Hi!! Not the best solution but the way I stopped was by developing a chronic nail biting habit instead lol. It’s honestly also bad to bite your nails, but it was much better than self harm so it was a win in my book. reply
Some people already said other shggsstions but what helped me is making paper stars (search on tt for tutorial it's easy) every time I think of it. Makes my hand busy or sometimes I get clay or slime any thing I can stretch to ease my stress. reply
Im not sure how well this could work but maybe try biting yourself really hard? Idk where the urge of sh comes from or what release people get from it but im guessing it’s the act of inflicting pain on yourself. Or maybe try to do something distracting like eating food or watching a show or reading something. Maybe even running a blunt object acr...... reply
Rather than the skin maybe try your hair or like try destroying something like a notebook or journal? this is what i do so i really don't know if it would work for you, sorry... hope you'll be alright reply
A good thing to try is to have a hair tie or rubber band around your wrist and when you want to inflict pain to snap it against your skin, you still have a small pain sensation with none of the actual lasting harm. I really hope this helps. It is also important to find out what is triggering those responses and do your best to either minimize or av...... reply
How do you replace or redirect the compulsion to cut yourself when it's really bad? I'm really struggling right now and the urge to go back to old habits is really strong /gen
We started dating and then broke up. Had a REALLY bad fallout. I haven't talked to her since.
honestly though? i'm kind of glad she's out of my life now 2 reply
ive lost a lot of close friends too and it sucks and i just wanna say that tho it seems tough to imagine, stuff somehow gets better and you find other people, even if those other people are not them, and even if there is a space left in ur heart from that person leaving, it will get filled, there is plenty of love in this world and i hope everyone ...... reply
When you lose a friendship it means the friendship had some growth of some kind. Either you grew or your friend grew. In the first case my friend grew. I was toxic and wanted a relationship and my best friend did not. This was in highschool. Five years later, we're friends again because said best friend reached out to me and we've both grown. I've ...... reply
its genuinely shit bc thats also your support circle yk but i've just realised you need to accept it and move on because of the trauma impact to your other friendships which is bad bc its not their fault but gotta heal and grow and keep trusting and believing in ppl but also don’t let anyone take advantage of you reply
