Is it normal to be able to stop self harming cold-turkey ?

You just changed. Like quitting smoking cold turkey, except a different medium of damaging your body.

The best kind of help is being able to help yourself.

It's called willpower. Congrats.

Congratulations OP, give yourself a pat on the back, I am proud of you :)

You could have access to the world's best therapist but in the end the ball will always be in your court. It's up to you to stop. I congratulate you on ending the cycle.

Well done ! (: I managed it too, but failed a while back but now it's fine ! X

I'm an on and off self harmer on me, last time I did it was mabey 2 weeks ago, I always go cold turkey thou, weird...

I cut my wrists once at 16 years old.. 7 marks and felt pretty silly mum saw the scars & it took me months to convince her I wasn't a cutter body inspections were she'd barge in when I was in the shower. The scars are still visible only two & looking at them I don't feel sad or ashamed I find it laughable you know those what the fuck was I even doing memories.

That's good. You stopped before you really harmed yourself. Stay strong <3. The fact that you had the power to stop by yourself means that you are strong enough to move forward.

I had a gf that got off on it, When i discovered it i was amazed it was like looking into a abyss of insanity anyway when she explained it to me in deep detail i understood why she does it, She said it's like a drug and when she feels empty she cuts to feel alive, But that was her and she was crazy as f*ck she had weird blood fetishes too.

I used to harm myself as well, but I didn't know that there was a way to come down slowly... like, do you lessen the severity of the cuts over time or... I didn't know there was any way but cold turkey.

But no. Not normal, some people have to go through a lot to stop doing it. Me? Well, I realized that self harm is a few steps away from outright suicide and my family couldn't afford to lose one of it's only sane and responsible members. If something were to happen to both me AND my Mom, my siblings will literally have no suitable, sane family left to care for them. If you meant that you didn't need a reason, then hell, you're better for it.

I did too :)

That's fantastic, it really is. I've been on and off of self harm for years, and while I'm mostly quit now, the urge is still so strong sometimes. It's really impressive that you could just stop like that, just keep up the good work. :)