You know what helps more than emergency boxes?

GooGooPanda · Post by **GooGooPanda** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:38 am

Putting whatever it is you SI with at the bottom of a box and putting everything else on top of it.

That way you don't give yourself an option not to look at the things in the happy box.

This has actually worked fairly well for me, because when I just had the happy box I was not disciplined enough to actually look in it before I cut.

darkrose · Post by **darkrose** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:31 am

That is a pretty good idea...that way you HAVE to look at all the happy things...I mean if you really wanted to SI you still could....but it is a good idea because if you didn't really want to SI then you would see these things and stop and look. You're pretty smart!

-darkrose

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:11 pm

Yeah that's true. Also putting a big list of all the reasons why you're trying to stop SI on top of your tools, so you have to read it first.

Laura

Callista · Post by **Callista** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:20 pm

Good idea! Must try!

pinkllama · Post by **pinkllama** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:02 pm

might want to do that with the chocolate in your box too

angelic212 · Post by **angelic212** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:38 pm

i think i might try to do this cause when i feel like cutting myself i rarely use my emergency box i just get so anxious and i panic and *SI trigger* i cant stop thinking of si until i actually do si *end of si trigger*

i should use my emergency box more often i mean i have it there but i dont use it , so whats the point in having an emergency box if i dont use it?

love always maria

nirvana · Post by **nirvana** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:26 am

hmm... i don't have an emergency box, but that sounds good. might try it.

thank you.

pinkllama, the spinning smiley in your signature amused me for a good five minutes.

Midnight Tigress · Post by **Midnight Tigress** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:40 am

I don't ahve a safety "box" persay, rather, I have a corner of my room deticated to my best friends, who are my only reasons to not only not SI, but not SU. I have pictures of them together, them with me, stuff from stuff we've done, things to symbolize times we've hung out, inside jokes, or just plain them. I have everything like that there... I even have my tools there. So, I have to look them straight in the eye, read things they've written to me, and do it infront of them(even though it's not them obviously)

...and I've kept strong for 57 days now...

Roxi · Post by **Roxi** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:52 pm

wow, this is such a good idea... i really like it.

Librariana · Post by **Librariana** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:39 pm

Good grief. I can't believe I didn't think of this. It's so obvious and so brilliant. Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting it! You done good.

At least for me.

red_viola · Post by **red_viola** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:29 am

this works for me somewhat, but I put a red marker to draw on myself above my tool. that way i try the marker first.

zombiepeople · Post by **zombiepeople** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:16 am

That's a really great idea!

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