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Please pray for me.
LazeyWinde
Blue Girl in a Spacey Haze
My thoughts and prayers are with you. Keep resisting. Check out other threads here for coping skills.
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I just picture myself doing it in my head. I have been tempted w/the blade in my hand ready 2 do it
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HolyOne87
Call Me A Sinner, Call Me A Saint..
I shall pray for you.
I know how you feel. I've been having the same feelings lately..I haven't cut in 4 months, but have dreams of myself cutting.
+I shall pray to God that He helps you through this temptation to cut. May He be there to love and guide you away from it.+
I know how you feel. I've been having the same feelings lately..I haven't cut in 4 months, but have dreams of myself cutting.
+I shall pray to God that He helps you through this temptation to cut. May He be there to love and guide you away from it.+
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LazeyWinde
Blue Girl in a Spacey Haze
It's rough... some mornings I wake up thinking about it in detail, what I'll use, how I'll do i, how bad...
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disconsolatelove
a mind of fragmented thoughts and theories...
Dear, I'm really hoping you don't find yourself in the vicious cycle of self-harm. For me, it wasn't always so bad [the cutting itself]. Often I was too afraid to go deeper, but as it progressed and my depression worsened, so did this illness. My cutting went on longer and deeper than I had imagined.
I'm not a spiritual person so much anymore, but I will be praying for you on this one. Please talk to someone you trust very much, whether a spiritual leader, a therapist, a close friend when you feel these thoughts coming on. Keep yourself as distracted as possible and keep things you could harm yourself with out of your way as often as possible.
I'm really hoping that these feelings you have subside or can be worked out either way. Much love.
-L
I'm not a spiritual person so much anymore, but I will be praying for you on this one. Please talk to someone you trust very much, whether a spiritual leader, a therapist, a close friend when you feel these thoughts coming on. Keep yourself as distracted as possible and keep things you could harm yourself with out of your way as often as possible.
I'm really hoping that these feelings you have subside or can be worked out either way. Much love.
-L
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LazeyWinde
Blue Girl in a Spacey Haze
I can relate... So much negative stuff in me I just wanna get it out...I just have so much anger and hurt inside.
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disconsolatelove
a mind of fragmented thoughts and theories...
I definitely understand anger and hurt, but cutting yourself really does not resolve anything. Taking feelings out on yourself physically [that leave scars later even worse than the visible, physical ones] is not going to make those feelings go away, and if they do, then only for a while. Really, cutting is a high - a somewhat unusual one, but you definitely get a rush from it, just like you would with drugs - relief is temporary, and it really isn't worth it.
Please, please, I beg that you talk to someone you trust or a friend, whether physical or online and sort out these feelings. There is hope and help out there, and resolution can only come from dealing with these problems head on. Try calling the HOPE line [Dawson McAllister]...PM me for the number (I'll have to look it up online). He can set you up with a therapist in your area or get you in touch with someone you can talk to over the phone or online whenever you need an ear or advice. He's online too, and you can live chat with someone who really cares and knows what they're talking about.
But please, don't take your anger out on yourself - cutting is habit-forming, painful, and embarrasing/shameful in most cases. I still feel awkward rolling up my sleeves where my scars are still especially visible. Think about summer, and how you'd explain something like that to your parents or curious younger cousins. It's not something I enjoyed doing and I really wish I had someone to talk to before the whole thing began.
Whatever happens, there is someone you don't know who really cares about you and the position you're in right now.
Me.
Love.
Please, please, I beg that you talk to someone you trust or a friend, whether physical or online and sort out these feelings. There is hope and help out there, and resolution can only come from dealing with these problems head on. Try calling the HOPE line [Dawson McAllister]...PM me for the number (I'll have to look it up online). He can set you up with a therapist in your area or get you in touch with someone you can talk to over the phone or online whenever you need an ear or advice. He's online too, and you can live chat with someone who really cares and knows what they're talking about.
But please, don't take your anger out on yourself - cutting is habit-forming, painful, and embarrasing/shameful in most cases. I still feel awkward rolling up my sleeves where my scars are still especially visible. Think about summer, and how you'd explain something like that to your parents or curious younger cousins. It's not something I enjoyed doing and I really wish I had someone to talk to before the whole thing began.
Whatever happens, there is someone you don't know who really cares about you and the position you're in right now.
Me.
Love.
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berry2000
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Oh sweetie you are so brave to hold on for so long! first let me say I am really proud. It takes a lot of determination and strength to hold of for the amount of time listed in this post.
As someone who has been trying to quit for years I would encourage you to try and find other ways to let out that anger, frustration and hurt.
The thing that is helping me right now is drawing with my non-dominate hand. From a book Recovery of your Inner Child. Basically I draw what I feel not with my dominate hand but with the other hand. Then I try to write words to it if I can.
Don't know if this will help you at all or not. But wanted to throw it out there and let you know I am very proud of you.
As someone who has been trying to quit for years I would encourage you to try and find other ways to let out that anger, frustration and hurt.
The thing that is helping me right now is drawing with my non-dominate hand. From a book Recovery of your Inner Child. Basically I draw what I feel not with my dominate hand but with the other hand. Then I try to write words to it if I can.
Don't know if this will help you at all or not. But wanted to throw it out there and let you know I am very proud of you.
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BigToe
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It makes me sad that you're feeling the temptation to hurt yourself. I wish I had a magic wand that would help you deal with the anger and hurt in a healthier way. If you need to chat, I'm here for you.
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Cuting is not the answer, it may take away the hurt and anger temporarily but those feelings will just come back until you are locked into a vicious cycle. That cycle is not fun at all. Just try having to answer awkard questions when people see the scars, the shame and the embaressment of this all.
Cutting is not something you ever want to get involved and sice you have been there before you properly know what I mean, please find someone you can trust and be completly honest before you get to the stage where you have to rely on cutting yorself just to get through the day.
God Bless Ya
Nat
Cutting is not something you ever want to get involved and sice you have been there before you properly know what I mean, please find someone you can trust and be completly honest before you get to the stage where you have to rely on cutting yorself just to get through the day.
God Bless Ya
Nat
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thank you everyone. I wanted to do it again yesterday but instead i wrote my feelings on a dry erase board and on a piece of paper.
Then I layed down angry thinking about cutting. I watched tv, relaxed, prayed and finally fell asleep
Then I layed down angry thinking about cutting. I watched tv, relaxed, prayed and finally fell asleep
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Sending up prayers for you!! Even after 5 months I still dream about SI and can imagine all the feelings and stuff. BUT I know that no matter how bad I feel, I will feel a million times worse if I cut.
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