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Originally Posted by Cracking Slowly
My question to you is do you think any of the meds you take are making you want to do this to yourself? And what if you beat up a tree or some other object instead of yourself? Would this help? I'm just trying to understand.
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My self harm started a long time before I was put on psych meds, and I have gone long periods without doing harm to myself while on medications. So I am 99.9% sure it is not my medications.
I have a bunch of actions that I can do and found useful to stop from hurting myself. I actually have a box near my desk right now with what I call my fiddle things, like soft balls that I can throw (soft, so they won't damage anything in my apt). Used to go to the river and throw rocks into it, when I had a car I would drive and do this primal screaming (that was a favorite one for me)... and of course making a phone call to my friend or therapist.
Thing is, sometimes the triggers, the environmental issues can bring me to a point where I don't actively fight the urges to self harm.. Did that answer your questions? If not, please let me know....