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It gets more difficult to resist...

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moerunamida

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Wow, sometimes, I just get pent up will all this anger that I feel like throwing things, screaming, or harming myself. Sometimes, I feel like taking my glasses and breaking them in half or grabbing the nearest object and start cutting or trying to cut with it. Usually, I am fine, but once I am in these moods, I am a hazard to life and limb. I drive people away and then that makes me even more depressed. Sometimes, I really hate myself for how I act. *cries*
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TearDropOnFire said:
Wow, sometimes, I just get pent up will all this anger that I feel like throwing things, screaming, or harming myself. Sometimes, I feel like taking my glasses and breaking them in half or grabbing the nearest object and start cutting or trying to cut with it. Usually, I am fine, but once I am in these moods, I am a hazard to life and limb. I drive people away and then that makes me even more depressed. Sometimes, I really hate myself for how I act. *cries*
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I feel the exact same way...I feel like taking something and breaking it or pitching it, which sometimes i do...I've torn paper up once, the other day, because i was very angry that my birthday is in January, while everyone else's seem to be in the warmer months (not everyone), but i hate that feeling. What helps me is to write in my journal and stay "inside my head" in a fantasy world or something. :(
 
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i find talking to ppl helps because at the very most it distracts u for that particular moment in time...whether is txting or msn of face to face talking u cant cut whilt doing it well not very easily....i have msn and im online far too much so if any of u guys ever wanna talk feel free to add me

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Try what my therapist has me do... When you get triggered... Say to yourself "I'm not going down that road" as many times as you need to. The reason this works is... your brain only has so many pathways... and if you block all of them with good thoughts... the bad ones go away.

Ever tried to watch TV and read at the same time??? It's hard isn't it? That's because of your brain's incapability to focus on two things at one time. So if you're focusing on "not going down that road" and on good thoughts... the trigger will go away.

It took me a few times for it to work... but it does... you can do it... just try.

You're loved.

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