Does it ever end?

[Ivy]

I've been on-and-off cutting for 5 years now.

I feel like it's never going to stop.

I feel stupid for asking, but have any of you really stopped?

I just feel like an addiction to pain is something you can never escape.

[_plastic]

Yes dear , it can end .

But you have to do few things to make sure you don't SI again , the most important thing is to take a decision of stopping , no one can force you into recovery it's your personal decision , and educate yourself about SI , understand why you SI , then find a healthy coping mechanism to replace your SI so you won't SI again to cope with anything , it's a great step to have a good support system that can help you to get through this , time can heal , so be patient and stay safe .

Take care xx

[Angel_Girl]

It ends, but you need to want it to end.

[kaffy123]

How do you want to quit? I can't get my mind around that. I'm not being facetious, I mean that.

[I-Feel-Infinite]

i've been on off for 4yrs!
i've said this many times on other threads... but the reason i haven't REALLY stopped is because i can't diffrentiate between "stopping" and "stopped"... and therefor have no REAL goal to aim for
therefore It's a very on/off relationship as everytime i slip up i just tell myself it's fine as it's the process of stopping....

it's not a very useful post... but just to tell you you're not alone in this thinking!