[Butterfly_Faerie]

I've done self harm, recently this year. I didn't classify what I did as SH but my shrink told me it was, why I didn't think about it?

I've hit myself
pulled hair
hit legs
bang head
bit lip

ect.

Now when I get to that point I can notice it and stop it

Just wanted to share.

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[Rapunzel]

That's good that you are able to stop yourself. Stuff like that was what I did for the most part. I was older before I got into cutting. It really is best to stop it as early as you can. Even if you think you have it under control, if you just let it happen, it tends to escalate.

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[Butterfly_Faerie]

I use to cut but not in the vein I never wanted to try and die so to speak know what I mean, yeah now that I know what it is I can control it

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[Zenobia]

I didn't tend to think of those habbits as self harm either. It is easy to focus on cutting as being self-harm and dismiss all those other "smaller" things. Truth is the smaller things can be more insideous because they can be done at anytime--even in your therapy sessions. I truly believe that knowledge is power. Knowing what it is gives you the power to conquer it but if you don't know what it is it tends to conquer you. Cutters don't tend to go for the vein. That is a suicidal act, for the most part self-injurers don't want to kill themselves. The act of cutting a vein is to end it all but the act of cutting elsewhere is to make it possible to continue. One is self destruction the other is self preservation.
Carrie

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[Butterfly_Faerie]

I couldn't agree with you more....

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