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kermit · 03-09-2009, 09:45 PM

MlE-SOBER had a GREAT idea, how about a teen help center?

mle-sober · 03-09-2009, 10:38 PM

That's a good ting! You threw them away? Somewhere you can't get them again?

helpwanted101 · 03-10-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kermit

MlE-SOBER had a GREAT idea, how about a teen help center?

a what?

kermit · 03-11-2009, 09:53 AM

I'm not sure where I read it, however I know that when I was a kid and needed help I was able to find teen help lines in the phone book. I also believe that the city in which you live may have teen help centers.You may be able to start at your city community center. Another place, and I'm not sure if you have one is The Boys and Girls club. Or even a YMCA. Another thought is social services, I know they have free help centers, I'm taking my son now for behavioral problems, good luck.
Kermie

Conky77 · 03-17-2009, 10:41 AM

I've been a cutter since I was a teen. I stopped for a long time in my late teens and early twenties, but then it came back. I did actually attempt suicide once, but all the other times was just to cut, to feel some physical pain and relieve the emotional pain I was in at the time. I was sexually abused all my life up until I was 14 years old. I'm 31 now, and just started to deal with this about a year ago. So, I know why I cut. Counseling is your best option. Open up and try to find the underlying reasons as to why you do it. Good luck.

helpwanted101 · 03-17-2009, 07:00 PM

ty

helpwanted101 · 03-31-2009, 04:58 PM

i've gone 2 months without cutting

***nandm*** · 03-31-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by helpwanted101

i've gone 2 months without cutting

historyteach · 04-01-2009, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helpwanted101

i've gone 2 months without cutting

That's WONDERFUL!!!

What did you do that was different?
How do you feel about yourself now?
I'm so proud of you!!!

Keep up the good work, and build on whatever it was that helped you keep from cutting.

Please let us know how it's going. We care.

Shalom!

helpwanted101 · 04-01-2009, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by historyteach

That's WONDERFUL!!!

What did you do that was different?
How do you feel about yourself now?
I'm so proud of you!!!

Keep up the good work, and build on whatever it was that helped you keep from cutting.

Please let us know how it's going. We care.

Shalom!

i had a wake up call when i almost killed myself(again).......on accident.

i miss it but its not worth it

pinkgurl87 · 04-01-2009, 09:09 PM

I'm a cutter as well. I haven't cut in a couple weeks. Cutting is a release for me and it is one thing I went to treatment to help stop I'm doing a lot better with that then i was before. Cutting can be an addiction as well, I know a lot of times cutting is trauma based and a way of coping with feelings inside.

HelpWanted I'm glad you are ok, I hope that you get some help with this I know what it's like to cut and I know how hard it can be to stop. Good luck hun.

Isaiah · 04-02-2009, 07:47 AM

I needed to see this post today. I came around because I'm feeling extremely off today and I've been having those nagging thoughts to cut and/or drink.

Not happy that I'm probably going to have to wear long sleeves all summer as it is.

It is a very hard thing to control. And you're not the only one who "misses it." I understand how you can love and hate it all at the same time. That's how I feel about it too. I figure that with the right help you don't "lose" it as a coping mechanism, but you substitute something better in its place.

I'm starting a new type of therapy today (leaving in an hour.) I'm kind of excited about it just based on what I've read.

kermit · 04-04-2009, 12:42 PM

I'm so happy to see this, I'm proud of you too. You have been in my prayers every day , I hope you are getting the help you need. God bless you.
Kermie

adore79 · 04-07-2009, 02:26 PM

Hmm I havent seen this thread till now. When I get an urge to cut, which I rarely do these days, i draw a line on the skin with a red marker and then snap a rubber band at that spot. Its not quite the same but has worked so far. It is kinda like how nicotene gum is to smoking.

