Drinking or cutting???
Hi Strat!
I haven't read all your posts, but this sounds like a bad turn of events. Maybe you should call a crisis line and find what resources are available for more support?
I haven't read all your posts, but this sounds like a bad turn of events. Maybe you should call a crisis line and find what resources are available for more support?
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Hi Strat how are you?
Did you end up abstaining and not engaging in self harm? I hope so.
Maybe you can do something less destructive. Eat a pizza, indulge in something that feels good that doesn't hurt you or at least hurts you less, like a little decadent eating. Maybe write down what you are feeling. Journaling can be a great distraction and very useful tool for insight as well.
I hope you are well and feel better.
Did you end up abstaining and not engaging in self harm? I hope so.
Maybe you can do something less destructive. Eat a pizza, indulge in something that feels good that doesn't hurt you or at least hurts you less, like a little decadent eating. Maybe write down what you are feeling. Journaling can be a great distraction and very useful tool for insight as well.
I hope you are well and feel better.
I can't think of a worse idea to be honest. How about sharing what's going on or seeking some help locally? All the ideas, links, videos and thoughts that you share here are very welcome and thought provoking, but i think perhaps you are neglecting the fact that you really need some help yourself? Harming yourself is a bad sign, I hope you can locate someone locally that can step in and help you.
Guy's the mental health services are ignoring me, thats the thing.
They know I am going through intense bouts of chronic insomnia.
They know now I am dealing with all this stuff and must have do.
They are just ignoring me. I'm suffering here waiting all the time.
What more extreme measure do I have to do to get some help???
Because I have done a lot to draw attention to the fact I am hurt.
They know I am going through intense bouts of chronic insomnia.
They know now I am dealing with all this stuff and must have do.
They are just ignoring me. I'm suffering here waiting all the time.
What more extreme measure do I have to do to get some help???
Because I have done a lot to draw attention to the fact I am hurt.
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,293
Strat, sounds like your in a lot of pain man. People that I've know in the past that cut need outside help to find ways to relieve that pain in healthy ways. I know it's a tough habit to quit. Any chance to get into counseling? John
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Guy's the mental health services are ignoring me, thats the thing.
They know I am going through intense bouts of chronic insomnia.
They know now I am dealing with all this stuff and must have do.
They are just ignoring me. I'm suffering here waiting all the time.
What more extreme measure do I have to do to get some help???
Because I have done a lot to draw attention to the fact I'm hurt.
They know I am going through intense bouts of chronic insomnia.
They know now I am dealing with all this stuff and must have do.
They are just ignoring me. I'm suffering here waiting all the time.
What more extreme measure do I have to do to get some help???
Because I have done a lot to draw attention to the fact I'm hurt.
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 5,229
I find it best if i dont know what to do i'm better off doing nothing till i figure it out. I apply this strategy in lots of aspects in my life. Not sure if i should do this or that? I do nothing till i can decide and I take as long as i need and longer.
If your not sure if either are good ideas then do neither till you figure it out.
If your not sure if either are good ideas then do neither till you figure it out.
Call an ambulance/police or go to the ER. Emergency help is available and i'd consider drinking and cutting along with your other issues to be an emergency..wouldn't you?
Distractions from http://www.recoveryourlife.com/forum...ead.php?t=1403 these are only a few ideas on what to do with yourself
1.Sleep?
2.read?
3.dance?
4.sing?
5.write?
6.talk to pets?
7.dance with pets?
8.play with pets?
9.poke pets?
10.buy a pet?
11.talk to plants?
12. dance with plants?
13.watch other people and make up life stories for them?
14.sing into your hairbrush?
15.experiment with makeup (even the guys)?
16.do a fashion show for yourself or someone else?
17.stay around other ppl?
18.surf the net?
19.look for stupid pics on google?
20.go onto bored.com?
21.make a cd?
22.listen to music?
23.make a video?
24.draw?
25.sit infront of the mirror and pull faces?
26.change hair style/colour?
27.draw over pretty people in magazines?
28.make a collage of photos?
29.make a collage that represents you (all positive pics plz)?
30.make someone a present?
31.oragami?
32.write a letter to someone?
32.reorganise ur cds or videos?
33.make a happy box (put all the things that make you smile into it)?
34.change your room?
35.clean your room?
36.clean the house?
37.go to the gym?
38.read the dictionary?
39.read the bible?
40.study?
41.revision?
42.work?
43.learn another language?
44.talk to a friend?
45.phone someone?
46.prank call somone?
47.do the washing up?
48.run around naked?
49.put all the clothes in your wardrobe on and try to walk?
