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(TW suicidal thoughts and self harm) I’m addicted to making myself feel worse
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It sounds as though you might be going through an extreamly hard time right now, with a part of you wanting to begin physically and emotionally hurting yourself again so as to drive yourself to a point where you may choose to end your life. i hear how this space of self-harm, perhaps feels familiar and normal and that is so valid. You're doing really well to talk about how you're feeling. At the same time, we take your thoughts of suicide and self-harm seriously and care about your safety.
Can I check @bignosegirly0 , how physically safe do you feel today? What is currently helping you keep safe?
Is anyone else aware that you are planning to begin hurting yourself again and coping with these really difficult thoughts? I wonder if there might be someone else you trust who you'd feel safe opening up to about this today?
I wonder too if you'd feel open to telling us the last time you self-harmed? Are you needing any medical attention right now?
Again, we really appreciate you speaking about this. We hear you and we're listening.
I'll share below some spaces you can reach out to for 1:1 support too:
* Samaritans (24/7) | Call 116 123 | Email jo@samaritans.org
* Papyrus (2pm-midnight) | Call 0800 068 41 41 | Text 07786 209 697 | Email pat@papyrus-uk.org
* There is a free mobile app called Calm Harm. You can get it on the App Store (Apple) or Google Play (Andorid). The app is designed to prevent people from urges to self-harm using these activities: Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself, Release, Random and Breathe. You can find out more about it on https://calmharm.co.uk/
How do those sound?
Sending lots of care @bignosegirly0
Venting through making music sounds like a really powerful way to express and outlet your emotions. You deserve so much to be able to raise your voice about the things you're going through, and I can imagine there's something cathartic about transforming and channeling some of the pain you're going through into sound and art.
You're doing really well to make use of this space here too when you don't have other support sources around you right now. How might you feel about contacting a 1:1 helpline space to process things further? Might that feel useful, or maybe not?
We're listening without judgement.
I know you’ve had a few replies from Sian but I wanted to check in and see how you are doing today
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