i would like a hug…. JUST KIDDING! i would like TWO hugs. (suddenly becomes cold and standoffish) i don’t need anything or anyone and i don’t want to talk about it.
i've been so jumpy lately. so creeped out and paranoid about mirrors and loved ones being vassals for something horrible........... like stupid delusional stuff...... i know my cat isn't possessed... i know nothing is watching me from my reflection.... and yet !!
i think i did genuinely traumatise myself a bit. like there are so many smells that just immediately throw me back to that time and it's upsetting. obvs nothing crazy i don't have ptsd or anything but still. wild that something as small as all that could have this lasting effect.
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This information is also on my website here!
Safer self-harming & first-aid:
Cutting the Risk (free book an sh harm reduction, first aid + anatomy info) (my favourite)
More Accurate Diagram of Safer Spots For Self Injury, made by an EMT with a phlebotomist, a paramedic, and nurse. No image description.
My website (wip), first aid for cuts, info on infections + first aid for (mild) infections, info on blood vessels, DIY first aid supplies
how to make butter fly bandages (image described)
Harm Minimisation, a brief guide to harm reduction for self-harm
Avoiding self-harm:
Calm Harm, an app that helps you “ride the wave” of self-harm urges. Free in the UK and US, charges may apply else where.
The Hurt Yourself Less Workbook (edited to remove some fatphobic language + images of self-harm, original here)
Finding useful distractions/displacements, distractions and displacements, delaying self harm (more distractions/alternatives, even more distraction/alternatives)
Helplines & other supports
Self-injury Support's (uk) webchat, phone, text, and email support services. webchat, phone, and text support have limited hours, see website. emails replied to with a week. (does not track ip/location, if identifiable info (i.e. name, location) about you or another person who is "is at risk of significant harm or death" or is hurting someone else is given it will be passed on (i.e. to emergency services))
alternatives to harmful crisis lines (USA focused, some resources available in Canada)
Misc:
@self-harm-harm-reduction, my blog. feel free to send an ask if you have harm reduction questions
Self-injury support (uk charity, lots of online resources)
What is a self-harm harm reduction plan
Self-harm report card, "this report card can be used if seeking treatment for an injury – for example given to health professionals"
Self-injury Support's resource library (resources not made by SiS found here, for resources by SiS check the "self-help info & resources" section of the menu)
i feel like something bad must have happened to me but i know nothing has. like it's just the usual small little bits and bobs but i worry (maybe hope?) that there is something big and terrible which i don't remember
genuinely they deserve so much better they're such a good and kind person and they are full of so much joy and intelligence and creativity and i'm just this fuck-ugly parasite i cannot believe they think i'm worth anything at all it's ridiculous. theyre usually such a good judge of character too i don't understand how theyre missing it. when we break up their friends are going to finally be able to tell them what they really thought of me
i am scared by the surges of anger going through my chest. i do not think this is usual for me. i know i can be irritable but this is such a physical sensation and it feels like a lot
i knew that i should not have told them i knew it would make things bad. how fucking selfish of me how stupid. how incosiderate. i was fine i didn't need to tell them and now we're both upset because i'm a fucking idiot who cares more about doing just exactly what i want than anyone else's comfort.
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