I hope you are still abstaining helpwanted

helpwanted101 · 04-10-2009, 08:30 PM

please don't be proud of me......

the easter smilies scare me

helpwanted101 · 04-19-2009, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helpwanted101

please don't be proud of me......

the easter smilies scare me

crzylilmndfreak · 04-23-2009, 02:33 PM

i used to put ciggarettes out on my arm while i was drunk, i was in my mid twenties, and i had a mom and dad that were very good to me growing up, no kind of abuse from them, there was only one time that a boy had pulled down my pants when i was maybe 4, and i told my mom, so we moved away, anyway, that would not be the reason for my doing the ciggarette burns. so its a little irritating to me to say that because of what happend in your "past" is the reason for you actions today.

Isaiah · 04-23-2009, 03:33 PM

I don't think anyone has openly stated that self-harm is caused solely by childhood sexual trauma. However, if that trauma is part of your history there's a lot of research suggesting you're much more likely to wind up a cutter, burner, etc. Why some get this way and some do not is still a great mystery.

Paulos · 04-25-2009, 10:34 PM

You'll find support here, get to a doctor...

crzylilmndfreak · 05-02-2009, 02:45 PM

""""I don't think anyone has openly stated that self-harm is caused solely by childhood sexual trauma""""

not just "Sexual trauma", just trauma of any kind growing up does not justify for our actions today

GailJ · 05-02-2009, 02:58 PM

Have two sons and one daughter in law who cut.
Do you cut for joy, realease or self-punishment

hippyhippy · 05-02-2009, 03:05 PM

There are many many many reasons for self harm. Childhood trauma or abuse is only one. Likewise, not every child who has experienced this horror will go on to self harm. It is not something that can be easily defined. I s/h and know others who do. My reasons are personal, however, I have read a lot to try and understand why I do this. I had thought it was an action of troubled teenagers so didn't understand why, in my mid 30's, I had taken to cutting although did previously burn myself as a teenager. I can't say I have a full understanding, I am having to work through it with a psychologist.

Hippy

GailJ · 05-02-2009, 03:07 PM

not related to me////fell in love withsame girl age only ten months apart,brothers)

she taught both of them to cut;...............................to cut. Thank god she had abortion and left ( ten years to both senior female agee)

GailJ · 05-02-2009, 03:08 PM

why punish yourself

GailJ · 05-02-2009, 03:09 PM

Dear I do believe you do have some PTSD

04-25-2009, 10:34 PM	#44 (permalink)
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03-09-2009, 09:45 PM	#26 (permalink)
kermit When Pigs Fly Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: california Posts: 894	MlE-SOBER had a GREAT idea, how about a teen help center?

03-09-2009, 10:38 PM	#27 (permalink)
mle-sober mle-sober Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Golden, CO Posts: 1,243	That's a good ting! You threw them away? Somewhere you can't get them again?

03-11-2009, 09:53 AM	#29 (permalink)
kermit When Pigs Fly Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: california Posts: 894	I'm not sure where I read it, however I know that when I was a kid and needed help I was able to find teen help lines in the phone book. I also believe that the city in which you live may have teen help centers.You may be able to start at your city community center. Another place, and I'm not sure if you have one is The Boys and Girls club. Or even a YMCA. Another thought is social services, I know they have free help centers, I'm taking my son now for behavioral problems, good luck. Kermie

03-17-2009, 10:41 AM	#30 (permalink)
Conky77 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 5	I've been a cutter since I was a teen. I stopped for a long time in my late teens and early twenties, but then it came back. I did actually attempt suicide once, but all the other times was just to cut, to feel some physical pain and relieve the emotional pain I was in at the time. I was sexually abused all my life up until I was 14 years old. I'm 31 now, and just started to deal with this about a year ago. So, I know why I cut. Counseling is your best option. Open up and try to find the underlying reasons as to why you do it. Good luck.

