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[zaphriel]

After You Beat an Urge
How do you beat your urges? Examine how you beat the last one so it can help you beat the next one.

Did I identify what feelings were leading me to want to SI?
yes I answered the questions on here

If Yes - What were they, and how did I figure them out?
It's a feeling of being overwhelmed with stuff that mainly makes me feel urgy at the minute

What coping skills did I use to deal with these feelings?
I used the exhaustive list of coping methods and invented a game that involved stabbing a bag of potatos with my lovely girlfriend.

Were these coping skills the most effective I could have used?
I don't know if they were the most effective but they worked.

Why do I think they worked?
It was a massive release of frustration to stab the potatos and to have my girlfriend try to understand what I was feeling and try to come up with ways to help cause she was feeling similar for different reasons, well it was very helpful.

How can I deal with these feelings more effectively next time, before the urge to SI sets in?
I'm not sure, but I get the feeling as a household we'll be going through a lot more potatos.

[Chaocontrol6]

Sounds like an awesome way of coping with urges to SI, and very original, which is great, so nice one

How about mashing potatoes, and then you got dinner as well? ^.^

Jason