I need a replacement for the razor

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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I need a replacement for the razor

Post by flyingwithstars » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:46 am

:-? Does anything work to get your mind off hurting yourself? I'm having a hard time taking my mind off cutting right now, I use a rubberband I snap at my left wrist CONSTANTLY at night time, but it's not working lately, anything else that can take the place of my razors? :oops:
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Post by plantt » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:56 am

take the place of in what sense?
obviously nothing is going to be identical...
sometimes it can help to have a sort of sense as to why you're wanting to cut & then tailor a response based on that... eg. if you're feeling sad then watch a sad movie, or do something soothing. if you're feeling angry then throw things or run....

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Post by flyingwithstars » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:37 am

I read Laura's list a few minutes ago, there are so many things on there that can really help me...
thanks for the ideas
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Post by princessjane » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:13 pm

You could write, draw when your upset, .....

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Post by katja » Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:25 pm

this sounds lame but one time when I wanted to cut, I wrote in biro why I wanted to cut all over my arm along all my veins and in all the spaces in between.

It gave me the feeling of working on something.
when it was done it had the same shocking visual affect as a big cut...but more fucked up in a way, so it was satisfying.

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Post by Spidey » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:53 pm

Sure. There are tons of things.

There's tons of lists here in coping. Some ones that I suggest are writing, listening to music, or my favourite - tearing up paper.
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