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i know. but i always forget to think about that b4 i cut. the other day this kid called me up on my fone cause of all thats happening with my old best friend. he was so mean and i want to beat him up but im nervous about doing it. ive never beat anyone up. but i really want to tomrrow. even tho it sounds really bad.Aww Kath.Instead of being sick of yourself, take a step back and look at the situation. What makes you feel like you've got to cut? (And like I told you before... nothing bad is going to happen if you don't cut.)
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ill try doing that.Awww.I know that it's hard to forget things, especially hurtful things, but just try. It doesn't have to be perfect, it won't be perfect, but if you focus on something else other than that, the pain from his words will be less. Do something you enjoy to get your mind off it. When you find yourself thinking about it, imagine your mind being a room and those thoughts being intruders. Slam the door to that room and don't let those thoughts get inside. That helps me some. I imagine shoving whatever bad thoughts I've got in my mind's room out the door. And then locking it, and laughing happily because I've been stronger than those thoughts. God's with you on this. Without Him I wouldn't be able to do that.
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