Inspired by <a href="http://www.postsecret.com">PostSecret</a>, this is a place where everyone can come and post a secret.
<b>GUIDELINES:</b>
- Secrets can often be painful and negative. That is okay. But that <i>doesn't</i> mean this thread can be used as a loophole to get around BUS rules.
- No attacks on other members. If you have a beef with another member, take it up with them.
- No suicide notes, and nothing that is pro-suicide.
- Nothing that is pro-SI or pro-ED - we understand that everyone here is in different stages of recovery, but there are places on the board where you can work out / through those feelings.
- No manipulative comments that you intend someone else to find and have a reaction to.
- You cannot post that you ARE hurting yourself, WILL WITHOUT DOUBT hurt yourself or HAVE hurt yourself if you need and don't intend to get medical help. "Hurting yourself" includes SI, SU, OD's, destructive eating disorder behaviour like purging or starving, as well as putting yourself in dangerous situations like approaching/ contacting an abuser. This stuff is either against BUS rules or belongs in the B&A forum, or somewhere you can get constructive feedback like main or some of the more "analys-y" coping threads.
Examples wrote:Can say:
I want to hurt myself.
I feel like I don't deserve to eat.
I feel like being skinny will solve my problems.
I want to die.
I feel fat.
I hurt myself.
Suicide feels like a good option.
I am scared to get help.
Can't say:
I have a blade in my hand and I'm cutting now.
Tomorrow at uni I'm going to hurt myself.
I've taken an OD and don't want anyone to know.
My friend wants to die and I think it's a good idea for him.
I'm not eating anything today because I don't deserve it.
I want to know how to purge better.
I'm going to kill myself next week.
Life sucks, so long y'all.
- You can ask for PM's/ comments, but if you really want replies, please don't be hesitant to go over to nest, or somewhere you'll know without doubt that you've been heard.
- As with anywhere else on the board, you must use spoilers if and when they are necessary.
<b>WARNING</b>
If this thread is not used constructively and continues to go against the spirit of the coping forum (as the old one did), it will be locked and it will stay that way.
Also, any person who continually uses this thread for unconstructive purposes (meaning, they violate the guidelines set above continually), will risk having their posting priveliges in this revoked.
<b>Other Useful Links</b>
<a href="http://buslist.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php? ... 6">Secrets and More</a>
<a href="http://buslist.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=96256">The Constructive Venting Thread</a>
<a href="http://buslist.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=101831">How You Feel And What You're Going to Do About It</a>
<a href="http://buslist.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=38812">Reasons For Living</a>
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