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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:24 am
How will this situation or feeling change if I hurt myself?
The situation will not change. I will feel better for a short time.
What will hurting me bring to the situation? What will it take away from the situation?
Hurting myself won’t bring anything to the situation because nobody will know about it. It will make me feel better by allowing me to express my anger and frustration.
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?
I will not feel better in the long run. Hurting me leaves scars that make me feel worse about myself.
If hurting me seems like my best option right now, how long will the relief it brings last? What will I do then?
I will probably feel better for a day or so, after that I will be in the same place that I am now.
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 don’t know. Listen to music. Take a drive and try to get my mind off of things.
How will I feel tomorrow if I hurt myself? How will I feel tomorrow if I do the other thing I came up with?
I will feel better for a time and then so sad that I’m stuck with these scars and still resorting to self-injury to make me feel better. If I try the alternatives I may feel bad feelings that I want to avoid. I may end up crying.
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?
I am angry. At myself for all of my inadequacies. I want to punish myself. I could tell someone about how I am feeling (doesn’t seem possible) or avoid the object that I use to harm myself and go to bed.
The situation will not change. I will feel better for a short time.
What will hurting me bring to the situation? What will it take away from the situation?
Hurting myself won’t bring anything to the situation because nobody will know about it. It will make me feel better by allowing me to express my anger and frustration.
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?
I will not feel better in the long run. Hurting me leaves scars that make me feel worse about myself.
If hurting me seems like my best option right now, how long will the relief it brings last? What will I do then?
I will probably feel better for a day or so, after that I will be in the same place that I am now.
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 don’t know. Listen to music. Take a drive and try to get my mind off of things.
How will I feel tomorrow if I hurt myself? How will I feel tomorrow if I do the other thing I came up with?
I will feel better for a time and then so sad that I’m stuck with these scars and still resorting to self-injury to make me feel better. If I try the alternatives I may feel bad feelings that I want to avoid. I may end up crying.
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?
I am angry. At myself for all of my inadequacies. I want to punish myself. I could tell someone about how I am feeling (doesn’t seem possible) or avoid the object that I use to harm myself and go to bed.