50.jump up and down and see how long you can go for?
51.count upto a million?
52.try out new/different signatures?
53.try writing with your toes?
54.play games on the computer?
55.play games on PS2, X BOX, PS etc?
56.play cards with someone?
57.learn new card tricks?
58.Play solitare?
59.take a bath?
60.take a shower?
61.recreate a scene from a book?
62.pretend to be someone stupid on eastenders?
63.write your own dictionary?
64.write a book?
65.buy a book?
66.see how much gum you can chew at once?
67.make your own board game?
68.say the alphabet backwards three times in a row without mistakes!?
69.Laugh at the number "69" haha!
70.do a wordsearch?
71.make ur own wordsearch?
72.make a little flip book of stick men?
73.go out with friends?
74.go out with family?
75.make a cake?
76.melt kitkats (ummm but be careful)?
77.play an instrument?
78.learn how to play an instrument?
79.Paper aeroplanes?
80.Redecorate some of ur clothes (ask for permission first!)
81.Hug one of ur teddy bears as tightly as poss. until the urges go away?
82.watch the film you hate the most twice?
83.Watch the complete trilogy of Lord Of The Rings? or read the books?
84.Use a red felt tip pen instead?
85.Go shopping?
86.Prepare for the marathon?
87.Go see a show/opera?
88.Throw a party?
89.If you had to organise a party for 100 celebrities what would it be like?
90.Which 100 celebs would you invite?
91.Count how many leaves there are on a tree? (myfav lol)
92.Play footy?
93.Make up your own songs?
94.Pretend to perform them for ur sweetie?
95.Pray?
96.Read a thesaurus?
97.Try and find the longest word in the dictionary?
98.Paint your toes different colours?
99.Try and keep smiling for 10 minutes? (it's so hard)
100.Play dares with your friends?
101.Pretend it's april fools today!?
102.Write a love letter telling the one you care about most how much they mean to you?
103.Knit?
104.Make your own wacky outfit?
105.Go out with ur mates n dare each other to try on whatever you pick out for em?
106.Try and make pictures or faces out of clouds?
107.Try join up all the stars with your finger?
108.Learn what all the stars mean?
109.Make your own quiz on here?
110.Look at photos?
111.See how much u can hole punch a piece of A4 paper?
112.Try and see how many words u can type in 5 minutes?
113.See if u can make a short story with the emoticons on msn?
114.On RYL post to every thread in one section, then do another?
115.Watch everything on one channel on the tele without fallin asleep or gettin up?
116.How long can u go without blinking?
117.Give your guinea pig/hamster/pet rat or mouse a HAIR CUT? (plz be careful....for ur pets sake!)
118.Scan your bum?
119.Scan your bum then print loads of copies and give them to all ur mates or post em thru ppls doors?
120.Write in your diary/journal?
121.Create one online?
122.See how many channels u can go through on the Tele without ur thumb gettin tired?
123.Miss call everyone u have saved in ur mobile? see how many respond
124.Research 'Okapi' on google.com?
125.how how many words you can write in a minute, about anything!?
126.Peel all the white bits off an orange?
127.How much gum can u chew?
128.Sit on the toilet?
129.See how many times you can spin around without being sick?
130.Teach your pet a new trick?
131.how long can u keep ur hands together?
132.how bout counting how many distractions there are on this page then tellin me how many? lol
133.how long can you keep ur eyes closed and not go to sleep?!
134.PM everyone who has helped u sayin thank u?
135.Have a nice bath, listen to some relaxing music?
136. E mail me...or a friend?
137.Kiss everyone around ya?
138.put ur phone on charge?
139.Buy a phone?!
140.Practise dancing?
141.do some cheerleading?
142.practise cheerleading?
143.buy pompoms?
144.play with pompoms?
145.make ur own pompoms?
146.knit?
147.Plan your dream wedding?
148.Plan your dream holiday?
149.Go to a concert?
150.Take photos of anything n see if they coudl mean anything to u?
151.Joy rid a bus?
152.Fall asleep on a bus and see where u end up?
153.Play bop it? thats well cool!
154.Organise a sleep over?
155.Play spin-the-bottle?
156.Learn to play chess?
157.Play chess?
158.Play all the board games you have in the house?
159.Buy the newest type of monolpoly? I believe it's Lord Of The Rings
160.Listen to every CD you own?
161.See how long you can go without sayin anything?
162.What is the wierdest sandwich you can make? AND eat it!
163.Name all the seven dwarfs?
164.Watch every disney film you have?
165.Make up a friendship test, see how well your mates know you?
