Self-Injury Support Group
Whether you or someone you know or love struggles with self-injury, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, meet others going through the same, and get advice on how to stop. Working together, we can help find alternative coping skills to reduce the urge to self-harm.
It's been 111 days since I've cut on myself! wow, I wish I could say I don't ever want to do it again. But the truth is if I had a razor blade I would cut right now... at least I think I would, sometimes I wish I could other times I know I wouldn't. I don't know. It's so confusing to me. I love it, but I hate it. I have a great therapist and I just started a DBT group I'm on the path to recovery but I still have such strong desires to injure myself! The only reason I don't is because my therapist has told me she would stop seeing me if I cut again and I'm way to connected with her to leave her especially at this point in recovery. any advice?
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Advice, YEA, you've made it a long time! Celebrate your recovery. As cutting is really a coping mechanism for underlying pain, the path to recovery is never going to be easy because you have to look to the source of that pain and then find ways to forgive those that have harmed you and yourself. Group therapy really helped me overcome depression as I was no longer fighting the demons myself, but I had a whole group both supporting me and that I could support. I hope your group helps you. Also I pray that you could find some trusted friends you could call in time of need that would come over and walk you through the bad times. We were never made to carry these large burdens ourselves.
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111 days! wow that's great...I'm only on 21 and I feel fine some days and so bad other days. Just make sure you keep all communication open and if you trust your therapist, which is seems you really do make sure she gives you different things to get your through until your next visit and live second to second if you have to...Lean on me too :) haha I won't sing to you so consider yourself lucky! I'm here when needed :)
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Congratulations! You're doing great!
bebu
congrats - that's a long time and you should be proud of yourself!!!
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