• The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.

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Well, I never knew this room really applied to me but I was fooling myself. I must have magically thought that my scratching my arms and hitting myself was something else then "self harm".

I have severe fear of abandonment especially by God. When I have an really bad day I become afraid that my sin is just too bad and God is just going to leave. So I harm myself by scratching my arms and hitting myself.

I am so scared by my behavior and I am so very tired. I don't feel like I have any friends and I am so alone.

I want to go to sleep but I can't. Too afraid.

Anyway, does anyone have anything that works for them to stop from self harm?
 
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I'm sorry you are struggling with this :hug:
There's a list here of things you can do to distract yourself and avoid cutting... maybe some of them will help?
I find the best thing to do is to get out and go somewhere where there are people... the library, a shopping mall, a public park... anywhere where you are in public. It's kind of hard to self injure with others around you.

Also, this video always helps me when I feel that God can't love me...
YouTube - The Inheritance for Men and Women


Praying for you :hug:
 
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