166.Dress up as the opposite sex? (then take a pic n post it here lol)
167.Do a puzzle?
168.Make your own puzzle?
169.Clean the hover? well the hover normally cleans everything else n 170.doesn't get cleaned itself!
171.Learn to ski?
172.Read your old letters?
173.Design newflip flops?
174.Organise your wadrobe by colour?
175.Go to your nearest farm?
176.See how far you can walk?
177.How many times can you run up and down the stairs?
178.Do your own word association page on paper?
179.Search for stupid stuff on e bay?
180.Blow up big lemonade bottles?
181.How many insects can u count in your garden?
182.How long can you hold a spider for?
183.See how long you can keep jus one eye open for?
184.Eat cheerys from a jar with a toothpick! Try finish them all!
185.Get a mate, one of u dress up as an angel and the other a devil then go round shops telling ppl to buy n not buy certain clothes!
186.See how many songs u can download in 30 minutes?
187.Record urself on a tape n make copies and give them to friends...tell them to listen while they sleep. u can stay stuff like "I'm ur bestest friend in the whole world i deserve lots n lots of presents!"
188.See how many words you can write in a minute?
189.See how many of those words you could write in a minute?
190.make pancakes?
191.eat pancakes?
192.pretend you're a ghost who would you haunt first?
193.make three wishes?
194.make more wishes?
195.cook all types of egg , try them all and see which one you prefer? i bet you tried them all?
196.Write a list of cool places to go on different peices of paper, screw them up and pick one?
197.Paint your fingernails different colours?
198.Send people messages on the net in white font (with white background)?
199.Change your myspace layout!
200. See if I made any number errors :P
Add your own distractions!
1.Sleep?
2.read?
3.dance?
4.sing?
5.write?
6.talk to pets?
7.dance with pets?
8.play with pets?
9.poke pets?
10.buy a pet?
11.talk to plants?
12. dance with plants?
13.watch other people and make up life stories for them?
14.sing into your hairbrush?
15.experiment with makeup (even the guys)?
16.do a fashion show for yourself or someone else?
17.stay around other ppl?
18.surf the net?
19.look for stupid pics on google?
20.go onto bored.com?
21.make a cd?
22.listen to music?
23.make a video?
24.draw?
25.sit infront of the mirror and pull faces?
26.change hair style/colour?
27.draw over pretty people in magazines?
28.make a collage of photos?
29.make a collage that represents you (all positive pics plz)?
30.make someone a present?
31.oragami?
32.write a letter to someone?
32.reorganise ur cds or videos?
33.make a happy box (put all the things that make you smile into it)?
34.change your room?
35.clean your room?
36.clean the house?
37.go to the gym?
38.read the dictionary?
39.read the bible?
40.study?
41.revision?
42.work?
43.learn another language?
44.talk to a friend?
45.phone someone?
46.prank call somone?
47.do the washing up?
48.run around naked?
49.put all the clothes in your wardrobe on and try to walk?
50.jump up and down and see how long you can go for?
51.count upto a million?
52.try out new/different signatures?
53.try writing with your toes?
54.play games on the computer?
55.play games on PS2, X BOX, PS etc?
56.play cards with someone?
57.learn new card tricks?
58.Play solitare?
59.take a bath?
60.take a shower?
61.recreate a scene from a book?
62.pretend to be someone stupid on eastenders?
63.write your own dictionary?
64.write a book?
65.buy a book?
66.see how much gum you can chew at once?
67.make your own board game?
68.say the alphabet backwards three times in a row without mistakes!?
69.Laugh at the number "69" haha!
70.do a wordsearch?
71.make ur own wordsearch?
72.make a little flip book of stick men?
73.go out with friends?
74.go out with family?
75.make a cake?
76.melt kitkats (ummm but be careful)?
77.play an instrument?
78.learn how to play an instrument?
79.Paper aeroplanes?
80.Redecorate some of ur clothes (ask for permission first!)
81.Hug one of ur teddy bears as tightly as poss. until the urges go away?
82.watch the film you hate the most twice?
83.Watch the complete trilogy of Lord Of The Rings? or read the books?
84.Use a red felt tip pen instead?
85.Go shopping?
86.Prepare for the marathon?
87.Go see a show/opera?
88.Throw a party?
89.If you had to organise a party for 100 celebrities what would it be like?
90.Which 100 celebs would you invite?
91.Count how many leaves there are on a tree? (myfav lol)
92.Play footy?
93.Make up your own songs?
94.Pretend to perform them for ur sweetie?
95.Pray?
96.Read a thesaurus?
