Posted by llurpsienoodle on December 6, 2007, at 17:54:57
In reply to Anyone self harm? *self harm trigger*, posted by Maxime on December 6, 2007, at 16:57:04
Maxime, I stopped cutting about 6 weeks ago. It has been REALLY hard. Me and T were working on these self-destructive thoughts. He basically told me that I should read Marsha (Marcia?) Linehan's work on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I read about it and it sounded like an awful lot of work. I hate work
Around the same time I decided that it was time to "get real" in therapy. I felt that T was an okay guy and that he had his anger under control (llurpsie very easily triggered by anger). So, I came in one day and said "I'll make a deal with you-- I'll stop acting out if YOU help me deal with some trauma stuff" He looked very surprised and said of course he would.
I am not going to lie. It was INCREDIBLY
hard to stop cutting. It was a habit that I had been reinforcing for sometime. It's hard to stop a habit coldturkey.Cutting can be addicting though. It's definitely something that you want to get under control
Tell us more about what you've done to stop cutting?
-Ll
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