Posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 31, 2006, at 10:29:56
In reply to Re: Trigger....stuff..... » Meri-Tuuli, posted by madeline on March 31, 2006, at 9:11:12
Hi!
Thanks for the good link.
To be honest, I don't actually call it anything in my head, because I don't talk about it to anybody!!! I think I mentioned it to my GP and then I called it 'self injury'. I only refer to it as cutting because I think that was what waterfall called it in her first post. I actually prefer 'self injury'. Cutting sounds too harsh for my liking!! Having said that, I think if I were to say anything to myself I would prefer 'I am going to cut myself' rather than 'I am going to harm myself' because harming yourself (to me) sounds much more serious that cutting yourself. I know that when I cut myself I don't do myself any harm, I do myself some good.
But if I were to harm myself, I would think that would be serious.Make sense?? I hope so.....
> I think yours is an important post.
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> It is important for people to realize that cutting is a coping mechanism, a lot of people use it to feel better and it HAS helped a lot of people.
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> But what I would suggest is something very easy.
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> Simply start referring to it as "harming myself" instead of "cutting myself".
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> You cut a cake, or sheetrock, or your toenails. You harm yourself.
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> Here is a wonderful resource that may help you to understand a little bit better what I'm talking about.
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> http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/kharre.html#quest
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