97.Try and find the longest word in the dictionary?
98.Paint your toes different colours?
99.Try and keep smiling for 10 minutes? (it's so hard)
100.Play dares with your friends?
101.Pretend it's april fools today!?
102.Write a love letter telling the one you care about most how much they mean to you?
103.Knit?
104.Make your own wacky outfit?
105.Go out with ur mates n dare each other to try on whatever you pick out for em?
106.Try and make pictures or faces out of clouds?
107.Try join up all the stars with your finger?
108.Learn what all the stars mean?
109.Make your own quiz on here?
110.Look at photos?
111.See how much u can hole punch a piece of A4 paper?
112.Try and see how many words u can type in 5 minutes?
113.See if u can make a short story with the emoticons on msn?
114.On RYL post to every thread in one section, then do another?
115.Watch everything on one channel on the tele without fallin asleep or gettin up?
116.How long can u go without blinking?
117.Give your guinea pig/hamster/pet rat or mouse a HAIR CUT? (plz be careful....for ur pets sake!)
118.Scan your bum?
119.Scan your bum then print loads of copies and give them to all ur mates or post em thru ppls doors?
120.Write in your diary/journal?
121.Create one online?
122.See how many channels u can go through on the Tele without ur thumb gettin tired?
123.Miss call everyone u have saved in ur mobile? see how many respond
124.Research 'Okapi' on google.com?
125.how how many words you can write in a minute, about anything!?
126.Peel all the white bits off an orange?
127.How much gum can u chew?
128.Sit on the toilet?
129.See how many times you can spin around without being sick?
130.Teach your pet a new trick?
131.how long can u keep ur hands together?
132.how bout counting how many distractions there are on this page then tellin me how many? lol
133.how long can you keep ur eyes closed and not go to sleep?!
134.PM everyone who has helped u sayin thank u?
135.Have a nice bath, listen to some relaxing music?
136. E mail me...or a friend?
137.Kiss everyone around ya?
138.put ur phone on charge?
139.Buy a phone?!
140.Practise dancing?
141.do some cheerleading?
142.practise cheerleading?
143.buy pompoms?
144.play with pompoms?
145.make ur own pompoms?
146.knit?
147.Plan your dream wedding?
148.Plan your dream holiday?
149.Go to a concert?
150.Take photos of anything n see if they coudl mean anything to u?
151.Joy rid a bus?
152.Fall asleep on a bus and see where u end up?
153.Play bop it? thats well cool!
154.Organise a sleep over?
155.Play spin-the-bottle?
156.Learn to play chess?
157.Play chess?
158.Play all the board games you have in the house?
159.Buy the newest type of monolpoly? I believe it's Lord Of The Rings
160.Listen to every CD you own?
161.See how long you can go without sayin anything?
162.What is the wierdest sandwich you can make? AND eat it!
163.Name all the seven dwarfs?
164.Watch every disney film you have?
165.Make up a friendship test, see how well your mates know you?
166.Dress up as the opposite sex? (then take a pic n post it here lol)
167.Do a puzzle?
168.Make your own puzzle?
169.Clean the hover? well the hover normally cleans everything else n 170.doesn't get cleaned itself!
171.Learn to ski?
172.Read your old letters?
173.Design newflip flops?
174.Organise your wadrobe by colour?
175.Go to your nearest farm?
176.See how far you can walk?
177.How many times can you run up and down the stairs?
178.Do your own word association page on paper?
179.Search for stupid stuff on e bay?
180.Blow up big lemonade bottles?
181.How many insects can u count in your garden?
182.How long can you hold a spider for?
183.See how long you can keep jus one eye open for?
184.Eat cheerys from a jar with a toothpick! Try finish them all!
185.Get a mate, one of u dress up as an angel and the other a devil then go round shops telling ppl to buy n not buy certain clothes!
186.See how many songs u can download in 30 minutes?
187.Record urself on a tape n make copies and give them to friends...tell them to listen while they sleep. u can stay stuff like "I'm ur bestest friend in the whole world i deserve lots n lots of presents!"
188.See how many words you can write in a minute?
189.See how many of those words you could write in a minute?
190.make pancakes?
191.eat pancakes?
192.pretend you're a ghost who would you haunt first?
193.make three wishes?
194.make more wishes?
195.cook all types of egg , try them all and see which one you prefer? i bet you tried them all?
196.Write a list of cool places to go on different peices of paper, screw them up and pick one?
197.Paint your fingernails different colours?
198.Send people messages on the net in white font (with white background)?
199.Change your myspace layout!
200. See if I made any number errors :P
Add your own distractions!
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