Help with keeping this off my mind?
Question:
I brought home a box-cutter from work today and if I hadn't been at work, I almost know for sure that I'd have cut.
Any suggestions?
Answers:
I'm sorry that you were feeling so bad. It seems like you're trying to fix your symptoms (cutting), not the actual problem (depression). I would suggest trying to treat your depression, which you should do by seeing a psychologist. It would be so much easier to avoid cutting that way. Maybe you could find some other outlets for your feelings, such as writing, exercising, or meditating. Try to do these things everyday, and you should feel a little better in the long run. But please, please see a psychologist. You'll feel so much better! Best of luck!
You must think of something positive. Positive thinking must replace the cutting in order for the behavior to be eliminated. This can take time and work, but many who undergo treatment are able to cease cutting, learn to express their emotions in more meaningful and less destructive ways, and are freed from the guilt that continued cutting engenders.
I have a friend who was cutting herself and cut too far. She almost lost her life. She's one of my bestest friends. Please think of the people who love and care about you. What makes you happy? Put yourself in that "happy" place when you feel the need to cut. Get therapy. I know its hard, but people do care about you and need you here. So take care of yourself.
To keep it off your mind, take the box cutter back or throw it out. I've had the same problem since I was 15 & to this day, I still have thoughts about doing it. Any time they enter my head, I literally tell myself, "No, you're not going to do this".
I was told before about wearing a rubber band around my wrist & if I ever feel the urge to snap the band, but I've never tried it. Iz afraid it would make me want to even more.
If you're holding something to cut with & you're thinking about it, whatever it is, throw it away & leave the room.
It's all mind over matter- You have to tell yourself you're not going to do it.
After that, find whatever you can to keep yourself occupied for a while.
"The present moment is sometimes unacceptable, unpleasant, or awful. But it is as it is. Observe how your mind labels it and how this labeling process, this continuous sitting in judgment of yourself, creates your pain and unhappiness. By watching the mechanics of your mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be. This will give you a taste of the state of inner freedom from external conditions - the state of true inner peace. Then see what happens, and take action if necessary or possible. Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously change your whole life."
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