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I am doing a lot better.:) Thankfully. I've got out of my rut and have only done one tiny cut since the 13th. Schools going alright, exams are stressful but im trying really hard and yeh..i'm doing ok . How about you? Hows things?
As for me... I'm fairly random. Up and down but never inbetween. I'm sleeping well on my new AD's but my mood is still low most of the time. As for self-harm I sometimes don't have the energy to do anything at all. But if I have the energy to get out of bed and do something then SH is my usual choice.
Well its good to hear you're sleeping better, sad that they're not working so well:( think about going back to Brazil! Things will improve
Take care my dear, be strong
Hugs,
Susie x
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I know I go on and on about my parents, but that's occupying the majority of my head at the moment (that and exams) and they have taken me to docs and psychiatrists and are watching me and treating me like a child because they found out i cut by reading my journal. Now they just won't leave the house and I want to be left on my own, I like being home alone, and are yelling at me and saying it's my fault mum's now going to go on anti depressents and stuff.. And when dad found out I couldnt remember anything from childhood he has changed his story and said mum didnt hit me, and made me feel like an attention seeking brat and i just dont know what to think.. but it's my body and if i dont choose to stop then i shouldnt be forced to, right? i expressed this opinion on ivillage and a mother told me i had a distinct lack of emotional immaturity, or a large amount of arrogance or something, for not accepting I have a problem.. and i DO accept it, just didn't want my parents to know about it, ever, and I havent cut for weeks anyway..
I just needed to get that out.
The moral of that is, you have to focus on the outcome. I know this can't last forever, and that keeps me going. It's so hard to be positive but I know you can do it once you start.
D'oh, I knew that
and you don't need to apologise
Take Care
S x
Just had an appointment with the therapist I've been seeing and she wants to stop seeing me in August. So I have three months left to sort my life out and I'm scared.
Edited to add that Mum decided now would be a good time to talk about everything. Why does it all happen at once? Grumble, grumble...
I had a fixed time with my counsillor that I got through uni which was 6 weeks which was way to short to actually get anywhere... but I kind of thought that in any length of time with him I wouldn't get better as it was not very useful for me- it was general counsilling which is probably better for recent event triggered depression or very specific problems.
3 month is what... 12 sessions. You could still make some progress in that time. Don't feel that you have to have sorted your whole life out in this time... just make the most of it and then go back to your GP at the end if you still aren't better.
Why can't I stop?
edited coz i missed words
I don't really know any good distraction methods to stop cutting. Except for maybe scalding but I don't know which is worse- and at the end of the day it's still self-harm.
I can't think of anything useful to say today.
I have so many reasons to slice my thighs up right now that I don't need any additional inspiration.
I looked. And I wish I hadn't.
How can triggering pictures benefit a "support" site?