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.
what does everyone do to try and calm themselves down or distract themselves from cutting?
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sleep
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I call one of my friends and just talk about anything and everything. My close friends know that when I call at a weird time that I am not ok... so they will talk about their days and 45 to an hour later I am usually feeling ok. If not I try to sleep. The other things I do I wont say because they arent good things.... not healthy ways of coping. good luck
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In the SAFE program we were taught to have a list of alternatives to use when we were having impulses to self harm. Most people did things like reading, writing/journaling, drawing, watching TV, talking on the phone, playing with pets, going for a walk, listening to music, etc.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
