Posted by Maxime on December 6, 2007, at 18:59:22
In reply to Re: Anyone self harm? *self harm trigger* » Maxime, posted by llurpsienoodle on December 6, 2007, at 17:54:57
I don't feel so alone now.
What I have done to stop cutting is writing out my feelings instead of cutting. And distracting myself by taking a walk. But in the end, I still cut. I feel so powerless.
What techniques do you use?
Maxime
> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Cutting can be addicting though. It's definitely something that you want to get under control
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> Tell us more about what you've done to stop cutting?
> -Ll
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