I’m really struggling to not self harm. I haven’t done it in 7 weeks and I feel like I’m crawling out of my skin, I also have an eating disorder and have been trying to take better care of myself. I’m in recovery from a drug addiction and I feel like I have no outlet that will make me feel better right now. I don’t want to journal. I just want to feel something different and injuring does that for me
Hi I can relate a lot.I have an eating disorder and I’m recovering for previous drug use. I am so happy that you have been clean 7 weeks, I am trying to resist urges too, what has been helping for me which Idk will help but it’s better than nothing I guess is drawing where you normally injure with a pen or distracting yourself in other ways. I hope that you can resist the urges. Stay strong 🙂
Thanks for the support. I’m happy to say that I have been reaching out a lot more and asking for help. I was particularly triggered tonight by someone in my ED iop and I talked to staff instead of reacting. The urges aren’t getting easier but it’s nice to know I’m not alone.