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.
These are just a mere suggestions in assisting some of you in stopping Self Injury. If any of you have any other suggestions please do add to the discussion. For all you know your input may assist someone else!
Something some of you may wish to try is called "the butterfly project". Its where you draw a butterfly (or preferred whatever) on your arm (or where ever) with a marker. You then name it. The goal is not to cut/harm yourself as long as that butterfly is there. When it eventually washes off you "set" the butterfly free and you start again. If you cut while your butterfly is there it is "trapped" and you just need to start again. Several I know have tried it and it assisted them greatly. Also I have seen SI'ers use ice. If you become so triggered you absolutely feel the need to harm grab a piece of ice and hold it in your hand. It will "burn" but it will not hurt you. Grant it the ice is just a small "fix" but it may assist you until you can calm down and identify why you are feeling the way you are.
I hope you found this helpful! Please keep yourselves safe and do be gentle to yourselves! Also if I can be of assitance please contact me! :)
~Bright Blessings~
Rea
Something some of you may wish to try is called "the butterfly project". Its where you draw a butterfly (or preferred whatever) on your arm (or where ever) with a marker. You then name it. The goal is not to cut/harm yourself as long as that butterfly is there. When it eventually washes off you "set" the butterfly free and you start again. If you cut while your butterfly is there it is "trapped" and you just need to start again. Several I know have tried it and it assisted them greatly. Also I have seen SI'ers use ice. If you become so triggered you absolutely feel the need to harm grab a piece of ice and hold it in your hand. It will "burn" but it will not hurt you. Grant it the ice is just a small "fix" but it may assist you until you can calm down and identify why you are feeling the way you are.
I hope you found this helpful! Please keep yourselves safe and do be gentle to yourselves! Also if I can be of assitance please contact me! :)
~Bright Blessings~
Rea
the 5 min rule
drawing can help and you dnt have to be gd sometimes i jst get a black or red crayon an jst cover the page. lol somsetimes i break the pen but oh well.
writing is gd.
also having alot of will power cos its ok saying that these will help but if u dnt really want to stop then your not really going to fight it.
but you guyds prob already know all this stuff. lol
even pretend to do surgery on mine.Hey it works for me