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Managing Urges Part 3 Releasing Anger
Continuing with my series on methods for overcoming urges to self-harm here are some ways for releasing anger by Paige S.: Feeling: Angry, Upset, Frustrated, Aggressive Method: Pillow Punching...
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Managing Urges Part 4 Channeling Emotion
Today’s methods for curbing urges to self-injure by group* member Paige S. have to do with taking your potentially destructive emotions and channeling them into positive endeavors: Feeling: Depressed,...
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Managing Urges Part 5 Change the Moment
Another way to manage urges to self-injure as suggested by group* member Paige S. is to change the moment. This is akin to channelling emotion only the difference is that you are not creating an outlet...
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How Can I Be Grateful When Nothing is Going Right?
In my last post I discussed the importance of being grateful. Have you ever noticed how pleasant it is to be around people who are grateful for you or what you have done for them? That’s how you will...
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Avoid Toxic People
Now that you are practicing gratefulness in your life and have made a list of 200 things in your life that you are thankful for you have found that not everyone shares your new attitude that there is...
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How To Practice Being Mindful
I run a group therapy for individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. We always start the group off with a mindfulness exercise that I will elaborate on later on in this post. Many of...
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Five Little Senses
In my last few blogs I have been discussing the importance of focusing what is going on with your five senses in order to aid you being present and thus mindful which goes a long way in helping you to...
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Do You Feel Like a Failure?
Every once in a while someone in my group, A Safe Place for Cutters,* will complain that after so many years they cut again. As one cutter said after such an episode, “it’s gonna be hard to keep it on...
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Bill of Rights for People Who Self-Harm
Sometimes health professionals can stand to be more sensitive to people with self-harm behavior. I came across the following that I thought I would share. Bill of Rights for People Who Self-Harm...
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Trying to be Perfect Makes for Imperfect
A high school girl in my Facebook group, The Safe Place for Cutters, wrote: “i haven’t cut in a really long time…for me, i was feeling so lost in life and the pain from cutting helped center me. i’ve...
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