151 things to do before u si

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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Post by spike » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:47 am

Sirloth wrote: *get a big plastic bottle and hit it off a wall repeatedly
I've done this! it works for sure.

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Post by lil_andie04 » Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:49 pm

WOWWWW!! theres me thinking there was nothing i cud do but SI!! Fankoooo!!!


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Post by Brokenwings11 » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:17 pm

hmmmmm....fighting with the wall...lol. fun fun. Bad if the pillow explodes though. XD Good list though.
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Post by DecemberLivy » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:16 am

its great but there is not alot i can do at school :roll: i'll just have to cope
well, great list!!

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Post by jaunesqueack » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:57 pm

you can also try to build a really big puzzle of something that u really like. i find that that sometimes helps me. i have like 4 started all over the house.
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Post by Something Else » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:43 am

I tend to feel angry and violent when I SI, so I liked the more violent ideas (pillow fight with the wall, that sort of thing). I'll have to try them

Some other things I use:

:star: Throwing rocks at trees, fences, anything not likely to get hurt by the rock. Throw the rock as hard as possible.
:star: Watching violent movies (could be triggery for some, but it's cathartic for me)
:star: ripping up an old magazine or phone book
:star: lifting weights--as many repititions as I safely can
:star: eating/drinking anything strongly flavored, but especially something sour or spicy
:star: putting a lot of care into making or drawing something, and then violently destroying it

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Post by Divinity » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:11 am

You know...some of those make so much sense, and I never would have considered some of them as an alternative...not on my own anyway! Thanks! You know, the "writing yourself a love letter" really stuck out to me because I don't think I could do it. I realized in that shining moment of horror, I don't know how to love myself. I just want to self-destruct all the time. Maybe the first step to loving myself is to draw on myself with a red marker...at least I'd be good to me then.
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Post by demidivine » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:54 pm

um, i just found something out. cutting up a sponge with a pair of scissors (i know, not so safe if you use scissors...) really, well, feels similar. you know? um. it was pretty therapeutic for me, anyway.

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Post by singo » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:01 am

thanxs heaps for that awsome list. i can find a fair few things there that'll help me. especially the foodcolouring one, what a great idea. you're my saviour! usually when i'm frustrated, anxious or going to SI, i throw stuff & as a result the walls of my room have a couple of dints, well maybe more than a couple, so I'm going to get together a heap of pillows, teddy's instead.
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Post by Thunder_chey » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:27 pm

I like idea 151 renaming the animals! I dont know where the closest zoo is. Probably Toronto so its a bit far for me. lol. How bout change all the street names. Once though (and this is a little mean) I gave someone wrotne directions on purpos. Sent them towards Brantford instead of east hamilton, LOL

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Post by snowangel_03 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:17 am

152 - online logic or puzzle games
they take your mind of whats triggering you and they make you focus on something else
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Post by jadedraven » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:11 am

Just wanted to add to the list...my stuff is kind of dorky, but it works for me lol

Years ago my grandmother gave me all her old cooking magazines and recipes and I also have several other cookbooks, and if I am feeling like I might si I will go through them until I find something I want to make...i find baking very theraputic, its very distracting and even if I can't concentrate on anything else, i can usually concentrate on that. I can't eat what I make (thats a whole nother issue though) but I love bringing it to friends/family/work

also, and this one is REALLY dorky...I will check out my friends myspace pages...look at the new pictures, listen to their music, leave nice comments...it makes me feel better and who doesn't like having a "you rock" comment on their myspace page...plus I get to check out a lot of new music

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Post by snowangel_03 » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:59 am

hidden object games are good too, coz clicking loads reallyquick on the mouse gets rid of my frustration
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Post by yoursforever_me » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:46 pm

this is brilliant! some of them made me giggle, too! thankyou :)
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Post by a7xcncangel » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:37 am

Deskana wrote:For some wierd reason this helps me.

Whenever I get down I listen to "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches. If I sing along, I go into hysterics! Yesterday I was ready to commit suicide, and was going downstairs to do it, and then this came on my playlist. And I started singing! And I laughed so much! I couldn't think of anything else! Download it and try it!

And thanks for the list Cath, for some reason, whenever I eat chocolate instead it tastes much better than it normally does! Thank you!
I looked the song up on youtube and it's so funny. Defs worth checking out.
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