tips on how to cope: dealing with your feelings, dealing with the consequences of self-harm in your life. share your ideas and maybe pick up some new skills, too. you don't have to want to stop to learn something new here.
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VowsOfSadness
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by VowsOfSadness » Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:45 pm
I don't know this is so OT but
When I was in the hospital the nurse said that anything, SI, drugs, anything like that if you can go a MONTH (thats 30 days) it will started to decrease (meaning it will get easier and easier to go w/o it)
ANYthoughts?
I always tell myself
If I can make it today/if I made it today
I can make it tomarrow
If I can make it two days I can make it one more
If I can make it a week I can make it one more
I just keep going like that and try to focus on that less than focus on "Today is going tobe such a struggle"
I dunno...It helps me
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by plantt » Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:29 pm
usually things don't go well when i start being bothered by what might be/probably will be...
'today is going to be such a struggle' 'tomorrow is going to be really hard' etc.
if i'm actually planning it through & being realistic then it can be ok.. 'today is going to be hard because i have to meet my parents for lunch. i will get through it. & then i'll go run'
i dunno that i believe the 30 days thing... i think after a point then it will get easier.. generally speaking. i just don't buy that it's 30 days for everyone. to know that you can go 30 days could be a really good thing in & of itself though
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by sug160489 » Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:23 pm
i hope that that is the case coz at present im 23 days and counting and it is still hard really hard
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by splitimage » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:22 pm
I do think it gets easier with time, but I think the point when it gets easier, is different for everyone.
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by silenceBROKEN » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:22 pm
I always found that the seventh-tenth weeks were the hardest, and after that.. well I never got beyond that.
I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd.
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by esaeler » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:27 am
Today is my 28th day without SIing, and it's been a lot easier as the days go by and the number gets higher. I have my moments of where I want to, but I've kept to my promise of a month straight. I am 4 days away from my 1-month.
I sometimes tell myself that in the morning because it prepares me for what's to come. It actually does help because I can build my guard up and defend myself from triggers, pain, etc.
Take care.
i live a lie, one i keep inside
forgive me for what i am about to do
i fall again with every stroke
it takes my breath as i begin to choke..
-July 12, 2006 - March 28, 2007-
SI FREE for 8 months, 16 days.
Everyone slips.
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