slips are chances to learn. you figure out what stresses are still too hard for you and you can work on how you'll deal with them next time you run into them. so instead of beating yourself up, take action.
- what had happened just before?
i overate - what were you thinking and feeling?
feeling sick to my stomach and thinking i worked so hard in exercising and i just threw it all away - why did you end up hurting yourself then instead of some other time? was there an event that was the final straw? what was it?
i was alone and sick of thinking about it - how did the situation get to the final straw stage? trace it back through the events that led up to the last event. look for some point at which you could have made a different decision and not arrived at the final straw.
i could've stopped myself from overeating, could've stopped myself from purging, could've stopped myself while purging - were there outside factors like drugs, alsohol, being off your meds, lack of sleep, etc? can you address those in the future? how?
no - what other ways of coping did you try besides self-harm? how well did they work?
didn't
- in retrospect, are there coping methods that you now realize might have helped? what were they?
walking outside - name at least two things you will do to help yourself remember those coping methods if you end up in this situation again.
write on my hand, keep my ipod near - how do you feel about the situation that led to self-harm now? is it resolved? if not, what are some steps you might take toward resolution?
yes - are you likely to be in that emotional place again? how will you recognize it when you're in that situation?
yes , i don't know
too tired to answer the rest
