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Nov 16, 2011, 11:54 PM
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I have been dealing with depression for about 3 months now.
I found out recently that my mother had to take me to a psychiatrist when I was a few years younger because I was showing symptoms of depression. I got better and was perfectly fine until this year. She doesn't know what's been going on lately. I started cutting a month ago, but only in one spot. It's the only place I can do it and get away with it. I thought I'd finally stopped but today I broke down and needed to again. When I tried the skin wouldn't break where I usually cut. I can't cry anymore, I can't cut and I don't know what to do. I'm losing my grip and I can't bring myself to tell anyone.
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Nov 17, 2011, 07:24 AM
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How did you find out that you mother took you to a psychiatrist?
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In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the...feeling felt as truth...that no remedy will come -- not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute. . . . It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.-William Styron Last edited by SophiaG; Nov 17, 2011 at 07:39 AM. |
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Nov 17, 2011, 11:26 PM
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Holding an ice cube on your skin is a good idea. It gives you a shock and can cause discomfort, but doesn't actually harm you.
You could also try going for a walk, listening to music, watching a movie/tv or reading a book. Anything to get out of your head for awhile. When things have gotten really bad I have sometimes found hitting a pillow helpful. When I get really stressed/anxious I have been able to get away into a toilet and bite my hands. Not hard enough to cause any real damage of course. But hard enough to feel pain, but not dangerous like cutting yourself is.
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