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How to deal with self-harm alone?

Profile: miraculousBeauty49
miraculousBeauty49 on Aug 4, 2016
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Whenever you feel the urge, put your feelings into something else. It could be art,dance or sport or whatever you like most.
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Tiffany88 on Aug 5, 2016
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Don't. Loneliness and isolation are both things that perpetuate self-harm. It is a mechanism to help you get through the painful experiences you are having. Seek help from trusted adults.
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Anonymous on Aug 5, 2016
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Dealing with self harm isn't easy, but dealing with it alone isn't going to make it very easy. You could talk to a listener on 7cups completely anonymously whenever you feel the need to cut & hopefully after you've talked about it youll feel better. However if you insist of dealing with it on your own there are many coping methods. Eg squeezing an ice cream, drawing with a red pen where you want to cut, squeezing an orange. If you look up coping techniques for self harm online there will be many more.
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Anonymous on Aug 5, 2016
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Dealing with self harm alone wouldn't actually be possible. You would need some medical help to directly deal with it
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Anonymous on Aug 7, 2016
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Try out whatever coping technique works for you. Identify the thought that causes you to self harm record it.. Review it.. And replace it with an alternative positive thought..
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Anakyaa on Aug 7, 2016
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I have experienced with that myself. and i would say that you might want to try and find something you enjoy doing . For me it was drawing. So every time i wanted to harm myself i would force me into doing drawings. and it actually worked for me .
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Sparklies on Aug 7, 2016
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I would not recommend trying to deal with this alone as it leads to frustration and suffering in silence. There are people you can reach out to in your life. I know that it can be difficult to reach out to others about this as it's seen as a silly thing to do by others; Self harm is nothing to be ashamed of at all and I hope that you get help from others and not do this alone because I've been there and it's really unpleasant.
Profile: Supergirl94
Supergirl94 on Aug 10, 2016
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Be positive, about life and about yourself. Love yourself
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Anonymous on Aug 12, 2016
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You can't. Don't feel afraid to ask for help, it's human nature to need help and either family, friends or 7cups can help.
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Anonymous on Aug 12, 2016
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Try to distract yourself by doing other things like, eat good food, fix your nails, read a book, watch netflix and so on..
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