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#1
Nov 29, 2013, 04:27 PM
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I use the term "Best" loosely.
Either the funniest, most calming, supportive, weirdest. I think mine was when I told one of my friends before she heard it from somebody else. We'd discussed it before in a "well I used to do it, but now I don't" kind of way but now I actually had to admit that it was still an ongoing thing for me. Her words: "F****** EMO GYPSY!" She didn't mean it in an offensive way. She was the kind of person who'd say something like that in a moment like that to diffuse tension and because she didn't know what else to say. I laughed because I wasn't into all that "touchy feely, I'm here for you" stuff that everybody and their brother comes out with. So what was the best response you've ever heard to somebody finding out that you self harm, no matter how they found out.
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#2
Nov 29, 2013, 04:35 PM
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My best response was the only one that wasn't disgust. It was my best friend. She listened, saw, was noticeably loss for words and then acted as if it didn't matter. She's never brought it up again.
 However, "F-in Emo Gypsy" would have been more like my response to someone else haha. Cute.
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Nov 29, 2013, 09:05 PM
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I like the "What happened? " question because I get to make up outlandish stories that all end with and that's when I end with... that's how I lost the knife fight, then I ran into a razor repeatedly.
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Nov 30, 2013, 05:01 AM
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honestly, i've never really had a best response
most people i tell just say, oh well, just do it... it's your life anyway. just another indication that i really have no one |
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#5
Dec 01, 2013, 03:06 PM
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My therapist once smoothly touched them and spoke about saying sorry to my body and practising self care afterwards.
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Dec 02, 2013, 07:52 AM
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It was alumni day at the summer camp I work at and I was showing a small group of middle-aged women around our barn when one of them suddenly bent over to get a closer look and exclaimed, "WOW!!!", quite loudly. She then went right back to the conversation we were having as if nothing odd had happened. I was speechless. lol
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Dec 02, 2013, 09:52 AM
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I think any response that doesn't make you feel judged or bad for doing it is a good one
I can't remember any specific examples but I have been on both the good and bad responses For me when I tell someone I am just looking for compassion and understanding. I'm a good judge of peoples responses and there are certain people I know I will gain nothing by telling them.
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Dec 02, 2013, 10:38 AM
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** Smartass me coming through....
How about "I am just self-practicing to be a surgeon". |
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