Today would of been day 30 of me not huritng myself. Would of been is the key phrase in that sentence. I am not really even sure what happened yesterday on day 29 I just fell apart into a million of pieces. Im so worthless. I have failed again. If I can’t go a month without hurting myselfing what can i do right? nothing
Don’t look at it as a failure. You went 29 days! So you had what some call a ,”slip” (sanilty lost its perspective) for a little while, instead of throwing the whole thing in, why not just say,” ok. Well I’m not perfect, but I’m not going to quit on myself either.” So today is day 30 with one little slip, as long as it is not happening all of the time, then you count the victory and you go on.
don’t get down on yourself. be happy that you made it 29 days with out hurting yourself. Next time it will be 45 days or more. just keep working hard at it. everyone slips up time to time. don’t give up! be good to yourself
We all slip sometime. Make 2 days your goal, then 4, then 6 and soon enough you’ll be at 30 again and hopefully to months and years. That’s one way I personally look at it, its easier than trying to make a big goal on day one or two. Good luck and stay strong.
If you look at being SI free for 29 days as 2 steps forward, you simply took one step back… if you continue like this… you’ll still be ahead. you can do it. just beleive in yourself, and it is possible!.
It seems to me that trying to figure out SI rationally can drive me nuts; human beings are complicated.
I was able to not engage in SI for three weeks and last week I felt the need to injure. It seems that when I do better self care I have less of a desire to injure. When I am feeling more connected to other people I have less of a desire to harm myself.