any unusuall ways of coping??

tips on how to cope: dealing with your feelings, dealing with the consequences of self-harm in your life. share your ideas and maybe pick up some new skills, too. you don't have to want to stop to learn something new here.

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any unusuall ways of coping??

Post by SOTTSOLiluyOTEP » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:27 pm

hmm... well i do this alot(recently did it at camp and my friend i met there didnt get y... just thought i wuz crazy and beyond bored...)
so heres wut i do... i find a thin stick/or thick twig, no more than 6 inches long... and pick up a small smoothish rock and scratch the stick with it to get off all the bark and imperfections... i can do this for hours at a time without pausing... i dont stop until the stick is perfect and perfectly smooth(or if i have to go sumwhere or sumthin)... it keeps my hands busy and i concentrate completly on the stick and get lost in it sort of... idk, it works... so wut do u do?
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Post by Roz » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:41 pm

thats sounds really intriguing. I don't have any coping methods to be honest. Sometimes I'll just sit in a ball and sort of wrap my arms round myself and hide my head until the feeling passes. Thgat's so hard though
and it doesnt always work. I'm seeing a therapist at the mo. I've only been to one sessionw ith her, but she was fantastic. I totally recomend it to anybody!

Might try your stick thing 8)
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Post by Chloroform*Perfume » Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:48 pm

Well, I know coping ways of other things....someone told me for people who overeat to get a job in food, where they'll see it so much they won't want t eat all the time, or to wash dishes, because looking at all the grease grosses you out, lol.

For SI, I draw on my arms and legs with red marker, it's weird but it works.

For people with low self esteem, pamper yourself, do your makeup or get your nails done or something.

I don't think I answered that question too good, sorry, lol.

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Post by Glitter_fairy » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:09 pm

colouring in a piece of paper with a fine nibbed biro untill it is totaly covered i mean totaly :oops:

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Post by Tamrick » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:09 pm

I used to grab pieces of grass or twigs and just feel them while I sat outside - then I'd see if one blade of grass felt very different from another. At the moment I like building a jumping course for my dog and making him jump it - he's a maniac and if you don't run really fast then he will jump the jumps in the wrong order so its good exercise.
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Post by erinmv » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:20 pm

Sorry to be completely off subject but...Otep...NICE!
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heh

Post by SOTTSOLiluyOTEP » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:23 pm

yay an otepian!!!!... do u post on the otep boards or go into chat? if so wuts ur name there?? im silent Chiquita/chiquita

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Post by erinmv » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:26 pm

I don't. But if I do I will keep your name in mind. I just saw them the other day at Ozzfest. She absolutely blows my mind. And the new CD is brutal!
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yes

Post by SOTTSOLiluyOTEP » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:07 am

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Post by Lyndsie » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:16 pm

ripping paper for no reason

i have others but i just cant think of them at them moment

and oh ya pulling out grass! i can do that for hours!

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Post by Glitter_fairy » Sun Aug 08, 2004 2:13 pm

lyin under my duvet and imagining im somewhere else

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Post by Twitter Mouse » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:07 pm

Cutting random pictures and words out of magazines and glueing them into my notebook. Sometimes they correspond with how I'm feeling, other times I'll just pick a color scheme and go with it. It may sound stupid, but it works for me.
And it's hey babe, with your guardian eyes so blue,
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true,
I've been so far from here,
Far from your loving arms,
Now I'm back again, and babe it's gonna work out fine.

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Post by swanfaerie » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:18 am

i wax my legs....unfortunately i can only use waxing every so often.

*shrugs* maybe it's not such a great idea.


but snuggling and cuddling my kitty helps. :blush:
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Post by cheese22 » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:44 am

i use tweezers to rid my legs of hair. one by one. then my underarms :lol:
i take abt 2 hrs to get rid of evry strand. (not that i have a lot. it takes concentration to remove evrythg) by the time i finish, i get smooth legs and have got rid of the nasty feeling :)
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