It’s times like this when I wish this site were more active. I participate in other sites that are much more active, but they are not trigger free, and some even allow/encourage pictures. Definitely not what I need right now. My birthday has been cursed for a while now. My Oma (grandmother in German) died…
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My Birthday Curse Strikes Again
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I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been 15 years since I left the SAFE Program and 15 years since I have SI’d. And yesterday as I was driving along ruminating over these past 15 years and what the difference is it hit me. The key to stopping self-injury is to stop allowing others to injure you or imply that you deserve…
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Loss
O.k., so I found out from a friend of mine who sees my therapist that my therapist is retiring. I’m sure she will tell me herself at our next session in a couple weeks. I have been seeing her for probably close to six years now. She is a large part of the reason I…
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Struggling to keep up the momentum…
This is my first time returning to this site in years. I struggled with severe self injury 7 years ago, went through the S.A.F.E. Inpatient & Outpatient programs, and have done so well since then, only having a small relapse once/year or so . However, I have had a setback lately… I wouldn’t say there…
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Struggling
I wish this site were more active. I really like knowing I can come to a trigger free place. Sometimes I purposefully go to triggering places, I guess as a way of mentally self harming, but sometimes (like now) I know I HAVE to stay away from the triggers, or my thoughts might turn into…
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Motivation
I just watched a very triggering episode of Grey’s Anatomy. I have been doing lots of things to trigger myself lately. It doesn’t help that it is my bad time of year. It’s exactly 20 years since the really bad stuff happened, so it’s not as bad as it used to be. Time and therapy…
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Relapse
I started self injuring around 6 years ago and soon after went through the S.A.F.E. adolescent program back when it was in Texas. I never COMPLETELY stopped injuring, but i was doing it very very infrequently (once or twice a year). Recently after a bad bout of depression i have had a relapse. In the…