Faith Not Fear

armoredmushroom
answered: It’s a temporary solution and only solves your loss of control, not the actual matter that triggered you ito cut

happyiness-is-a-butterfly
answered: Because there are such better things in life to worry about

azazal
answered: umm pretty sure its obvious your awesome haha kinda have the same mind set but idk what your going through. hmu if you need anything at all

what-the—fuck
answered: to fix the mistakes you’ve made in the past, and to move on.

magdalenahagdalena
answered: Because you are absolutely beautiful and have an amazing future ahead of you.

blesseddeath
answered: recover for yourself. that’s it.

hannahxobaby16 
answered: Because you don’t deserve this & you’re beautiful and it’ll prove so many people wrong. head up girl.

Deadsexdoll answered: you have to be your own hero in your re-occouring nightmares

neverlosehope95answered: it’s so worth it when you’re finally healed. you feel so wonderful.

mackenzie-elizabeth answered: cause one day you can tell your kids that you didn’t let life beat you.

hatersgonnahate13answered: If you end up going too far, you may just die from lack of blood. even if u want to commit suicide, think of all the people who would cry…

secondchancesareeverything
answered: Scars could be there for life .

patrippin
answered: Not having to hide your cuts from everyone. Wearing whatever you want because you don’t have to conceal parts of your body. Not worrying about people finding out and judging you. Not having to worry about infections and cleaning the cuts out. 

juss-the-other-day
 answered: Not having any cuts/burns to hide is a good benifit from not self harming

digitized
answered: So we’ll know we’ll be around long enough to meet the people we’re quitting for. So we can go swimming. For short shorts. For unscarred arms.

trailingstories
answered: because tumblr loves you.

nomorelollipops
answered: You know longer have to hide your arms or have people look at you weirdly for having cuts.

dearest-speak-now
 answered: You’ll always have those scars. They’ll never go away. And it’ll remind you of the pain. It isn’t worth it.

xxnatalia4uxx
answered: Because you deserve to be happy. You deserve to feel good about yourself.

ummholly
answered: To set a good example for others.

xblue-moonx
 answered: Because happiness feels better then sadness.

sugarfreeforme
answered: Burns get infected and achey and itchy and they feel and look SO GROSS. DONT DO IT :)

silent-therapy
 answered: there are other better ways to cope with the things that you are facing.

mymaskeddreams117
said: [recovery is] Overcoming pain and rebooting your mind to stabalize yourself for life

beyond-crazy
 answered: You wont have to explain the scars to ur kids, u will be able cope using other stategies, u wont be still SI when u have kids,  you would be able to help others with SI and talk from experience, you wouldnt have to lie about your scars/cuts or hide them from everyone. you wont feel the after self hate, you will love your body more with fewer scars, you will be able to let your past (scars) fade away instead of re-living it everyday, you wont get infections, you wont need stitches, you will be able to rebuild trust in relationships, your relationships will be stronger, you will be stronger, you will gain more support from people when they learn that you are seriously trying to stop/reduce self harm. you will be able to wear short sleeves and shorts without exposing open wounds.

one1time
answered: Self harm is an adiction just like an adiction with drugs. Addiction takes so much out of you.

suckallthedicks
answered: Because it doesn’t solve anything.

bee1442
answered: It’s extremely hard at first. Know that you’re strong for doing this, never weak. Saying no will make you feel AMAZING once the urge subsides

jarofhearts90
answered: Being able to wear short sleeves/shorts

Self-Injury help and support
Although self-harm and cutting can give you temporary relief, it comes at a cost. In the long term, it causes far more problems than it solves.

The relief is short lived, and is quickly followed by other feelings like shame and guilt. Meanwhile, it keeps you from learning more effective strategies for feeling better.

Keeping the secret from friends and family members is difficult and lonely.

You can hurt yourself badly, even if you don’t mean to. It’s easy to misjudge the depth of a cut or end up with an infected wound.

If you don’t learn other ways to deal with emotional pain, it puts you at risk for bigger problems down the line, including major depression, drug and alcohol addiction, and suicide.

Self-harm can become addictive. It may start off as an impulse or something you do to feel more in control, but soon it feels like the cutting or self-harming is controlling you. It often turns into a compulsive behavior that seems impossible to stop.