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Location: chicago IL
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Jan 11, 2008 at 01:16 AM
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i havent self harmed in a long time. but lately i have been having major urges. i dont know how much longer i can control them...im right on the edge. i dont want to ruin my progress...but it is looking so good right now. and i know i will regret it, but i just dont know what to do....aarrgghhh i need it...im feening for it.
but i dont want it 
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Poohbah
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Jan 11, 2008 at 01:37 AM
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one of the things i have found to help me is to picture a wave... and how the surge gets really strong...but right after it breaks...the surge subsides and things are calm for a bit... cutting is kind of like that, for me anyway... it seems like right when it gets the worst... the wave brakes on the shore and then it calms ... i grew up on the beach in ca and there is a popular surfers spot called the wedge... it is very dangerous...but very popular... the waves break on the shore... and many...many surfers have been seriously injured there... that's how my urges get sometime... sometimes the are calm... but other times they are shore breakers...right now mine are shore breakers... but i know that this will only last a short time and then the tide will calm and ... i hope you can ride the wave and let it suck you back to the calm...stay safe...lyn
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Jan 11, 2008 at 02:25 AM
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(((((((((damajdancer/Megan)))))))))))))))
I understand the urges and wanting to/not wanting to self-injure. It's hard, especially when we've held off for so long and it gets to be something that is frequently on our mind. Be safe, be strong. I know you can do it. __________________ 
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Jan 11, 2008 at 08:25 AM
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I am sorry you are hurting so much that you feel you need to SI. I know it is hard to imagine but these urges will subside. If you can just hang in a little at a time I am sure you can get through without hurting yourself. You are strong. Please hang in there.
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Location: South Dakota ... don't ask why!
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Jan 11, 2008 at 02:23 PM
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<center>((((((((((((Damajdancer)))))))))))</center>
I'm so sorry you're having a bad day and I'm sending lots of gentle hugs your way. Do you have any idea how strong you are? Probably not ... I know my daughter never thinks of herself as strong either ... but you ARE. You haven't SI in "a long time" and you came here, to your friends, when you needed help. That's what STRONG people do! I'm slowly beginning to understand these overwhelming urges to SI but I believe I've learned one thing ... you have to take it one minute at a time, one small step at a time. If you do <u>everything</u> you can to keep from hurting yourself, that's all anyone can ask of you. Please TRY! You can do it! Everyone here will help you ... and feel free to PM me if there's anything I can do to help as well. Hang in there, Honey! Tomorrow will be better! Good Mama __________________ Tomorrow always has the potential to be better than today! |
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