Posted by Iwillsurvive on March 30, 2007, at 11:24:19
In reply to unglued ****self harm TRIGGER****, posted by gazo on March 30, 2007, at 7:58:34
Good point that OWC had, that lots of us put up this facade of seeming normalcy, while inside we screaming. And we are terribly good at it many of us. Way too good. We can even fool our T's.
So thats where its important to be honest as possible with them, cuz otherwise they just can't truly know what going on, and then how they supposed to help us? But its not easy to tell....
I LOVED Bils ideas for getting away from the urges!!!!Those are new to me. I will try them.
I also cut, I also don't really fit the criteria very well for BPD, but because I presented at emerg w/SI, I got the label.
My T and I went thru a number of discussions(I don't talk much, mostly written, but occ, I will speak some) bout my SI. We finally came to the result, that she REALLY hated that I SI, but she also came to realize that is was a valid and long time coping mechanizm I had, and that it worked for me, and I couldn't NOT do it and be safe w/out having other working coping things in place. For me, if I didn't SI, then I would do other far more potentially life threatening things, so the SI was far better than the alternative.
But now I have better ways to cope and rarely SI :) However I have MANY scars. And when you get older, the scars are darker and take longer to fade slightly :(
So SI is not the end of the world, but I most definately think its a topic of discussion w/your healthcare providers...
Take care, sorry its so hard for you right now.
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