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Please throw it away!!!! DONT START… Have u ever cut before?

I know its hard but throw away the razor!!! Far away so you cant grab it anymore… I know how hard it is to stop. Even when you stopped you still have the urges, but you must fight!!!! If i can do it everyone can! I had to go to the hospital twice before i realised i was ruining everything. I have some horrible scars and everytime i see them i get reminded of cutting. It hurts so much i wont do it again. Do you use meds? they can work too… not with everyone but if it helps its great

*agree* Throw the **** thing away, please! You know you can, you’ll feel stronger in the end if you make the decicion right now to throw it away - because you don’t need it, it was just a moment.

go see your doc. they have really good meds now… there must be 1 that can help you… some depression meds make you more depressed also so you have to be carefull with it anyway…but i think its the best for you…atleast untill you can stop the urge to cut youself

I know the feeling…i actually still have a blade at my bedside… I looked at it a few weeks back and just cried. How such a small thing can do so much harm. It broke my hart… But you have to let go, 1 way or another… no matter how hard

You have to fight that… yes i know its horrible i had it too…my parents once removed everything… Then i juse hit my knee untill it was swollen like crazy and blue…. i know the desperation is horrible but do you want to stop? if you do you wont give in and you will put it away

Hi,
I noticed that you mentioned that you were upset about something at work. Do you want to talk to us about that?

Also, what else do you do to manage your stress?

Don’t cut!

wow thats amazing… weeks!!! omg thats great… i remember the time i could even stop myself twice a day… Make us and yourself proud!!! you CAN do it… even if you fail you will succeed someday!

O please throw it away. That may be hard thing to do, but the best thing to do. Please dont cut. You have been doing great. :(

Thats not sick, it makes sence. :(
Well do you have faith in yourself?

Your mind is tricking you!!! Its REALLY good at that…too good if you ask me

flush it….. even better idea! then you cant grab it again

What’s really on your mind?

Maybe we can all brainstorm what you can do at work the next time you are stressed instead of using a blade.
What about taking a break in the washroom, and then focusing on observing your feelings and breathing?

Ex) “I feel stressed.” “I notice that my jaw muscle is tight” etc.

It’s okay to be shaky and feel irritable.
What did your boss do that lead you to feel this way?

I used to clear my mind from any thoughts… If u can do that its great

Then once you clear your mind of thoughts, you can later think about what upset you and act on it. Ex) set up an appointment with your boss and tell her: I felt ______ when you _________.

I have actually had the exact same experience. This is what I did.

I phoned her and said, “Hi _______, I would like to set up a phone-appointment to talk to you about something.”
I let her know that it was a difficult issue to talk about so that I preferred to talk to her over the phone.

So, we set up the appointment for a week later.

Then, I said to her, “I felt demeaned by the way in which you spoke to me on Thursday.” And I think I said something about how I felt very stressed. I respected what she was saying, but not the way in which she said it.

She apologized to me and said that she had no idea she sounded like that. She then informed the other employees that they are empowered to tell her how they feel and that they are free to voice their opinions and disagree with her.

The key statement: I feel _______ when you _________.
Works for everything!

If you are talking to strangers that you don’t know very well and you feel too timid to express your feelings use the: I feel uncomfortable when you…/ it concerns me when you…/ I don’t really like it when you…

Throw it away. Please. Or if you can’t, at least superglue something soft to it so you can’t cut.

STOP!!! You don’t need this. You can beat it. You are a perfect beautiful person. Don’t let idiots convince you otherwise. You need to see the truth. You are way to great to be hurting yourself like this. You are dear. You are loved. You are a friend. Please find a way to stop. See what we see…

Is that piece of steel stil in your home, in a bag, somewhere hidden?

I sound pushy for someone that still has a box of err.. tools & bandages in the bedroom; but if you can throw it away, maybe so can I?

I’ve also been able to stay away from it (last time was over two months ago *cheers*) but yeah, it’s comforting to know it’s there, safety-net of sharp thing; it will tear us appart if we fall: so we’d better look forward and let it go.

We should get all the self harmers on help together and all throw our beloved shiny knifes, razors & boxcutters away, we have enough scars inside, we don’t need any more on the outside.

What I do when I’m down or start thinking negative thoughts…..is to stop immediately and tell myself i’m silly and adorable and that I need to stop this negative thinking.. works for me. Did I mention that everyone on this post is adorable too (:

grouphug?!

:)

SpazzySpizzy wrote:
grouphug!!YAY!

So how did it end? really curious.

Now I’m curious too!

I hope you find the strangth to throw it away. But it is good that you havent cut in 24 days (>^_^)> good for you