Is cutting your wrist bad even though your in a lot of stress?!

I have bipolar and have a home mental health worker, and i've asked her about this because I do yahoo answers. She says that the problem is that in order to get the relief by cutting, you have to keep escalating the behavior, and eventually you can't escalate it anymore, and then you have nothing. so it is much better to find another way to cope.

I was never into cutting, but I will say that for me, prescription and over the counter medications have made me more agitated and more unable to control my behavior. alcohol will do this too, to many people. So look over your prescriptions - even acne meds or birth control can cause problems, or cold or allergy medicine., for some people.

for me, intense exercise, socializing more, distracting myself with reading, puzzles, etc. help quite a lot, and hot baths. I was severely sexually abused over many years as a very young child and went on to get bipolar also, so I certainly have been very provoked by stress. these things I've told you do work.

to stop cutting you can try holding an ice cube in your hand or snapping a rubber band on your wrist or whack your leg with the flat of a ruler, while you are learning the skills so you wont' have to cut anymore. those methods will only help for a little while.

there's free counseling at moodgym, a computer program by australia nat'l university. they give you little tests looking for "warpy thinking" that may help you get insight into what might be wrong with your thinking that is making you suffer so much. if you have been or are being abused, you need professional help, that is my opinion. For me, group therapy helped most with sex abuse issues, and this group was moderated by a therapist. Really - I was wetting my bed until I was 24, and then I read a book that abuse can cause that, and it just - went away. so abuse can really mess you up and in so many ways. cutting isn't the way to deal.

all the best to you

You should see a counselor about how you are feeling. It is easy to become addicted to cutting when you are using it to deal with things like emotional pain. The reason cutting helps you feel better is when your body feels the pain from cutting yourself it releases endorphins to numb the physical pain, but it also masks the emotional pain.

You cannot treat the cutting without treating the underlying issue...otherwise you will always feel the urge to cut.

Your cutting is a symptom of depression of depression. It is best to minimize cutting before you accidentally cut too deep, but the real focus should be on treating the depression. Depression makes you feel all alone and so you withdraw from the world, which makes you more alone.

Please talk to your doctor. Help is available. Good luck.

You have a mental disease. Go to a therapist, they can give you medication for that. & yes, the others are right. It doesn't solve anything. I know how you feel though, I have done it; My best friend has been hospitalized for doing it. I quit, there is no point. You have to help yourself because other people can't do everything for you. My best friend still does it all the time, and frankly it pisses me off that people do that. I even get mad at her, even though I'm the person that knows her best. But still, you should go get help.

Personal Experience.

Yes, but cutting is really just a COPING MECHANISM. Some people drink when they are stressed, others shop, some overwork, others watch 12 hours of tv or eat 10 bowls of ice cream. Cutting yourself is just your way to shift the pain, because for many emotional pain is even harder to deal with then physical pain.

I would suggest looking at what is at the root cause of your stress, and then practice more healthy ways to deal or release the stress. There are a number of healing modalities out there that can address the root cause of your issue. You are not alone in this.. for more info check out my site

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Be well, and do not be too hard on yourself!
Tess

cutting is a disease..
and its gross, and youre going to regret it one day and have scars to live with and the perfect guy is going to come along and you will be soooo happy and he will see your scars and be discusted. is this what you want?
stop cutting , it makes no sense and it doesnt solve anything.

Really pathetic. Most of the people who cut themselves have average lives, they're just too spoiled and selfish to realize it. It's not cool, it's not fun, it's sick.

You seriously need some help. Try talking to someone - not texting - TALKING to a human about your issues. Preferably a doctor or psychiatrist. You should not be maiming yourself.

Yeah it's bad. No **** Sherlock.

uhh yes its bad

No ****.