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A rabbits tip for self harm recovery! πŸ¦‹πŸ’—

jessrabbit7 July 7th, 2021
Hiya everyone! πŸ’— I am Jess! This is actually my first official forum post, after having learnt my way around it ☺️

I've decided to share this with you all because i think recovering from self harm is the most important aspect of self harming overall!

I will not go into detail, but having struggled with self harm myself, i helped myself recover my using a technique known as 'the butterfly project' πŸ¦‹, sounds quite cute, doesnt it? ☺️

Just to explain in simple terms, the butterfly project is when you draw a butterfly in a marker on places you have self harmed, or on marks that had been left behind from self harming. πŸ’—
Then you name each butterfly/butterflies after someone you love and means a lot to you! If you then self harm where the butterfly is, you have now hurt the person you've named it after! πŸ¦‹

I feel like this technique is very useful to use to gain the motivation, and support people who are ready to stop! 😊

I know it can be hard to refrain self harming, but you are not alone. You are special, and you are worth living for πŸ’—

Questions you may want to answer:

1) Do you think self harming is the only option for coping?

2) How important is self harm recovery to you?

3) Tell yourself how amazing you are! πŸ’—

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Also tagging listeners who may have wanted to see my first forum ☺️
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Paprika001 July 7th, 2021

@jessrabbit7 Omg I'm so proud of youuu, thank you so much for tagging me :). This is an amazing post, thank you so much for sharing about The Butterfly Project, you explained it so well! We are all definitely special and worth living for :) I'm so glad to hear that this method worked for you, and I hope that it works for many many others ❀️

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jessrabbit7 OP July 7th, 2021

@Paprika001 Yay! Glad to hear you liked it! Thank you for taking you time to read it! πŸ’— I also hope this works for many others! β˜ΊοΈπŸ¦‹

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Advocate10 July 7th, 2021

What a great technique! πŸ§‘πŸ¦‹

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jessrabbit7 OP July 7th, 2021

@Advocate10 I’m glad you liked it! thank you for reading! πŸ’—πŸ¦‹

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teenytinyturtle July 7th, 2021

Yeahy! What a great first post 😊
I've used this technique before, I had really little hope it would work to start off with... but it actually helps!

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jessrabbit7 OP July 7th, 2021

@CalmCoral Thank you so so much for reading! I’m so glad the butterfly effect helped you! πŸ’— so proud!

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July 7th, 2021
@jessrabbit7

This is so amazing and well written! Well done! Thanks for the tag,Jess! <3
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jessrabbit7 OP July 7th, 2021

@calmingMermaid5761 Thank you so so much for reading!! πŸ’— glad you liked it! ☺️

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sia1325 July 7th, 2021

@jessrabbit7 Hey Jess, thank you so much for the tag! Wonderful post and very well put! I appreciate you and all your time to put this together! I am glad to know that the method worked for you, it definitely is an amazing method and hope many more people are able to find their way through this! Thank you for such an amazing post, loads of love!

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jessrabbit7 OP July 7th, 2021

@sia1325 omg! thank you so much sia! πŸ’— i’m glad you liked it! it was quite fun to write it! I also hope this is brought to attention by people who may need it! ☺️ *sends love back* 😊

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sia1325 July 7th, 2021

@jessrabbit7 Aw of course, Jess! Glad you found it found to write it and I hope it did as well! *love received* (:Red heart

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Goose11 July 7th, 2021

@jessrabbit7 awesome post jess thanks so much for writing it

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jessrabbit7 OP July 7th, 2021

@Goose11 Thank you for taking your time to read this!! I’m glad you found it awesome! πŸ’—β˜ΊοΈ

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turquoiseHemlock900 September 24th, 2021

@jessrabbit7

Thank you for sharing this!