I'm 25yo and I'm a cutter since my 16's. I've been clean for 3 years...until this few months that the psychiatrist had to withdraw my medication because of an allergy and all the sorrow came back like a wave. I just couldn't stop it and began to cut myself over and over again. It's the only moment I really feel some kind of relief, when skin hurts I can forget a bit about my emotional pain. I know it's not good and this can be really dangerous.

I keep hearing "magic tricks to recover your mental health" and yeah, it's great to exercise, eat healthy, meditate, write down your feelings, etc. A shot of endorphines, dopamine and serotonine feels good but it doesn't last forever and the cutting-impulse comes back when the positive-effects end.

So what should we do? There's no hope, even in adulthood, to recover from self-harming? Is there something that works for real, in longterm?