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**This picture could be triggering. You've been warned!***The words in RED say "You can fight this"*
So, as some of you may know, I'm a recovering Self-Harmer. I've been self-harm free for about 1 1/2 months now. However, I still get urges, and sometimes I just need to get them out somehow. So, I drew this with pencil, and watercolour pencils.
Remember that no matter how hard it may get, recovery IS possible.
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i really like this. it's great that you turned all that negative energy into beautiful art :]
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Thanks!
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Having gone through the same thing years ago <3 I like this, it's got a strong message, the trick is always to find something else to do thats creative <3 Good luck to you
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Thanks.
Yeah, I hadn't really been drawing much for a bit, so it turned out to be the perfect distraction to avoid those awful urges. I still get them, unfortunately. But, my boyfriend is my inspiration to work hard on recovery.
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Yea ^_^ It's great you have support <3 I'm sure you'll over come this
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I'm sure I will too, one day. Things are going OK now, but the problem is, I slip up, and it's partially due to impulsive behaviour, usually when something has upset me. But, my boyfriend practically lives with me, so he pretty much has an eye on me to make sure I don't hurt myself. XD
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i kind of want to change the middle words so it reads: "you caused this"
it does not feel like it
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Well, that would deceive the purpose of the picture then, I'd think.
This piece was what I came up with when I had an urge to self-harm, and needed to do something else instead. So, it was my way of fighting the urge, and continuing my battle against self-harming.
It's definitely possible to recover. Do you have anybody to support you?
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no, no one, because the one person i want to support me, is the reason i started again in the first place.
not for what i am thinking of *evil grin*
i have two urges: cut or drink. and it gets harder to fight them
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I know how you feel about what's going on, so if you need someone to talk to, feel free to drop me a message. I'm more than willing to listen.
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It's not about who you "want" to support you. It's about who is willing. If one of your friends, or a family member, or whoever else were to show that they cared, and they wanted to be there for you, wouldn't you take it?
You can't pick and choose who will or won't care. Trust me, my family doesn't care, nor do my "friends". But my boyfriend cares. We started off just friends, and I had been dating a guy who (indirectly) made my self-harm much worse. My (now boy-)friend cared more than the at-the-time boyfriend did, and was sad to found out I self-harm. We ended up dating eventually, but even as a friend, he cared, and was willing to drive me to doctor's appointments and stuff.
I didn't pick for him to be part of my life, it just happened. Keep an open mind, and an open heart, and you'll find that someone too, I'm sure.
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there might be a few friends i have at course, but my family would not understand, especially not my father or twin.
but i doubt i would be able to get better unless this person gets over himself and stops treating me like a door matt that he can use and ignore whenever he feels like. kind of hard to believe that he actually wanted me.
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