How to stop cutting?

I cant stop cuting I've tried cold turkey, rubber bands any thing posible that I could thnk about. can anyone help me

think of all the reasons why you dont want to, its horribly unattractive, im in the emo phase right now and believe me its not attractive at all, it hurts, thats not something you want to happen regularly, your life is NOT that bad towhere you need to inflict pain on yourself, if you stop being secluded and a cutter you could meet new people and learn that the world isnt evil, theres plenty of other reasons, just think about these.

Throw away anything that you can use to cut!

hiii,
ok so cutting is bad I used to do it too so I know you dont really want to hear any of that bullsh*t about how you shouldnt do it & your hurting yourself & yahyahyah..

but if you reallly want to stop , just dont do it.
like out think the urdge.. if you feel llike your gooona stoop & think .. wow, do I really want another scar im going to have to grow up looking at & being emabrasses about how stupid I was forr doing that... & think like, whats the point? am I getting off by hurting myself or somethig ? no , it hurts , its not worth it & if peopel find out there going to make fun of you for the rest of your life .. your always going to be known as the person who cuts.. do you really want that to happen? doubtt it. so consider that all before doing it again.

tell a REALLY good friend and ask them for help quiting, then maybe take a look at why you started in the first place. The scars on my arms are not as inviting as they use to look.

Important thing to know is there are other coping methods, and you can break this habit. Apparently it takes 28 days to form a habit and 28 days to break one. Keep at it. If you fall off the wagon so to speak don't give up. Here's a few suggestions

Match the activity to the feeling:
angry, frustrated, restless
Try something physical and violent, something not directed at a living thing:
Slash an empty plastic soda bottle or a piece of heavy cardboard or an old shirt or sock.
Make a soft cloth doll to represent the things you are angry at. Cut and tear it instead of yourself.
Flatten aluminum cans for recycling, seeing how fast you can go.
Hit a punching bag.
Use a pillow to hit a wall, pillow-fight style.
Rip up an old newspaper or phone book.
On a sketch or photo of yourself, mark in red ink what you want to do. Cut and tear the picture.
Make Play-Doh or Sculpey or other clay models and cut or smash them.
Throw ice into the bathtub or against a brick wall hard enough to shatter it.
Break sticks.
Crank up the music and dance.
Clean your room (or your whole house).
Go for a walk/jog/run.

sad, soft, melancholy, depressed, unhappy
Do something slow and soothing, like taking a hot bath with bath oil or bubbles, curling up under a comforter with hot cocoa and a good book, babying yourself somehow. Do whatever makes you feel taken care of and comforted. Light sweet-smelling incense. Listen to soothing music. Smooth nice body lotion into the parts or yourself you want to hurt. Call a friend and just talk about things that you like. Make a tray of special treats and tuck yourself into bed with it and watch TV or read. Visit a friend.

craving sensation, feeling depersonalized, dissociating, feeling unreal
Do something that creates a sharp physical sensation:
Squeeze ice hard (this really hurts). (Note: putting ice on a spot you want to burn gives you a strong painful sensation and leaves a red mark afterward, kind of like burning would.)
Put a finger into a frozen food (like ice cream) for a minute.
Bite into a hot pepper or chew a piece of ginger root.
Rub liniment under your nose.
Slap a tabletop hard.
Snap your wrist with a rubber band.
Take a cold bath.
Stomp your feet on the ground.
Focus on how it feels to breathe. Notice the way your chest and stomach move with each breath.

wanting focus
Do a task (a computer game like tetris or minesweeper, writing a computer program, needlework, etc) that is exacting and requires focus and concentration.
Eat a raisin mindfully. Pick it up, noticing how it feels in your hand. Look at it carefully; see the asymmetries and think about the changes the grape went through. Roll the raisin in your fingers and notice the texture; try to describe it. Bring the raisin up to your mouth, paying attention to how it feels to move your hand that way. Smell the raisin; what does it remind you of? How does a raisin smell? Notice that you're beginning to salivate, and see how that feels. Open your mouth and put the raisin in, taking time to think about how the raisin feels to your tongue. Chew slowly, noticing how the texture and even the taste of the raisin change as you chew it. Are there little seeds or stems? How is the inside different from the outside? Finally, swallow.
Choose an object in the room. Examine it carefully and then write as detailed a description of it as you can. Include everything: size, weight, texture, shape, color, possible uses, feel, etc.
Choose a random object, like a paper clip, and try to list 30 different uses for it.
Pick a subject and research it on the web.
Try some of the games and distractions at digibeet's page; she's assembled a lot of distractions.

wanting to see blood
Draw on yourself with a red felt-tip pen.
Take a small bottle of liquid red food coloring and warm it slightly by dropping it into a cup of hot water for a few minutes. Uncap the bottle and press its tip against the place you want to cut. Draw the bottle in a cutting motion while squeezing it slightly to let the food color trickle out.
Draw on the areas you want to cut using ice that you've made by dropping six or seven drops of red food color into each of the ice-cube tray wells.
Paint yourself with red tempera paint.

wanting to see scars or pick scabs
Get a henna tattoo kit. You put the henna on as a paste and leave it overnight; the next day you can pick it off as you would a scab and it leaves an orange-red mark behind.
Another thing that helps sometimes is the fifteen-minute game. Tell yourself that if you still want to harm yourself in 15 minutes, you can. When the time is up, see if you can go another 15. I've been able to get through a whole night that way before.

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when I have these urges I hug my self and think of stuff animals all around me this realy works I have not cut my self since septimber 2007

hi im new on this but you seem kl and I am just the sme as you I need a answer 2.
I need help but I don't want to go to anyone for it maybe we could try some thing together ?
xx
donna
(deadflesh)

urm try not cutting 4 a weeek and then ull get used 2 it and stop thats what I did(but I held a nife and started again)

What is so wrong in your life that makes you HAVE TO CUT???Stop looking at the bad things in life and look at the good and fun you can have and not sitting on your butt thinking poor pathetic me. like two years ago I told my sister who use to cut to put a bullet to her head to stop the Bull Sh!t. she said no b/c she didnt want to die the same way our mother did. But Yea dont be stupid.

Hey its me you know id o right yeah I know cold turkey bands nah none of that works what you need is help frm a real doctor that is what I am gettin lovly. So yeah go to your doctor and he will refer you to the right place trust me it helps even tho I stilld obut oh well it is you who wants help not me : ) <3

ha well I stoped but once a cuter always a cuter lol so all I can do is try try try lol but its all good 4now