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Sometimes, my anxiety gets the best of me and I indulge in self harm, then try to cover the scars from the prying eyes of people. This isn’t normal and I want it to stop.
There’s no easy way to stop self harm. It’s a hard addiction to stop, but I’ve done it and so have many others. The first thing I did was to find a therapist that I could have a honest relationship with. I was already going to therapy, but I felt uncomfortable with the therapist I had, so, with my parents help, I found a new one. I was completely honest with her and she helped me figure out my triggers and how to deal with them without self harming. I also learned that relapsing doesn’t mean that you’re a failure. It means that you’re struggling, and that’s ok! I threw out all of my razors and I stopped going to drug stores for a couple of months. That really helped me because it made self harm so much harder. You have to be really determined to stop in order to actually do so. Stopping because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do won’t work. You have to be hella determined to overcome this addiction, but it’s possible.
You will have to find other ways of coping with your anxiety. First, figure out what makes you want to self harm and what triggers you? That is, what triggers your anxiety? You might need therapy to learn what your reasons are. Then you’re going to have to figure out what you like to do besides hurting yourself. Exercise, keeping a journal, talking about it, anything healthy to do asides harming yourself. Hiding scars may be trickier. People have used make up or long sleeves to hide scars. The fresh ones are the most hardest to hide. The cuts fade over time and burn scars can take several months to go away if ever. You really just need to try your best to stop hurting yourself. A long term option is to get a professional help.