rofltoothbrush.

one thing that has worked for me in the past is first getting together with a bunch of your closest friends. get a lot of strips of paper and secretly write down your emotions on each strip of paper...write down anything that comes to your mind. put all the strips of paper in a hat, mix it around, and one by one take turns reading a strip of paper out loud. this is a good way to talk to others, and it can be very fun. try and write down some funny things too on the paper, for it can cheer you and others up. i know this helped me a bunch

Harming others

ive said it b4 ill say it again if ur intent is self harm use drugs. at leasdt that way u get a moment of feeling good
my friend use to have a cutting problem so we had her smoke with us now shell turn for a joint instead of a razor yea its not a perfect fix but u do what u have to to cope with shit

Its a good list...to reduce stress.
I agree with a lot, except the therapist one.
To me therapists never worked. All they did was talk and talk, and ask you how you are feeling.

Yeah not so great.

On the other hand, the rest help with stress and such and talking to a friend helps much better because they know you. Really know you.

My boyfriend is the one who helped me stop.

I have been self-harming for a good 5 years now but I have a lot of hobbies and interests that keep me sane time to time.

-Drawing
-Creative writing
-Poetry
-Reading
-Trampolining
-Painting
-Making jewellery/accessories to wear etc

I also find cleaning helps a lot, as crazy as that sounds. Doing housework keeps me occupied. Gardening also helps too.

I pretty much find anything that takes my mind off everything and leads me into a whole fantasy world of my own is quite effective whether that's reading a good book, watching a movie, taking walks in interesting locations such as forests, writing stories about a whole new fictional world etc.

I would love to try out horse riding too, I bet that would be good fun. =]

Burn.

Sex the pain away

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Sex the pain away

Dance the night away.

I convinced a friend of mine to stop cutting by telling her to call me every time she got the urge and I'd talk her out of it. She stopped for over a year by doing this. All i needed was a big list of complements and perverted jokes and she stopped It also helped a lot to let her know that I care. That it's not just herself she's hurting but me as well. This way she would show me every time she cut and i could help her improve with goal setting

Great list. I never got why people cut their selfs

i have tried all of them. i cant stop. my friends have done everything from taking the razors away to getting me to a shrink. nothing has worked. i want to stop. i cant wear the hair tie around my wrist cause i snap it to hard and leave welts and bleed that way. can someone help me. please?

sweet sweet mary jane

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Wow, this list helped me especially about writing a letter to the person who's making me feel this way and the fact that I can draw them......and all those other alternatives, thanks! :)

Other than alcohol? Hardly!

a quick fix is to be active. weather its participating in class or hanging out with people. its always good to keep your mind on things so not to become bored. while this happens, when you have alone-time think about what the root of your problem is. im sure you can figure it out when you start tracking what lead to what. after this while still being active so not to be depressed by focusing on it to much, or from being bored, try and find a solution. meditation will help. i don't mean the chanting kind, i simply mean sitting down in a comfortable position, closing your eyes, and block out the things around you and focus on your thoughts.

doing this daily can help reduce stress levels and depression depending on how into it you are, and how you think.


do please ignore my sig message. although for some like myself it is true, there is always happiness in this world as long as there are people like the members of TeenHut

every morning i write "i dont need it" on my wrists. it helps.

I've heard of people using rubberbands rather than cutting... put a rubberband around your wrist and snap it as hard as you can rather than give in to the temptation of cutting.

i've tried all of those&nothing helped i cut& i self harm in other ways to...i have one friend i can talk to about this stuff cuz she self harms too but the only other person i trust enough i cant tell cuz it hurts her to much to see the scars&hear stories&stuff so idk... nothin works
ohhhh& its really not as simple as u make it sound....i've tried its like someone detoxing from drugs