I Am An Ex-cutter

i started cutting when i was 11. not because i was cool at the time, not because i felt like it.... because i had a reason. my reason was that my parents split and were fighting all the time. last summer was when my mom found my cuts...

As you all know summer is approaching.It was around this time last year I started cutting.I felt urges to try it out.My best friend use to did it.Which kinda spiked a peek of interest in me.I started cutting secretly.Little cuts on the...

attempted suicide. I slit my wrists at 15, long and deep slashes on both my wrists, the way it felt was amazing and unlike anything that had ever happened to me, it wasn't' painful like the abuse that my step dad dished out, it was a...

Ive had lots of issues like my mother's heart attack at 3, my fathers OD at 7, my family being a bunch of pot heads and drop outs. I am the only one whos gotten straight A's and I attend the top school in the state. Thing is, with all...

I need help I just found out that my 13 year old daughter has been cutting herself and I have talked to her we have been to the doctor and pastor from our church . but she cut herself again last night. If you could give me ideals on how...

I had a cutting problem, it was so bad that my entire arm is filled with scars upon scars of varying sizes. It is rooted to my mother verbally and emotionally abusing me my entire life, my father never being there, and a step dad who...

I have been a cutter since the age 11 I am 19 now and as of November 2012 is when I finally quit. I started cutting because i was raped by someone close to me. Cutting helped a lot. I had this thing in my head that was telling me if he...

I havnt cut in years.. I still feel the need to..After a day when my memories haunt me.. When all i can think about is the pain growing inside my broken soul..thats when i use to start cutting, cutting the pain from my hips.. then my...

After not having cut in 6 months, and not cut 6 months before that, I have relapsed. Why? What is the matter? I was doing so good. I still had urges, but I didn't act upon them, what weakened my resolve? I smoked, made myself throw up...

I am 41 years old and I still at times feel the need to cut myself I have been doing it for over twenty years.... My ex-wife always made me feel ashamed of it. But it was my coping mechanism when times got too much for me. I try...

On July 16, 2011, I fell victim to the blade once more and had a fourth cutting relapse. At this point in time, I was deeply, deeply depressed and highly self destructive. I hadn't yet learned the consequences of my actions. I had...

Like a sister to me my babysitter at the age of 19 died. I was in the 7th grade, that year was an alright year i guess you could say except fo the part i lost all of my closest friends to the popular kids, and i began to get bullied.. I...

I slid the black fabric of the blouse
Off my arms revealing
The pale ladder of scars.

I never reference them directly
I tell you, I was lost once.
I said I did things once because
They helped me survive
Who I am as a Person'

You...

  I don't remember exactly how old I was when I started cutting but I was pretty young.  I think I was 14 or 15. I know that by the age of 16, I was a regular cutter and by the age of 22, when I quit (for the most part, not counting...

I have visible scars from cutting and I'm quite ashamed of them. I started in highschool, during sophmore year, and continued for around 5-6 years. It has landed me in the hospital a couple of times, and years of therapy where I'm...

I have cut for nearly five years now and 22 days ago today I stopped cutting. I guess I'm not an "ex-cutter" yet but I'm working on it. I have been doing the butterfly project and that's what honestly saved me. My parents dont know I...

I've wanted to quit for a long time, but finally, I have. I stopped in April. Once I pierced my lip, i promised myself, and my best friend tyler, that i would never cut again. and I haven't ever since

i began cutting at the age of ten. it led to many hospitol stays, even residential treatment. i have ugly scars in various places on my body...my last suicide attempt i cut and i hit an artery. then i started dating my best friend, hes...

i had a friend, they didn't die but we fell out,....she showed me she cut herself, she was upset, i asked her why she said i couldn't understand,....and at that moment i pulled out my pocket knife took it to my arm, and started slicing...

I enjoy cutting, and ever since I stopped, it just feels different. I've been mostly clean for about 2 months, but I still have my occasional moments. I just get such a rush from seeing the blood drip down my skin. I would use the same...