Addiction.?
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Sometimes the "nuthouse" is the only way to get over the addiction to self-injury. I have been addicted to self-injury for almost 8 years. It's not something that you can get over in a day. It is a long process that may include several relapses, medication and hospital stays. Passing out from blood loss is not a good sign. That sign is telling you that it has gotten way too out of hand and that you need a hospital stay. Most hospitals have a pyschiatric ward, and the stay is a minimum time of a week. The idea of the psyche ward is to stabilize the addiction, and to help find the reasons behind the self injury. Most psyche wards have a separation system, so you shouldn't be around "old people". They do a series of therapy to help you find other things to replace the urge to self injury. These may include a combination of Occupational Therapy, Recreational Therapy, Talkative Group Therapy, Musical Therapy, One on One counseling with a certified professional, family counseling and sometimes hypnosis. After your stay they'll recommend you to a personal psychiatrist and psychologist, where you can get individual therapy. One thing you might thing that might help before the act is to analyze the situation. Ask yourself questions like: Why do I feel the need to cut? What specifically triggered the urge? What will happen as a result from the injury? What are ways to reduce the urge to need? I am listing a link to an impulse control log that you can print off: http://www.soberteensonline.com/forums/s... . You need to replace the feeling of wanting to injure with another feeling, one in which might help is pysical exertion. Try running a mile or two, push yourself through it. You will experience a pain that will release adrenaline, which is part of the self injury addiction. The last thing I recomend is to join support forums, I will list links to some of the most popular.
http://www.recoveryourlife.com
http://www.soberteensonline.com...
http://www.self-injury.net
http://www.virtualteen.org
http://www.careplace.com
Also try:
http://www.selfinjury.com
http://www.webmd.com
http://www.realkidsreallife.com...
Hopefully I'll see you around some of the forums. Learn to take care of yourself. Good Luck and STAY SAFE!
Please don't just switch-I have over and over again-there is so much of yourself you are not because you switch-trust me-get into some rehab-or at least a 12 step program
I saw something on TV that people that cut would put rubber bands on their wrist. Whenever they felt like cutting they would snap the rubber band on their wrist. If you don't want to go to rehab you should at least go to a therapist. And I don't think you are stupid. I myself have a highly addictive personality. I used to be addicted to pain killers. Whenever I enjoy a certain feeling a get addicted really fast. Good luck!
I think you really need to seek some help. I am just getting over cutting, and I almost died. I tried killing myself.but I finally gave in and went to a "nuthouse". you really need to find osmeone you trust, and spill it to them. find someone that you think will be able to get you the help you need. and rememeber: things get worse before they get better.
feel free to email me if you need and more guidance or support. good luck!
I've been down the road you're heading down and it's not one with a happy ending. I was cutting and burning, and my substitute for cutting was burning, drinking, and doing drugs. I've been to the psych ward twice and I'm in rehab right now. There really is no simple answer for you. I know that when I was getting over my addictions, my hard core punk friends making fun of me for cutting made me want to stop. But writing, I think is the one thing that really got me over it all. Yeah, I'd journal, but mostly (this may sound stupid) I'd write songs about everything I was going through. I wrote about wanting to drink, hating myself, and needed to get better. I wrote about everything and it really helped me. I'd also write stories, which is my healthy substitute, about people cutting, self-mutilating, killing themself, and it made me feel better about me. It made me feel like I wasn't the only one, and writing about people hurting themselves took away the hurt and was kind of like my filter. I could write about anything and I made the main characters me, struggling, but getting over it. And it made me hopeful that I could get over it and be me again. So, writing was my thing, but everyone has their thing. Mine may not be for you. Really, you need to find what clicks, what you love and it will help you get over it. If you can't find something, try mine. Sure, I have a million scars now and it gets embarrasing having to explain how low I went to make myself feel better, to make myself numb, but I like my scars because they remind me that my past is real and that I can't run from it. They are afterall only scars. I say, memories blur, but the scars tell a story of their own that you can cling to, to help you not repeat the mistakes of your past.
Also, friends are the best!
Don't cutt i have almost died several times from it and know i just draw or express my opininon way too often so i wont go back. It interfers with school and life so much and causes alot of problems.
Please don't do this to yourself. You are such a great person and you shouldn't treat yourself like this! I heard that people who cut do it because it gives them mental peace/ relieves anger and stress. Why don't you try yoga classes or pilates? That usually relieves stress and maybe writing about your feelings in a journal can help relieve any anger you have. You can also try therapy, and if you are still on drugs, then maybe you should go to rehab...? Talking to family and friends can help too. I hope this answer helps, and I hope everything works out 4 you! =)
Oh..? This is going to sound really retarded but have you ever seen the movie "Along Came Polly" ? Did you see the part where they are cutting up the pillows? Maybe if you can't get over the cutting, you can learn to cut something else, like a pillow or another object. I'm sorry if this sounds dumb but I just wanted to write this incase it helps because I don't want you to harm yourself anymore! =)
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