Before

[Seeshellz]

* how will this situation or feeling change if i hurt myself?
-feel better for a little while
* what will hurting myself bring to the situation? what will it take away from the situation?
-bring relief from SU feelings, take away alot of negative feelings
* how do i want to feel about this in the long run? is hurting myself likely to get me closer to or farther from feeling that way?
-would rather do this than SU, don't like to hurt myself, but feel like I don't have many options that work right now
* if hurting myself seems like my best option right now, how long will the relief it brings last? what will i do then?
-not sure how long it will take the SU feeling away
* what is something i could do now instead of hurting myself? how will it change the situation i'm in? how long will that change last, and what will i do then?
-I could keep trying to avoid SI, but the SU feelings keep getting worse, I don't know what to do..SI helps that the most
* how will i feel tomorrow if i hurt myself? how will i feel tomorrow if i do the other thing i came up with?
-right now I'm at the point I'll do almost anything not to kill myself, and SI does help so I'm OK with it right now, I will feel Ok about it tomorrow
* what do i really want to do right now? how can i best honor the self-protective instinct that has me wanting to self-injure right now?
-actually I'm using SI as a protective way in this situation


urges aren't necessarily the enemy. they happen for reasons, and they're an expression of a desire to stay alive and stay sane and keep coping. remember that.

More Before Questions To Answer


* Why do I feel I need to hurt myself? What has brought me to this point?
-helps with the SU urges
* Have I been here before? What did I do to deal with it? How did I feel then?
-yes but I wanted to cut for a different reason
* What I have done to ease this discomfort so far? What else can I do that won't hurt me?
-I keep distracting and putting it off
* How do I feel right now?
-I am very upset and depressed and hopeless
* How will I feel when I am hurting myself?
-at least I get some relief for a little while
* How will I feel after hurting myself? How will I feel tomorrow morning?
-I can justify this type of SI
* Can I avoid this stressor, or deal with it better in the future?
-I don't know how...
* Do I need to hurt myself?
-sometimes I think I do, like in this situation it is the better of the two

[pinky]

Seeshellz, i don't have much advice...but i wanted to let you know
that i am here for you...

[Seeshellz]

Thank you Pinky!