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Legendary
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#1
Morgan, good job!
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please please please to everyone think before you cut yourselves
i last cut myself using an extremely sharp item i got sick of surface wounds ,time and time i wanted to do damage, and do i regret it, that was last october 2005 my husband was going to let me go lucky for me the very deep wounds caused me so much pain trying to bathe them myself it reminded me how serious it was becoming.i am left with thick scars that have still not healed on my arms i cannot wear short sleeved tops(and we had a hot summer this year) when i go to work i have to wear a jacket.i am still with my husband and i have had thoughts but i look at my arms and realise when i went slash happy i was hurting the most understanding person in my life and scarring my body. think beforeyou cut i am on the road to recovery with my own will power and favourite music!!! i know why we do it but not everybody out there does __________________ Keep smiling |
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It used to help me and one thing that still does. I used to do a research on Self-Harm. The more I did the paper on it I realize that is why I harm. What mostly helps is going to the chat room here and talking about what is going on
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http://www.selfinjury.org/docs/selfhelp.html
If you scroll down a paragraph or two this page has lists of things to do instead of cut categorized by what you are feeling/reasons you want to cut. __________________ God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. |
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#5
Cool, thanks for adding that link!
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#6
Thanks, all--very helpful. I've also heard that freezing an orange and riping it up sublimates the urge to cut.
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i used to cut, but ive started punching walls instead which leaves me with horribly bruised, swollen, and crippled hands.
my therapist suggested that i punch pillows or my bed. this early in my treatment of this behavior this option wasnt giving me the relief i needed and i would just go back to punching bricks. so she then suggested i go ahead and punch whatever i felt i needed to, but that i wrap my hands over and over again with a thick towel so that there was no chance i would injure my hands/knuckles. for now, this works. and eventually i know ill be able to move onto punching my pillows or just coping with the stress in a less violent and aggressive manner. |
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Pluck your eyebrows.
It works for me anyway. __________________ "One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life, that word is Love" - Socrates |
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I read all the posts concerning Things to do to avoid hurting yourself.Last week my girlfriend got me so angry,in addition to kicking and tghrowing things,i punched the kitchen walll about 6 times.I called my therapist and she told me to come right in.She talked to me awhile and got me calmed down,then they took me to a room to watch me to make sure i had no more intention of hurting myself again.I now have a sprained right wrist to prove it.I am now on medication and seem to more calm now and feeling a little better.Next time i should punch a pillow instead of a wall.
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Hi,
Precaution is better than cure. kim |
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#12
These are really good! Thanx 4 posting!
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Thanks for u r suggestions
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#14
Awesome suggestions! Thank you!!
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Not sure if it was mentioned already but the idea with holding an ice cube until it melts, for anyone who "needs to see the blood" make ice cubes with red dye so when it does melt it gives that appearance and satisfies that urge. It helps me anyway when I need to get to that point. Otherwise definitely music, baths, petting my dog, taking pictures, body scan, and love bubble wrap as silly as it sounds, pinky promises are important to me so I pinky promise my T every week.
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</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
HALLIEBETH87 said: scratch draw a picture on a thick piece of wood or use a screw driver and stab at the piece of wood. do some cooking try some sewing, crossstitch, etc. Scribble on paper. Clutch the pen in your fist. It's a way to diffuse it on to paper. (Get a few sheets so they don't tear.) </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> these ones are some that i have tried and they made me trigger, when i was cutting into the wood (with a chisel, not screw driver) i ended up gouging into my leg with it as well, when i was cooking i would purposefully hold my arm against metal in the oven so they would burn and with the sewing and drawing/scribbling i just ploughed the pen and needle into my arm. so for these ones you really have to trust yourself about how you are with sharp objects. Siani x |
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#17
all those you wrote guys are just great, but do you really think that someone who in one particular moment want to hurt himself, would thing to do all those? I think not... :-(
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#18
Thanks those are very helpful!
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thank you so much! i am fourteen and i have been cutting myself progresssively wrse and i am getting desperate. this list is really helpful thank you so much
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Never try this with a pen. I still have ink marks from trying to use the pen to stab myself, and that was last year. All it takes is a little tempation....
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