I'm proud of myself today because....

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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PassingCloud
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Post by PassingCloud » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:38 am

i'm still alive. and i talked.
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[I'm talking about my life.][I can't seem to get that through to you.]
[I'm not just talking about one person,][I'm talking about everybody.]
[I'm talking about form, I'm talking about content.][I'm talking about inter-relationships.]
[I'm talking about God, the Devil, Hell, Heaven!]
[Do you understand?]
[Finally?]
(one flew over the cuckoo's nest)
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Post by kermit » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:33 pm

I made a doctors appointment
and tomorrow will come
When today is done...

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kristinnie
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Post by kristinnie » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:42 pm

The only person I yelled at was a telemarketer. I got my older kids to nap. I didn't freak when my husband changed his work schedule again and I almost had to cancel another p-doc appointment. Good day!
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Lynds
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Post by Lynds » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:28 am

:star: When I was upset last night I spoke to my fiance about it even though I felt I didn't have the courage. He was so supportive it made me feel proud I had taken the positive step of talking rather than bottling it all up like usual

:star: I started the day with a run even though I feel fat
"She would never know, because he would never tell her. Somehow if she’d known the worst parts, she couldn’t have gone on being a haven for him… He needed her ignorance to hide in. Yet at the same time, he wanted to know and be known as deeply as possible. And the two desires were irreconcilable"
From Regeneration by Pat Barker
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Post by Pissenlit » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:25 pm

:star: Because I made it through last night without SI.
Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten!

I can has place now?

I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned you!

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Post by Morgoth » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:58 pm



...becuase i have fought the urges for two days, aND I'M WINNING!
x.X.This Is Mayhem.X.x.
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kalayla
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Post by kalayla » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:54 pm

because i hae also fought the urges for two day:)


"its a battle that you have to fight... and win"

-(tek) a dear friend of mine
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SI free: a while
{{disco lemonade}}
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Post by Morgoth » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:57 pm

Yay! Kalayla...
Lets keep it up!
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x.X.This Is Mayhem.X.x.
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Roxi
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Post by Roxi » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:29 pm

...because I did not acted on urges when things started feeling unmanagable.
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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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Post by the edge of the world » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:51 am

I didn't give in to SI urges.
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sonumb
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Post by sonumb » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:30 am

beacuse I tried to study.
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Pissenlit
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Post by Pissenlit » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:20 am

Because I made myself go out even when all I wanted to do was crawl under a blanket and cry.
Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten!

I can has place now?

I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned you!

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Roxi
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Post by Roxi » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:13 pm

I made a schedule of all the work which I need to do in the next 10 days and started cleaning my room
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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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Post by MusicalMorphine » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:05 pm

Worked all day and I've nearly completed first two parts of my coursework that has to be in tomorrow. I didn't think I could do it but I did. :-)
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Post by styled_wrong » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:06 pm

because i havent eaten myself out of house and home like yesterday an because i beat the urges
scars are tattoos with better stories
it's hard to answer the question whats wrong, when nothing is 'right'
Not all scars show. Not all wounds heal. Sometimes you cant always see the pain someone feels
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Ruby Tuesday
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Post by Ruby Tuesday » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:30 pm

because I got through a job interview - which I wouldn't have been able to do a couple of months ago.
"I saw spiders where there were no spiders" - patti smith
"'My hands', she said, 'I've left them somewhere and now I can't find them.' She was holding her hands in the air, helplessly, as if she couldn't move them.
'They're right there', I said, 'On the end of your arms'
'No, no', she said impatiently, 'Not those , those are no good anymore. My other hands, the ones I had before, the ones I could touch things with.'" - margaret atwood

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Post by amyfairy » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:26 pm

jane, that's ace. :)

i'm proud because i pulled myself together to prevent a full on panic attack... and i'm doing a brave thing tomorrow.
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kalayla
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Post by kalayla » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:27 pm

im proud because i have fought the urges for more than a week
{ItsFatalYouKnow}
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SI free: a while
{{disco lemonade}}
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EllipsisAnxiety
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Post by EllipsisAnxiety » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:46 am

I'm proud that i made a list of things i needed to talk about in counselling, instead of just losing those thoughts and forgetting their importance and so i wouldn't have to bring them up in the session.
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tears1315
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Post by tears1315 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:32 pm

I attened my classes and I came to work
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