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Share your tips for staying SH free
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24-05-2009, 01:17 PM
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amethyst
Copied from a thread I posted a while back -
http://www.recoveryourlife.com/forum...ad.php?t=74987
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Reason : Quite a long list.
-Keeping busy. (82.4%)
-Being around friends. (80.0%)
-Talking to someone about how you feel. (74.3%)
-Writing about how you feel. (74.3%)
-Talking to friends (71.4%)
-Interacting with someone who is nice to you. (68.6%)
-Thinking of someone who cares about you. (65.7%)
-Finding someone who is understanding. (65.7%)
-Doing sports or exercise recreationally. (65.7%)
-Listening to music. (62.9%)
-Anticipating others' reactions to self-harm. (60.0%)
-Being around people. (57.1%)
-Doing mindless activities. {Eg. Sudoku, you can find Sudoku on the distractions page} (48.6%)
-Reading. (42.9%)
-Writing poetry. (42.9%)
-Finding a less chaotic environment. (40.0%)
-Taking a hot bath or shower. (40.0%)
-Thinking about how much it will hurt. (39.4%)
-Thinking about others with similar problems. (37.1%)
-Receiving outpatient counselling. (37.1%)
-Removing the means/instrument typically used to self-harm from home. (35.5%)
-Talking to your doctor/professional. (34.3%)
-Religion/spirituality. (34.3%)
-Closing eyes and thinking calming thoughts. (34.3%)
-Setting limits on frequency on self-harm. (34.3%)
-Doing household chores. (34.3%)
-Relaxing. (28.6%)
-Chatting on internet. (20.0%)
-Organized sports. (18.2%)
-Working with paint, clay, play-doh. (17.1%)
-Playing a musical instrument. (14.3%)
-Learning something new. (8.6%)
-Drawing on arms with red pen/marker (8.6%)
-Massaging the area you want to harm. (5.7%)
-Cooking. (5.7%)
-Mutilating fruit or vegetable or other food. (2.9%)
-Group therapy. (2.9%)
-Pastoral/religious counselling (2.9%)
amethyst