i know your feelings, and i do self injure, i cut a lot, and i think about moving it from my obviously seen arm, to other hidden parts, its not 'normal' or 'abnormal' its not exactly healthy either, ive done a lot of research on it, and from what ive read, and seen, and from personal experience, its a coping method to cope with feelings, and anxieties that are unsaid or shown, as i said its not healthy, and something that shouldnt continue, ive tried to stop, and i know it is very hard to stop, and even harder not to go back, but in my research ive read that they all suggest that self injurers get help quickly, but thats if you want to stop, i personally dont want to, i like it, that is freakish, but thats me, i like the scars, but i know its not safe to do it, and i should stop, but its hard, and im sick of trying, but i keep trying, and if you need to talk more, add my hotmail addy, Sapidy_goodness@hotmail.com, thats also for anyone else who self injurers and wants to talk, i can help stop if you want to.. take care everyone :)

Habits and addictions are hard to break. While I don't have experience with that particular sort of self-injury, the best I can offer is to wear thick hats. Nothing ugly or with an obvious purpose, but just something to lessen the trauma to your head. Or headbands, those are nice as well. <p> Fleece would probably be good and with winter coming you might have a good excuse, depending on the sort of head wear. <p> Beyond that it's just a matter of coming up with the willpower to stop yourself once you start. It's always easier said than done but trying, even if you don't actually stop the first few times, is a place to start. <p> Try telling yourself 'I don't <i>need</i> to do this.' or something along those lines. Even if you start to sound like a broken record to yourself you'll get strength from it.

I'm working on doing that less to myself, especially when im pissed off I feel I really need to do it. But we really shouln't. Some other things you can try is doing damage to something other than yourself. For example get a chunk of wood and burn or cut that instead. Or if you have a math text book to do it to even better! Or get some c;ay or play dough and squeeae and tear it and maybe you'll end up just kind of messing around with and forget your urge to odo damage to yourself. I find trying to just get my mind off it at first is hard, but I think just having your hands do damage to someting other than yourself can really help you to start getting over that, and eventually you'll be able to get over the need easier without having to do damage to anything and get if off your mind by reading, drawing or playing. Hope that helps in any way, its done some help for me, though im still working on it ^^