Scarily VAST list of coping strategies

raveneleni · Post by **raveneleni** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:32 pm

Scoots wrote:WOW!!!!!!!!!

This is great. Thanks. am now going to print it out and next time i am feeling bad my distraction will be to read them through and decide which ones will be useful for me.

Thankyou

me too! great list

Nursing_girl · Post by **Nursing_girl** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:43 am

Thank you! These are all great ideas.

duskwalker666 · Post by **duskwalker666** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:25 am

this stuff is really helpful I like a lot of the ideas on the list like giving your self something if you go a month with out SI I also like keeping a tally of when you do or don't SI. And the holding ice works really well. I'm going to try a lot of these ideas thanks the list is great.

recovering4me · Post by **recovering4me** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:36 am

Magus · Post by **Magus** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:30 am

If you burn yourself, try getting some peppermint essential oil and put in the spot on your body you want to burn- it creates a burning sensation and won't do you any harm (and a drop on the tongue freshens breath!)...just don't get it in your eyes.

rhiannon · Post by **rhiannon** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:43 am

Just letting you know that I hope this list will provide me with some help, since everything I've tried up until now hasn't worked.

I'm even printing out the entire thing (all 16 pages of it!) and keeping it on my nightstand.

han · Post by **han** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:11 pm

This is a fantastic list! Thank you so much! Just reading it and seeing all the other options I have made me feel better - thank you!

amok · Post by **amok** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:30 am

...woah effort. As others have said, just browsing that list was a distraction in itself

This one tickled me;

126. Play solitaire.

I've racked up hours playing solitaire to keep my hands busy/brain occupied by something menial. Must look like a right geek, playing that much solitaire, but whatever works. And it's fun!

Anyway, many thanks. If belated, going by the date of the last reply.

Holi · Post by **Holi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:05 pm

This was one of the first things I read when I joined, it's still amazing...
Find Peace

BlacKat · Post by **BlacKat** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:59 am

Some of mine:

Wear a special charm of some sort (religious symbol for me) that has to be taken off before you SI.

Carve the words on a piece of fruit, then eat it.

Also, would you consider a category for "things that still work in company"? Most of my SI takes place during the school day.

Oh yeah one more...I noticed that tape was in there already. Well, what I've found really helpful is red tape. That way it kind of looks like blood. I leave it on until it starts to irritate my skin just a little bit (not bad, just like wearing a scratchy shirt would do), then take it off. It leaves a mark that lasts for a bit, too.

xStarBright · Post by **xStarBright** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:56 pm

This is amazing..

So amazing, that when I get some in, it deserves to be printed out on pink paper. ^-^

Take care,
Annie.

ifevry1crd · Post by **ifevry1crd** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:15 pm

wow this is an AWESOME list! thanx so much! i am 100% going to use it next time i need to SI. i didn't get to read through the whole list yet, i just got to skim it. i LOVED your idea of a compliments book, i'm starting one tonight. here are some ideas that i use, i'm not sure if they are already posted
1) reading my fave book
2) listening to my favorite songs, memorizing them, and then playing them on the guitar and/or drums
3) Look at my cuts and really think about why i want to do it, and if it's worth it
4) write down the thoughts in my head and try to see them as unjustifiable
5) watch a good movie/distract myself
6) counting my cuts and trying to remember why i have each one

thanx again!

~Lost but Trying to Find Me~

~sometimes we put up walls not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down~

Chey Kizoxie · Post by **Chey Kizoxie** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:33 pm

Playing with my cats and woodworking are good stress relievers for me.

thekklteam · Post by **thekklteam** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:28 am

Thanks for this! I was trying to find something that inspired me on here and by the time the list was getting to the anger releasing activities I was grinning ( I imagined a little cartoon version of me, a chibi basically, doing all of those ). XD

High five for the effort, and another one for being a geek! Knowledge is power. >.>

oakwren · Post by **oakwren** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:44 pm

if anyone reads this list - there is so much hope. everyone of you deserves to live. laura i wish - i wish you'd read your own list woman. wish you'd reached out to someone , anyone but someone. i walk around and hear the birds and see the sky - you could have done that. you had so much to offer and did - the list, the posts, the kind words, the way you shared your views in a respectful manner - wish you hadn't of done it.

Roxi · Post by **Roxi** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:34 pm

I love this list ...printed it out sometime last year. Just reminds me that I will never have a good excuse as to why I SIed instead of doing something else.
My general rule now is that if I am really considering cutting, I am only allowed to if at least 20 of the coping mechanisms didn't work - I uauslly don't get past needing 2/3 of them.

tears1315 · Post by **tears1315** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:25 am

this is an amazing list, i usually have a hard time with what i'm going to do to keep my mind off of wanting to hurt myself, but I really like the idea of having to actually get to the razors

VowsOfSadness · Post by **VowsOfSadness** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:37 am

This is one of the most resourceful documents on BUS. I only hope that Laura can be remembered as gathering together such a helpful post.
I hope she is at rest.

alkatraz · Post by **alkatraz** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:29 pm

That's quite a list. Reminded me that I really need to make a special box, just for moi!

Alk

alkatraz · Post by **alkatraz** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:19 am

Laura, I thought all these were just great, so I wrote a few down. Then came up with some of my own. I took all the slips of paper and put them into a box. When I'm edgy and need a distraction, I pull out a slip of paper and do whatever it tells me.

"Cross stitch. One hour" (not if needles make you triggery)
"Watch Mythbusters"
"write exactly how you're feeling"
"Free flow write for 10 minutes"
"play 'name that tune' on the iPod"
"Make a clothes pin doll"

There are more, but I love the mystery of pulling a randome something from a box. Thanks for the idea!!!

Alk

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