over the same places the next time though, so it rarely heals, and progressively gets worse, though technically I havent "cut" in two weeks :) which just means that I've resorted to other stuff that doesn't leave as many marks. but at least twice a day, particularly in Apr. to Jul.