last time i wanted to si, i didn't because.......

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Post by kazeldya » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:39 am

because i left the door to the bathroom cracked and the cats opened it halfway and because there were two people in the apt sleeping and one awake (who happens to be one of only 3 people who know i SI... she was on the phone with another) and because i'd just posted on here about how i wanted to and also didn't want to. she's gone now, so the only people left here are asleep, which makes it harder, and I haven't gone to bed yet... he did invite me over to play video games and spend the night, but i happen to know that her birthday present for him includes wake up sex before she goes to work in the morning, and i really don't need to be there, even i can't hear it, because i know i'd think about it... and i doubt they'd want me there... though i probably should have. but now i should just take off my contacts, go to bed, and nothing else... contacts off. done. bedtime.
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Post by pretty » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:05 pm

...because despite how it may feel at times, I don't want to anymore.
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Post by fireflower » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:59 pm

I was doing good and didn't want to break my 2 weeks of being si free. Since it's hard to just even go one day without it.
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Post by sam_girl » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:17 pm

cos i thought that if i didn't do it badly enough then the dr wouldn't take me seriously the next day :oops: so i held on and didn't do it at all. thats not rite really is it? :cry:

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Post by skru dup kid » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:32 am

'cause honestly, I didn't think I needed to. And I was too lazy to, anyway.
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Post by alegria » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:52 am

cuz i didn't have a good reason to:(
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Post by missmollysue » Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:19 am

I didnt because there was to many people around and I had nothing with me at the time.
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Post by kazeldya » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:53 pm

sam_girl wrote:cos i thought that if i didn't do it badly enough then the dr wouldn't take me seriously the next day :oops: so i held on and didn't do it at all. thats not rite really is it? :cry:

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So you thought he/she wouldn't take you seriously if you did or didn't SI?
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last slip: about 10pm March 25, 2008

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Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and SAFELY insane every night of our lives. - William Dement. So I guess we should just sleep and be insane THEN instead of hurting ourselves (or anyone else)

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Post by lisslalissar » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:11 am

Because I went for a drive instead.


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Post by green chameleon » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:38 pm

I went and curled up in my husband's lap until I fell asleep
It's hard to cut when you're holding a cat.

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Post by Say no » Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:01 am

i wrote in a notebook exactly what i was feeling at the time most of it was just me basically yelling in my notebook. It wasn't organized at all just as i thougth of things i wrote them down untill i calmed down.
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Post by Proximity » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:10 am

I said "this will pass" and it did.

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Post by sam_girl » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:09 pm

kazeldya wrote:
sam_girl wrote:cos i thought that if i didn't do it badly enough then the dr wouldn't take me seriously the next day :oops: so i held on and didn't do it at all. thats not rite really is it? :cry:

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So you thought he/she wouldn't take you seriously if you did or didn't SI?
i thought if i didn't SI badly enough (e.g. gave myself a small cut) then my doctor wouldn't think i was 'serious' and so ignore my problems. he did that anyway tho :roll: im sorry, jst read that back and it sounds awful doesn't it? :oops:
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Post by duchess_of_Nothing » Sun Aug 08, 2004 2:32 am

Sometimes I don't do it because I feel like it's not enough and I don't want to lose control and go too deep. Sometimes I hit myself instead because I can freak out and not cause any serious damage.
The blues are because you're getting fat or because it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?
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Post by FarSideGirl » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:51 pm

It's basically one bad for another. Instead of cutting, I decided to go to the fridge and eat a ton of food. I am alone in the house during the day so it is easy for me to pig out and it takes my mind off SI. Doesnt do wonders the ED though I suppose :cry:
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Post by tenar » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:03 pm

- because i posted on the main board and people replied
- because i knew it wouldn't really solve anything in the long term
- becaues i knew the reason i wanted it would sound mad to any half-sane person
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Post by kazeldya » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:45 am

I'm sorry your doctor ignores your problems (or that you feel that way). I hate that feeling.
sam_girl wrote:
kazeldya wrote:
sam_girl wrote:cos i thought that if i didn't do it badly enough then the dr wouldn't take me seriously the next day :oops: so i held on and didn't do it at all. thats not rite really is it? :cry:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
So you thought he/she wouldn't take you seriously if you did or didn't SI?
i thought if i didn't SI badly enough (e.g. gave myself a small cut) then my doctor wouldn't think i was 'serious' and so ignore my problems. he did that anyway tho :roll: im sorry, jst read that back and it sounds awful doesn't it? :oops:
*almost* SI-free (7 slips) since August 26/27, 2004 (~2 am on 27th) my place: http://buslist.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0

last slip: about 10pm March 25, 2008

After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same. - Paul Simon
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and SAFELY insane every night of our lives. - William Dement. So I guess we should just sleep and be insane THEN instead of hurting ourselves (or anyone else)

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Post by athousandmiles » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:09 am

I scratched my nails down my wrists and reminded myself I didn't want my boyfriend to see the scars and worry about me.
They've clipped my wings again, tore them apart and then left me
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Post by erinmv » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:46 pm

I didn't want it to win.
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Post by sam_girl » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:28 pm

^^^^gd answer
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<br><small><a href="http://www.toxin.org/cgi-bin/gethugs.cgi">Get hugs of your own</a></small><br clear="all">

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