Thoughts Needs Desires Actions (TRIGGER WARNING)

[nogoodnhopeless]

today has been a very productive day i believe it started out this morning getting something faxed that needed to be faxed for a housing application i was having my mother put in for me. then i met with the local nes station and did an interview about the treatment center closing that i utilize so much when i cant deal with sh*t happening in my life. then i went and got gas in the car went to my psychiatrist appointment which by time i got there i was wired and had a very hard time sitting still. from there i went to my relaxation group and group therapy where we had a going away party for someone that i have been friends with for along time who is moving to florida this weekend. after that i had to go get copies of court documents that prove that all mine and my husbands rights had been terminated in order for legal aid to proceed with my divorce filing. well i gave them copies which they took copies of and gave them back to me. I preceded to read them and when i did my mood just dropped instantly and i began to start thinking bout self harm whuich yesturday i just couldnt get it out of my head but i did not act on my urges to cut myself. well its weird because only a few times in my life have i self harmed by punching walls and breaking my bone in my hand well a few weeks ago i went through all thses obsessive thoughts about wanting to break my hand by smashing with a hammer. well a bit ago i found myself beginning to tap my hand with the hammer on top where the bones are closer to the surface but it wasnt enough i wanted to do it harder and i want to break my hand but i dont know why this is how i want to harm myself i just cant get the thinking and wanting to do it out of my head. why dont i just cut instead where i know that will help me become numb and emotionless. why do i feel the need to break my bone i have broken one bone in the other hand once and caused my hand to swell up several times as if it was broken but never has been since then but why now is this the way i am obsessing on hurting myself.i really want to but am trying not to do it

[sixtyfoothigh]

Hi nogoodnhopeless,

I'm sorry your dealing with such strong urges - I can very definitely relate to that Do you think it would help if you kept your hammer - or anything else you would think to use to hurt yourself like that - somewhere you couldn't get to it easily. Like padlocked tool kit kept in the bottom of a cupboard. I also find distracting myself helps... there's a huge list of coping strategies and/or distractions here

It's great that you're posting here and that you got so much done today. Have you seen the posts in this forum on questions to ask yourself before you SI and questions to ask yourself after you SI. A lot of people in this forum use these questions to help order there thoughts which can be really useful.

Take care
S x