Posted by llurpsienoodle on December 7, 2007, at 7:09:47
In reply to Re: Anyone self harm? *self harm trigger* » llurpsienoodle, posted by Maxime on December 6, 2007, at 19:00:41
yeah, definitely reading about it is not enough for some people. I'm kinda nerdy-type so it helped me recognize the skills that the course/therapy teaches. I was like "hey- I can do that! I don't need to do worksheets and stuff"
What worked for me 3 things
1. I didn't want folks at work to think I was a crazy person. I went back to work and stopped cutting shortly thereafter.
2. I didn't want h to know
3. I didn't want to let down T. Once the words were outta my mouth, I recognized that cutting would be letting him down in some way. So the therapeutic relationship helped a lot.Substitute coping mechanisms that I used.
1. therapy
2. journalling about feelings
3. exercise
4. distraction (knitting, mostly)
5. petting kitty
6. babble & babblechat
7. meds (anxiolytics- klonopin, mostly)-->idle hands are the devil's workshop. If your hands are busy doing other things (I like craft projects) the they wont be used for more nefarious purposes.
I'm sorry you have felt alone with this for so long. I hope that you can relate to at least SOME of this. muffled gave me an interesting perspective on the use of cutting as a coping mechanism. It helped me understand that what I was doing was not horrible horrible, but rather part of a spectrum of self-destructive behavior.
-Ll
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