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Re: SI and suicidal ideation and me » Dinah

Posted by Noa on January 16, 2003, at 16:53:29

In reply to SI and suicidal ideation and me, posted by Dinah on January 16, 2003, at 9:37:20

Dinah, I am in awe of your insight, your ability to articulate the complexity of what is going on for you.

I do have a sense of you that you are struggling with the urges and obsessive thoughts, etc. but that you have a good structure around yourself to keep yourself from acting on the urges. And that Babble is a part of that structure--a place where you can vent the feelings so that you don't act on them in a self-harming way. I also see you as incredibly open and honest.

I think, from reading material online and from reading Levenkron's book, "Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation" that many who engage in SI behaviors do keep it locked up and secret and don't talk about it, and that SI is not necessarily suicidal, and that some do have the profile similar to yours of the good and helpful one who suppresses their own needs for the sake of others' needs, etc.

Thanks for your explanation and your openness and honesty. I admire you so much.

BTW, I wonder if maybe another factor in the increase in SI behaviors while on SSRIs is that SSRIs are disinhibiting (hence used for social phobia, etc.).


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