i cant stop thi kign of hurting myself in the most gruesome ways possible its actually insane

Isn't this intrusive thoughts, i sometimes get them, thoughts of self harm, never acted on it. So maybe it's alright. But definitely seek medical help if it's too much. Usually calming or shutting your mind off helps, this would be by keeping yourself busy or listening to white noises.   reply

Hi guys thanks for the suggestions, I’ll try journaling and maybe also reach out to the hotline one of y’all sent here. And to those suggesting I talk about it with a doctor/therapist, I don’t have insurance right now so it’s kinda hard for me to get professional help immediately, but I’ll still try to look for free resources or support i......   1 reply

i‘m not a therapist, and if you don’t already have one, i would really recommend you to get some help anywhere you can. But the way i got out of my constant sadness and negative thoughts about myself is, first of i started listening to helping podcast, this really helped me shape my thoughts into a different direction. And i strated journaling......   reply

if you need to talk to someone right away, you can try a hotline, it's free and confidential. i found these two: 9-8-8 https://988lifeline.org/ Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741 https://www.crisistextline.org/get-help-hub/   reply

Uhmmm I think Ive seen someone talk about this before and they said watching horror movies or just something really gruesome helps with thinking about wanting to do this to yourself? Maybe drawing it out can help too?   reply

this prob intrusive thoughts because i get this kind of thought too sometimes, i recommend to try journaling bc it genuinely helping ^^   reply

as the others said getting help asap is very important especially if you have ever acted out on those thoughts even if not to the extreme level of your fantasies. The longer you wait the harder it will be to treat especially if you end up with negative life experiences and you transition into actually self-harming. The crisis text line shared in a ......   reply

Highly recommend you get professional help like immediately but if you are for some reason not in the position to do that try thinking of those thoughts as not your own, say it out loud as many times as you can that these are not my thoughts I don't want to hurt myself. Speak the opposite of whatever you are thinking. It will condition your brain a......   reply