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Re: Giving up self-harm. -
September 29th 2015, 03:32 AM
Things you could include:
To make a list of reasons to stop cutting for when you are really struggling. Including the complications that can come along with self harm (it becomes an addiction, you end up having to go deeper and deeper)
Listing some alternatives or linking to the list of alternatives. I know I used to use livehelp all the time and chat room. So, you might want to include that you have to find alternatives that work for you.
Fighting the urges is the most important thing. Remembering that while the urges might be really intense they will pass. Might suggest that they play the 15 minute game when they are struggling with intense urges (I used a different 'game' and would make myself wait an hour because I knew 15 minutes wasn't long enough).
I don't know if any of this helps but I know these are the things that I had to learn while trying to overcome self harm for the past two and a half years.
If you need anything else or need some help in some way let me know.
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