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.

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When it doesn't work anymore

Catlovers141
Catlovers141
What do you do when self-injury isn't enough to stop the pain? I have tried to recover and went almost four months without SI, and I kind of relapsed. And I am also bulimic. But all these things used to help me feel better and now they don't work. I don't know what I will do now, because even though they were bad coping mechanisms, they were still coping mechanisms and I feel like I'm going crazy because I don't know what to do with myself to make it better. Any ideas?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well I'm still cutting but some things that have helped me when I chose not to cut was running, or any type of exercise. those endorphins are super nice. Also journaling, and talking to other people about my feelings. Community is super important.

Also because I'm a christian my faith has been the one thing that has kept me alive. even though I have been beaten down and defeated there is a God who loves me unconditionally and is ready to hold me when I accept him.
Catlovers141
Catlovers141
That is true, but it is so frustrating because nothing works as fast as my SI and bulimia. I am looking for something possible comparable to that. Anyone know of anything?
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