03-17-2009, 07:00 PM	#31 (permalink)
helpwanted101 drop dead gorgeous Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: jackson Tennessee Posts: 147	ty

03-31-2009, 04:58 PM	#32 (permalink)
helpwanted101 drop dead gorgeous Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: jackson Tennessee Posts: 147	i've gone 2 months without cutting

04-01-2009, 09:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
pinkgurl87 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Guelph, Ontario Posts: 558 Blog Entries: 10	I'm a cutter as well. I haven't cut in a couple weeks. Cutting is a release for me and it is one thing I went to treatment to help stop I'm doing a lot better with that then i was before. Cutting can be an addiction as well, I know a lot of times cutting is trauma based and a way of coping with feelings inside. HelpWanted I'm glad you are ok, I hope that you get some help with this I know what it's like to cut and I know how hard it can be to stop. Good luck hun.

04-02-2009, 07:47 AM	#37 (permalink)
Isaiah Dismember Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,339 Blog Entries: 2	I needed to see this post today. I came around because I'm feeling extremely off today and I've been having those nagging thoughts to cut and/or drink. Not happy that I'm probably going to have to wear long sleeves all summer as it is. It is a very hard thing to control. And you're not the only one who "misses it." I understand how you can love and hate it all at the same time. That's how I feel about it too. I figure that with the right help you don't "lose" it as a coping mechanism, but you substitute something better in its place. I'm starting a new type of therapy today (leaving in an hour.) I'm kind of excited about it just based on what I've read.

04-04-2009, 12:42 PM	#38 (permalink)
kermit When Pigs Fly Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: california Posts: 894	I'm so happy to see this, I'm proud of you too. You have been in my prayers every day , I hope you are getting the help you need. God bless you. Kermie

04-07-2009, 02:26 PM	#39 (permalink)
adore79 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: WA, USA Posts: 2,573 Blog Entries: 45	Hmm I havent seen this thread till now. When I get an urge to cut, which I rarely do these days, i draw a line on the skin with a red marker and then snap a rubber band at that spot. Its not quite the same but has worked so far. It is kinda like how nicotene gum is to smoking. I hope you are still abstaining helpwanted

04-10-2009, 08:30 PM	#40 (permalink)
helpwanted101 drop dead gorgeous Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: jackson Tennessee Posts: 147	please don't be proud of me...... the easter smilies scare me

04-23-2009, 02:33 PM	#42 (permalink)
crzylilmndfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 320	i used to put ciggarettes out on my arm while i was drunk, i was in my mid twenties, and i had a mom and dad that were very good to me growing up, no kind of abuse from them, there was only one time that a boy had pulled down my pants when i was maybe 4, and i told my mom, so we moved away, anyway, that would not be the reason for my doing the ciggarette burns. so its a little irritating to me to say that because of what happend in your "past" is the reason for you actions today.

04-23-2009, 03:33 PM	#43 (permalink)
Isaiah Dismember Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,339 Blog Entries: 2	I don't think anyone has openly stated that self-harm is caused solely by childhood sexual trauma. However, if that trauma is part of your history there's a lot of research suggesting you're much more likely to wind up a cutter, burner, etc. Why some get this way and some do not is still a great mystery.

05-02-2009, 02:45 PM	#45 (permalink)
crzylilmndfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 320	""""I don't think anyone has openly stated that self-harm is caused solely by childhood sexual trauma"""" not just "Sexual trauma", just trauma of any kind growing up does not justify for our actions today

05-02-2009, 02:58 PM	#46 (permalink)
GailJ Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 718	Have two sons and one daughter in law who cut. Do you cut for joy, realease or self-punishment

05-02-2009, 03:07 PM	#48 (permalink)
GailJ Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 718	not related to me////fell in love withsame girl age only ten months apart,brothers) she taught both of them to cut;...............................to cut. Thank god she had abortion and left ( ten years to both senior female agee)

05-02-2009, 03:08 PM	#49 (permalink)
GailJ Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 718	why punish yourself

05-02-2009, 03:09 PM	#50 (permalink)
GailJ Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 718	Dear I do believe you do have some PTSD

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