Does the type of cutting you do make treatment/help different?

[Anonymous]

I've been cutting a lot lately, things just get too hard and I can't take it. I've seen a lot where people just cut and that's it but I have an obsession with it. I use a duller razor blade so I can control everything, I start out and since it's duller I have to go over it a few times and make it deeper and deeper and I like to pull it apart and see inside. I've always had this weird obsession with my cuts, I remember I scraped my knee on a nail and it was a deep cut but I continue peeling it open and it bled for a week because I wouldn't leave it alone. Does an obsession like this make it harder to get help? I'm at the age I know it's wrong but I can't help it and need it right now and I'm afraid to get help and what will happen if I try and get help.

[Mesonfielde]

Considering cutting doesn't help fix the problem and all it does is open your body to infections, I think what you need is a value system that tells you that that is horrible idea and a complete waste of time.

[reptocarl]

They're not going to lock you up and you do need to seek help

[Asker]

What if they want to though and I don't want any part of that.

[reptocarl]

In that case it would determine how bad do you want to stop cutting and deal with your problems. If they did make you inpatient it would only be temporary. This isn't the horrors of the '30s anymore

[Asker]

I do want help and do wanna stop it's just hard for me. I have terrible anxiety and have a hard time just going to the dr and I don't know how I can handle being in a psych ward or even having to go see a therapist all the time. I have to take Valium just for a regular dr or dentist appointment, I'm just afraid of what will happen to me and I don't want things to get worst

[reptocarl]

And what happens if you do nothing?

[Anonymous]

you need to get professional help.

[Klaatu51]

not a healthy obsession... it'd b better if u stopped cuttin anyway in my opinion :)

[grahamcracka]

I like seeing my blood and checking my pain tolerance as the next person but that's a little too much

[ZombieHunter]

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