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Having Thoughts, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
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do you know what a theraphy first-aid kit is ? 1. you get a box (fun to decorate) or a packback (convient pockets).
2. write down your crisis and friend phone numbers.
3. make a list of activities that soothe and distract you (like music).
4. have a special snack handy (important for your blood sugar to get level).
5. add stuffed animal, color pens, paper etc.,
6. journal books, and favorite pictures... etc.
7. bible scriptures and bible... (make book markers of fav scriptures).
this should be stuff you turn to first.
xo dee
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bubblefish
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Don't give up Hun. I know it is hard but you can get through it. How are you doing Hun?
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I'm barely hanging on. That therapy first aid kit is a really good idea...I'll have to try that.
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Drawing is helpful. Drawing out your pain on to paper - rather than drawing it out of your skin. Give it a try - get yourself some good paper and pens, markers, crayons - whatever. Paint, sketch, or draw your pain down.
I discovered this remedy too late ... wish I had found it before - then maybe I wouldn't be sitting here at 36 years old with scars all over my arms from an 18 year old's pain.
I discovered this remedy too late ... wish I had found it before - then maybe I wouldn't be sitting here at 36 years old with scars all over my arms from an 18 year old's pain.
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That's a very good idea Winter...I tried this once it seems to help well.
Another thing that really helped was to to write all my feelings out on a paper...and believe that paper was unbelieveably crowded. It looked cool...but really it was everything I felt deep inside.
Another thing that really helped was to to write all my feelings out on a paper...and believe that paper was unbelieveably crowded. It looked cool...but really it was everything I felt deep inside.
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Drawing does help a lot. I tried that once...I wrote everyone of my feelings out on this paper...kind of like a collage...it looked really cool..but it was really everything I felt inside. Drawing the pain really helps...that way I am seeing the pain...but not inflicting pain on myself. So I'm feeling the pain...just in a different way
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This sounds like a wonderful idea! Thanks for the tip! 
Drawing is helpful. Drawing out your pain on to paper - rather than drawing it out of your skin. Give it a try - get yourself some good paper and pens, markers, crayons - whatever. Paint, sketch, or draw your pain down.
I discovered this remedy too late ... wish I had found it before - then maybe I wouldn't be sitting here at 36 years old with scars all over my arms from an 18 year old's pain.
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I've been down and upset the last few days...and I have tried everything not to resort back to my old ways. It's so very hard...I'm afraid, because I know I'm falling deeper...and I don't want to end up where I was before.
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Keep holding in there Staying... You can do it. You might need to keep on finding new ways to deal with it, and work out those those times you are most vunerable and how to protect yourself from them...
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You won't have to, sweetie, really.
I cut a lot at your age... stopped at about 22 and didn't do it again for about 20 years... and only started again due to being in circumstances which caused a lot of unresolved stuff to surface.
You are dealing will the 'stuff', you will get past it, and the desire to hurt yourself will fade, sweetie. I know it seems like forever when you are in the middle of it all, but it isn't. Just hold on, sweetie, and keep moving forward, one step at a time.
I cut a lot at your age... stopped at about 22 and didn't do it again for about 20 years... and only started again due to being in circumstances which caused a lot of unresolved stuff to surface.
You are dealing will the 'stuff', you will get past it, and the desire to hurt yourself will fade, sweetie. I know it seems like forever when you are in the middle of it all, but it isn't. Just hold on, sweetie, and keep moving forward, one step at a time.
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Have you tried other methods like holding ice cubes in your hands and rubbing ice on your arms? Or tried popping yourself with a rubberband. They hurt in a safer way. Or wrap yourself in a sheet and pray that you could feel God's presence more real than the sheet you wrap yourself in.
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I've tried ice and rubberbands. It does not satisfy. The only thing that satisfies is if I actually fill the need that cutting is replacing. Sometimes though some needs can not be met. Then my only other option is to pray. It's hard to see right now that this won't last forever because there are always going to be needs that are not met.
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