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Jul 15, 2012, 10:31 PM
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A couple years ago, my friend and her mom told my mom that I had been cutting. Prior to this, I had been cutting for about 2 years and biting before that.
I haven't cut in almost 2 years now but sometimes I just can't get rid of the urge. I keep telling myself that I have good reasons not to cut, and it helps a lot to go through the reasons not to do it, but sometimes it just doesn't go away. Does anyone else experience this? How do you/would you deal with this? What should I do? |
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Jul 16, 2012, 11:43 AM
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For me having a reason not to cut was huge in helping me battle the urges.
For a while the reason was extremely silly, and I had much better reasons not to cut but it was the silly one that worked. Now I have a VERY good reason not to cut and I'm battling some strong urges, but reason is winning out. Not sure exactly what you should do but we both know what you shouldn't do...
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:09 PM
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Do you understand what triggers your urges?
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Jul 16, 2012, 04:22 PM
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All I can say is find a way to wait it out. It will go away (at least for short period of time) the longer you fight against it. Sometimes it helps to focus on "I'm going to do ______ for 15 minutes" and keep doing that over and over till the urges fade. Examples would be watch tv, sleep, eat, journal, color, paint, etc. Sometimes it feels like it takes forever days, weeks months. Try and focus on shorter period of time, whether it be one day at a time, or a few minute at a time.
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