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it's started!
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ive managed to cope with a month of very strong urges, but last night i couldn't fight them any longer! Now it's started, i feel the need to keep doing it! i'm losing control of it now! In my head, im trying to work out the pro's and con's of doing it again, but i don't know if im in the best frame of mind to do this because ive got more pro's for self-harming than con's right now! Anyone out there who i can just chat with as a distraction, please? :eek:
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How are you doing now?
:yes: don't worry silentwhisper, you haven't offended anyone. We've actually got some new self-harm guidance that we'll be posting very soon which will help people to navigate these issues more easily (hopefully!).
Essentially, the whole of TheSite isn't about self-harm, just particular parts of it, and so people need to be able to opt in and out of the conversations they feel most comfortable with - and to do this they need to be able to recognise where these conversations will be (health and wellbeing forum) and be able to tell from the title.
Does that make sense?
If you do just want to chat for distraction in anything goes, entertainment, creative etc - then that's perfectly fine, you'd just need to avoid linking it back to self-harm.
Do you have a creative outlet at all? Drawing, writing, making things?
Or do you have a particular creative medium that interests you? Films, music, books?
We're really keen to get to know you better.