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Originally Posted by sinking
I have a lot of unhealthy coping strategies to cope with negative emotions, and i DO like them, they keep me sane but they are not always available or feasable or i do not always want to act on them, so i thought id start this thread to help me cope by writing instead of acting on them... And going CRAZY.
No answers needed, but any comment, suggestion or just passing by saying you read will be greatly appreciated so that i wont feel completely alone in my struggles...
Thanks.
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Right now id want to eat tons of junk food and maybe drink some vodka too because i feel trapped where i dont want to be (at work) and i'm having violent flashes where i self harm and kill myself and cant stand the thought of not being able to go straight home after work and do another hour of work somewhere else and especially LIVE tomorrow too and having to wait too long before talking with my good T (i decided the pace but because of not being able to afford it, not because i feel well on my own without him and i miss him SO much and we left lots of things unspoken and i MISS HIM SO MUCH that i feel like crying)...
~ Hopefully i wont eat or drink...
PS. Sorry for all these posts these days 
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If you want to, you can create coping strategies that are healthier, even if you choose only to use them at work. I had a job that made me soooo emotionally disregulated that I spent most of my time writing in a journal about how much I hated it. That helped calm me down while I was there. I also drank heavily (mostly vodka) during that time. I'd trade one unhealthy comfort for another back then - if I stopped smoking I'd drink more. If I tried to stop drinking I'd binge-eat fast food. If I stopped all those things I go to the mall to stop myself from smoking/eating/drinking and end up spending way too much money. I also used to keep a push-pin at my desk to poke myself since I couldn't cut at work. None of that stuff is really something you can do most places though.
I don't know if you've ever tried DBT but the distress tolerance and emotional regulation tools have worked for me
Distress Tolerance I stopped smoking and drinking when I started running because I could really tell a difference in how fast/far I could run when I didn't drink the day before. I just got really in tune with my body and I could notice the fatigue even after just a couple glasses of wine. I also changed jobs and moved across the country. Not the easiest or best solution but that's what worked for me because if you're miserable at your job no amount of distress tolerance is really going to help. Right now I'm trying to give up sugar, I eat too much chocolate when I'm stressed/down. It can be done, it's just tough but it is worth it.