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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by Roxi » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:08 pm
Just thought I'd share the following reason why I haven't SIed in over 4 months - it may sound a bit silly though....
So when I was IP, we had DBT sessions every day.
During one of the first sessions I was told that I'm not allowed to make decisions if I've identified that I'm in my irrational-mind.
And for me it was as simple as that. Now, my mind works in a very strage way; I am a somewhat visual person in certain aspects - well , anyway. What started happening is the following:
Everytime I felt anxious and wan't to SI a box would appear in my head - like on a computer; saying:
"You are not in your rational mind and therefore do not have the administrative authority to make decisions, please try again later"
...and I don't know - since then my computer-like brain does not grant me permission to hurt myself anymore
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by funkymusic » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:42 pm
Wow, I should try this some time! Thanks for sharing!
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by Artemisia » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:05 pm
heheh lol that's cool i like it
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by VowsOfSadness » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:03 am
that sounds excellent! Great for you!
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by I'm.that.forgettable. » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:43 am
oh wow. hahaha. I like that. I'm pretty sure my brain should start doing that.
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by disastercake » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:50 am
that's really neat, is it part of some sort of cognitive behavioral therapy?
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by Roxi » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:58 am
um it's sort of just what naturally happened to me when in DBT (dialectical behavioural therapy)
We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving… We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins… We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything." - Courtney Martin.
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by disastercake » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:06 pm
that's a good thing since it keeps you from SIing
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by Wish upon a star » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:16 pm
WOw thats pretty interesting. I think its a great idea.
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by eleonor » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:31 pm
That's great!
I wish I didn't have a computer virus deleting these messages...
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by rhiannon » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:34 pm
I think my brain has that, except it's a
ping! noise instead of a box, which makes it easier to ignore.
Thanks for sharing that, it is really interesting!
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