what's your anti-si?

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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Post by horsecrazy80 » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:48 am

I use ice before I si, sometimes the freezing cold hurts enough to make me rethink si. This really works for me!! :tongue:
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Post by lauryn » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:01 pm

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Post by t_k » Tue May 31, 2005 11:38 am

honestly, just sleep
anything that makes me tired enough to barely be able to move is my friend...
also reading and the internet... well, not all of it, but a lot ;)
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Post by ktlyn459 » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:31 pm

I like all these ideas! there so cool! I don't use many of them, I get so intense and I can feel the anxiety running through my system. loud music helps! but my biggest thing is snapping rubber bands. I saw it on a show once(the only show I have ever seen that even mention this issue!!) I keep them on my wrist and when it gets really bad which seem like all the time lately I just snap it. it hurts a little but it doesn't break the skin and I can do in front of people and they have no idea what the hell I am doing.
The only other thing I do is sketch and draw in a diary.
I tried making deals with myself, I could keep them but there was no release of the feelings so I would have all the negative stuff building up and then pow! back to square one!
but yeah I'll have to try some of these.
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Post by Kaelyn » Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:30 pm

running (esp. on the beach)
curl up and fall asleep holding my cat (listening to its purrrrrring)

and when all else fails...
pat/stroke myself on the place where I want to SI
(sounds silly, a friend to me to do that... I thought.. well nothing to lose in trying so I did... and it worked :D )
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Post by jaded melody » Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:39 pm

my anti-si is love.

whether that means feeling loved by others
or reminding myself deep down that i should love myself and not hurt myself.
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Post by Territorial Hawk » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:37 am

Lately, I've taken to moving furniture if I feel like I want to SH.

My poor sofa has been halfway around the world, the amount of time it's been shifted from one end of the room to the other.

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Post by leensie » Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:06 pm

knowing that i'll have to come online once again and tell jhn that i did it once again. :-?
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Post by VowsOfSadness » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:43 pm

-determination
-other people's faith and beilief in me
-pride (others pride in me and pride in myself)
-A will and a strife
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My Anti-SI

Post by degrassigal2007 » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:49 pm

my anti si is either my best friends, or ranting on xanga or here or recoveryourlife.
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Post by LuLu » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:09 am

I just started coming to this message board but I find it distracts me enough until I no longer want to SI.
-I have also found that studying things that interest me is a distraction.
-Call friends
-Play with pets-hard to SI with them watching
-Get away fom my bedroom(where I SI)
-Go outside & listen 2 anything & everything
-If its nite, go look @ the moon & watch for shooting stars or just count stars.
-Think about ppl who mean a lot 2 me :heart:
-Think how much it would hurt my family, friends, and especially my 5-yr-old niece if I messed up & they lost me

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Post by LilLizzieRae » Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:59 pm

When I was younger and trying to stop cutting, I took xanax and tried waiting it out and when it kicked in, it relaxed me enough to get my thoughts under control. Months later I could go without cutting without the xanax.

When I tried going without the xanax and that didn't work. My "quick fix" was:

getting tons of blank (or whatever kind of) paper, getting my razor out and slicing the paper like crazy until I got myself under control. It got TONS of anger out.

I never thought putting a rubberband around your wrist, or sticking your hand in ice water, punching a pillow, or even taking a walk worked.

For one, I also hit things, like walls or the ground instead of cutting. So going for a walk was perfect for me to hit the ground cause it did more damage.

I stuck with the paper and razor.
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Post by Skellig » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:31 pm

I draw complicated patterns on me, I have to focus really hard and it distracts me.
If it's a night when I go fencing I'll go for epee and be agressive - but this kind of defeats the object as you get hurt by your opponant.
Play music.

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Post by twistddreamr » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:37 pm

my future. my determination. because i'm tired of being hurt and if i want to stop hurting i need to start with not hurting myself.
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Post by what_if » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:57 am

I know this has already kind of been said, but it’s probably the most effective way that’s worked for me. Just to get out of the area or room you usually SI in, and go talk to a family member (or friend). I feel that just being in the presence of another often helps, and just feeling safe with that person really suppresses the urges. Its not even a matter of talking to them, but simply being with them. It definitely helps me. :wink:
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Post by Beasty » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:48 pm

my anti SI is mostly the fact that if I give in to cutting...my sig. other will give in to cutting too, and i couldnt bear that. same goes for him. you could say we are each others anti-SI.

not to mention i love using my left forearm...but its always uncovered and in the open so i dont like the stares/
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Post by Emily0493 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:42 am

i talk to my friends that kno
walk
write
take picture
flim
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Post by Ardeth » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:59 pm

Don't know whether anyone else has mentioned this but this i my coping method:

Coloring in some of my deep scars with a red ball point pen. In some places it's a little sore which helps with the urge and I tend to start thinking about all the things that went wrong when I made those scars and how it affected my life.

Have a few more but that's my fav one.
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Post by silvertears » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:01 am

*rel*


JESUS!!!

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Post by Naiia » Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:53 am

Well, tonight this thread saved me. Anyway, I have one more that I don't think anyone has mentioned:

When I'm feeling safe, I get a little box that I put my tools in. Then I tape the box shut like crazy and "hide" it somewhere. That way, I still have my tools and I can still get to them if I really *need* to (if I simply throw them out, it's only counterproductive), but it will take me a long time to open that box, and I'll have that entire time to think about whether or not I really want to do it.

Other things, mostly mentioned:
Really LOUD MUSIC!
Talking to people
Getting my homework done
Going online
Journaling
Taking a shower
Drawing
Writing a letter
Listening to REALLY LOUD music!

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