How do I stop cutting?

Something I've found helpful is to keep a jar with the names of people you care about on little slips of paper. Every time you feel the urge to hurt yourself, draw a name out of the jar. I would always draw a butterfly on my arm in sharpie and name it after whoever's name I drew. So long as the butterfly was visible, I made a mental promise to the person that I wouldn't hurt myself.

Think of it as overtime you cut you will be cutting someone you love. A way that helped me is to write the names of those you love and care for in places that you feel the urge to cut. Then in order to cut yourself you would be cutting through them, the people that you hold close in your life. and I'm sure you would't want that.

When you realize cutting is not the answer you will be able to stop.There are things that you can do on your own but it is better you get help.Like you can try to embroider your mind when you want to cut with watching film or reading a book.You can sleep when you want do it.

A good way to stop cutting would be to find an alternative that would replace it. The alternative would still have the same effect on your body but it wouldn't cause any physical harm

You can always restrain yourself from that, by doing stuff that you like. (drawing, singing, dancing, etc.) Throw whatever you are using to cut away and ignore the bad feelings. Stay strong.

I stopped cutting by finding a replacement, in my case I used rubber bands. No blood, no mess, no cutting, no problem. It seems pretty hard now but just remember people do love you.

Just look at the beautifully plain skin of your arm. Do you want that place to be ruined forever with an ugly bruise? If the answer is no, you know what to do. If yes, try getting a tattoo instead.

Find an alternative! Get out and away from what make you cut! Hang with friends, watch a movie, or the urge may subside for a while and you no longer do it. The want to cut never truly goes away, but once you find the spot where you can be and no longer cut, you have stopped and it barely occurs to you to do so, or fight it with your will until it has been beaten into submission.

You've got to learn to love yourself. That's the first step. Secondly, you have to acknowledge that you are hurting inside. I used to cut, but I did those things and am currently 10.5 months clean.

You must first find out what is causing you to feel like you need to cut. The root for your problems. The reason why you think cutting is going to help you. Then you need to practice restraint. To realize that cutting does not solve your problems. To realize that it, in fact, causes more problems than it solves. Distract yourself. Do something compulsive. Clean. Talk to a friend. Read. Draw. Write. Take that destructive energy and turn it into something creative.