Posted by muffled on December 6, 2007, at 17:52:24
In reply to Anyone self harm? *self harm trigger*, posted by Maxime on December 6, 2007, at 16:57:04
I in my 40's.
I SI long time.
Citting, punching walls.
It is a coping mechanism, and it WORKS. It used to work very well for me.....other than the scars and lying bout my injuries......:-(
So now I rarely do it, and not so bad.
What helped me, was to recognize that SI was a tool for me, and I needed to replace it w/other tools that worked, and were more lifegiving than hacking myself, but they needed to WORK.
And OVER TIME, its gotten better. I have other coping mechanisms that DO work.
I also gave myself permission to cut, IF I truly needed to, and somehow that helped reduce the need to strangely enuf.
I also talked about it a fair amount with my T, so she too accepted it.
Now its not too bad.
Good luck.
M
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