how long have you been self harm free? (possible trigger warning: SH)
I've seen this sort of thing on a couple of other sites.
It's to put your accomplishments, relapses or anything you want it to be
you could post every day if you need to or once a month, no accomplishments too small.
and if you relapse, you are strong. and you can do this.
I will try get back to as many people as I can and if you need message me on here.
if this doesn't work oh well, but id like to see it work.
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I've been clean for about 2 months until I was very triggered 4 days ago and relapsed. I am going to remain strong and remind myself it's okay to relapse. What's important is that if I was able to go months without doing it.. I can do that again.
That's right. And I'm so proud of you. Stay strong
Thank you :)
You're welcome^.^
ABout 11 months
Almost 4 years
1 month. However the last time I did it, I found it did nothing for me anymore.
I'm so proud of you and I'm glad that you have seen that it helps nothing. I haven't got there yet but I'm working on it.
Around half an hour...
No matter what I'm still proud of you. We all relapse. I almost did a few hours ago. You just have to get back up and try again. The urges are strong yes but you are stronger. I know you are
Cool username I'm ginger too.
Lol thanks.
Every minute counts; don't let anyone tell you different. I know that to a lot of people, half an hour might not seem like a long time, but half an hour, turns into an hour, turns into a day, turns into months.
I promise you can get through this throw away whatever you use to self harm and keep talking to someone or do something you love (not self harm).
That's okay! Keep trying, I believe in you x
A year and what triggers it is when I start doubting myself and feel disappointed towards myself
I don't wanna go there again
Very proud of you for that. Remember, you deserve to express yourself, whether it be happiness or sadness. Make the time to understand and work with your problems.
And you won't. You are strong. And when you feel like you are doubting yourself just remember my girly 14 year old voice screaming in your head that you are strong
Thank you very much for all your encouragement and understanding. Within that one year, I've been trying hard to avoid that and I've been trying hard to tell myself that everything will be ok, that I'm in a better place now, that everyday when I feel my emotions creeping up on me I tell myself that it has nothing to do with me, I have people who loves me now and they need me as much as I need them. I know I still have a long way to go but I'm confident that I made huge step towards loving myself.
I'm so damn proud of you. You keep it up and stay strong. You are so amazing. I'm just so proud of you
That's all good. Just bare in mind, suppressing our feelings is one way of covering emotional problems which are yurning to be expressed and self-harm is one (destructive) way of expressing those emotional hurts. When things are not okay, you deserve true support.
Yea, it's really hard. I try to find ways to express myself, singing, art or writing but recently, I've just been so down lately and actually am thinking about going to see a therapist again to avoid harming myself because I really don't wanna go back to that place where I feel like there's no way out, my emotions has been a roller coaster ride lately. I am very self aware, sometimes too self aware it makes me paranoid that I cannot sleep at night. I can't remember sleeping smoothly without waking up to every noise I hear.
Thanks for sharing that. Catharsis through art and music can be verytherapeutic, and at the same time serve little more thana distraction to temporarily alleviatethe sadness. I think it is best that you come to accept the sadness and come to terms with it directly, and a therapist is an excellent person to help you do that. Take care of yourself and I wish you the best!
1 week and 1 day clean !! Still having those really strong urges ):
17 days
1 month!
So many thoughts! So much stress! So many urges! But here I am still standing with my head held high and fighting for what I believe in ! "RECOVERY"