last time i wanted to si, i didn't because.......

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Post by heidi4battle » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:30 pm

I have made 12 weeks and I don't want to lose my progress. I am proud of myself and My T is too.

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Post by Typoqueen » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:31 am

I relaised i dont have to.
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Post by _____iamacliche » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:32 pm

because i didn't want to break my days.

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Post by one out of none » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:52 pm

Because...
I didn't want to break my promise not to.
I didn't want to lose the time I have achieved si free.
It really complicates a lot of things.

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Post by southsider » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:14 am

because holy shit i've got 1,000 days clean.
because i'm trying to get away from punishing myself that way.
because i don't want to deal with the wounds afterwards.

edited to add the stupidest reason ever:
because it'll look nice to have three silver "one year" medals in my sig here, come december. :)
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Post by handmade mute » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:44 am

I glued my tool in my art journal instead.

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Post by fadingbutterfly » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:15 pm

I don't want her to see new scars on me when I see her

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Post by 5th section » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:17 am

I couldn't face the mess

(it sounds daft but sometimes thinking of something like that makes a difference...maybe I do feel like SIing but do I really want to clean up the bloodstains afterwards? what the hell, it stopped me!)
...then one day I realised that the people you see in waiting rooms and car parks and on trains are really far more interesting. That they all have whole novels inside them, a fabric of scar tissues, photos and memories. They are comedies and tragedies and - more often - both at the same time.
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Post by Beasty » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:43 pm

I didn't want to disappoint her. I don't want to see the look on her face when she finds out that I'm breaking like china
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Post by Porcelain_Doll » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:56 pm

Because he asked me not to.
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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Post by thewaves » Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:12 am

I went to the family and friends section and read how hurt and confused people are as they're trying to understand why someone they love would hurt themselves.

However, I tried it again today and it made me feel even worse about myself for being a person who can hurt someone.
"I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest film. No lies whatsoever. I thought I had something so simple to say. Something useful to everybody. A film that could help bury forever all those dead things we carry within ourselves. Instead, I'm the one without the courage to bury anything at all. When did I go wrong? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it all the same." -Federico Fellini's 8 1/2
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Post by Cellardoor » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:50 pm

there was no where left on my arms.
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Post by Arcana » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:09 am

my roommate walked in
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Post by amyfairy » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:43 am

i don't want to feel guilty.
i haven't in over 2 years.

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Post by Glockenspiel » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:57 pm

Because I told myself the bad thoughts would go away. I took steps to make those bad thoughts go away. And they went away.

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Post by poisontongue » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:48 pm

Because right now it won't fix the issues at the heart of this problem. Plus I'm more angry at myself than anything, which works in my favor right now. It won't make me feel better right now.

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Post by Roxi » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:29 pm

I phoned my friend, am also terrified of feeling guilty and having to tell my mom and see the look on her face....dont want to cause more scaring than i already have- my arms look shocking!
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Post by pretty » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:41 pm

I'm sure I've said this before, but because I know it won't help.
'this is what she says gets her through it,
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Post by amyfairy » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:27 pm

notevenpretty wrote:I'm sure I've said this before, but because I know it won't help.
same
and if i start again, it won't end.

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Post by twinkletears » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:36 pm

too late to reply to this then
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