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How to deal with self-harm alone?

Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jan 12, 2018
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There are so many alternatives to self harm. One of the most highly regarded is to hold a piece of ice on the area you normally harm yourself, or to squeeze it in your hand. Once the ice has melted, the urge should have passed
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Profile: xxabbey
xxabbey on Jan 24, 2018
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Well first of all good self harm alternatives,because you shouldnt be hurting your body its too precious dont cause pain upon yourself because of your emotional pain
Profile: cuddlyLove60
cuddlyLove60 on Feb 1, 2018
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find different ways to cope . try drawing on the areas you wanna harm. It helps alot . WHen i was harming I did this and it helped
Profile: Vanessagomez18
Vanessagomez18 on Feb 9, 2018
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self harm is hard I admit. but if you believe in yourself and you think you can get over self harm alone thats amazing, setting goals to stop and leaving what you use to hurt yourself behind will help. if you can do it alone I suggest you ask for help immediately
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Feb 11, 2018
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Firstly, figure out the reason why you do it. Second, think of alternate things you can do when you feel the urge to self-injure. The 'triggers' that make you want to, can also be given an alternate mindset :)
Profile: MollyCule
MollyCule on Feb 14, 2018
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I like the Calm Harm app. It gives you a list of reasons you want to self harm to pick from, and based on what you select it makes alternative suggestions. You can also make yourself a safety box with distractions — word searches, coloring book and pencils, notebook, a deck of cards, fidget spinners, stress balls, rubber bands, lavender oil — and open that when the urge arises. Best of luck.
Profile: Fxxithyyy
Fxxithyyy on Feb 17, 2018
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Well, this is a very difficult subject. Self-harm is not something that should be dealt with alone, it's important that you have someone that you can trust because it's very scary to deal with it alone. Try to set goals for yourself.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Feb 21, 2018
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I choose to sit on my hands, when I can’t get away. Also, I go for a run to clear my mind. It can also be helpful to curl up on the couch and watch your favorite television show or movie.
Profile: Samantha002
Samantha002 on Feb 22, 2018
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Self-harm is something I struggled with at a younger age. One of the biggest ways I overcame my struggle was to draw where I wanted to self harm. Or look in the mirror and compliment myself until I no longer seen reason in harming myself.
Profile: Engineeringhappiness
Engineeringhappiness on Mar 8, 2018
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focus on something other than self harm. think about something that makes you happy. then you will succeed.
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