Discussion Any other good coping methods besides cutting?

[maryn]

I kinda like cutting myself, and am morbidly curious about it all, but I also recognize that I'm basically just starting out, with cat scratches. I don't know if I want my cuts to be deeper and deeper in the future. Anyone in my life who gives advice on self harm either says to stop it, or do something else that's.. irritating, I guess. It's annoying, I dislike using a rubber band or holding an ice cube, it's stupid. The reason I like cutting is because it leaves scars on my arm, I like seeing them after I've done it, and I get a strange sadness when they start to fade.
I have another method to vent out my stresses, writing suicide notes, which I guess is just journaling, but the emotions I feel during it are much more extreme. Reading my past suicide notes makes me cry, and that also helps if I just want to release my pent up feelings.

Does anyone else have a coping method that they are fine with?

 

[seagullsonapiano]

Im literally searching every single day for an alternative to heavy cutting... i wish i could help.

 

[Dot]

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[balladeer]

Not sure if it helps but when I can't slit my wrists I just hit myself until I get bruises instead it does help me calm down a bit

 

[maryn]

Im literally searching every single day for an alternative to heavy cutting... i wish i could help.

i see :( thank you for responding

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This post is written by @Dot, I am just the messenger Self Harm It's known that there are many users on the forum who self harm for different reasons. This thread is focused mostly on habitual or impulsive/physical self harm. This thread has not been made for any glorification of self harm...

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Thre = sectn clse 2 bottm of thred fr dealng wth urgs tht mght hlp

thank you!!

 

[valar_morghulis21]

Back then I used a needle to pick on my arms, or try to mimic heroin intravenous injection. It was strangely satisfying for me, esp when I saw a lil blood drawn from the needle.

Edit: Sorry not needle, I mean a syringe you can find in a naloxone kit

 

[Tyra]

Back then I used a needle to pick on my arms, or try to mimic heroin intravenous injection. It was strangely satisfying for me, esp when I saw a lil blood drawn from the needle.

What kind of needle? Because wouldn't all needles even sowing needle draw blood when it punctures the skin ?

 

[valar_morghulis21]

What kind of needle? Because wouldn't all needles even sowing needle draw blood when it punctures the skin ?

The standard needle can be found in naloxone kit. And no, you will need to hit the vein to draw blood, that's how intravenous works

 

[Tyra]

The standard needle can be found in naloxone kit. And no, you will need to hit the vein to draw blood, that's how intravenous works

Are you sure? Because when I prick my finger with a needle it bleeds

 

[fluorescentpearl]

I still cut myself, forcing away an urge to do it can make it worse, best advice I can give is to not cut into the fat layer (that's where nerve damage occurs), if you cut and you see white that's okay, someday you might cut and see a beany yellowy layer and that's fat, you don't want to cut into it at all, cutting to it is risky but not that horrible, and to obviously tend to your wounds well and clean them and not irritate them.. Always Pat dry, don't drag or swipe

 

[maryn]

I still cut myself, forcing away an urge to do it can make it worse, best advice I can give is to not cut into the fat layer (that's where nerve damage occurs), if you cut and you see white that's okay, someday you might cut and see a beany yellowy layer and that's fat, you don't want to cut into it at all, cutting to it is risky but not that horrible, and to obviously tend to your wounds well and clean them and not irritate them.. Always Pat dry, don't drag or swipe

i've been on r/madeofstyrofoam before this place, so i kinda know all about that thank you for responding though, i've been clean for about half a year, and the urges get worse and worse each day

by the way, i see you around here a lot of the time, and i like your username, may i asknif it holds any value to you? or is it just an auto generated name...