Trigger Warning Is this an appropriate place to discuss SH behavior/addiction? I wanted to speak to others about it.

[RepeatedIgnorance2c-74]

Hello all, finally relapsed again after 4 months, it always feels wonderful and somewhat owed to the self, I'm wondering how others who had this addiction eventually let it go, as i think it will be the hardest one, because of how centering it can be.

 

[deficiT]

Hey, sorry to hear you had a relapse with that. Compulsive and problematic behaviors can be really hard to get a handle on. I'm not sure I've ever fully let self harm go, although things have gotten a lot better, I think it just manifests in different ways than it did when I was younger. I really had to work on a lot of personal shit through extensive therapy, and working on developing more positive behaviors that weren't so self indulgent. I believe instant gratification is kind of tied in to self harm, and it's a really tricky subject.

But yes, this is the sub forum to talk about that in, I'm just gonna put a prefix on your post to label it.

I caught you on another post, but there you'll find a link to our directory of threads here:

Post in thread 'Ideation & Crisis Support' https://www.bluelight.org/community/threads/ideation-crisis-support.893373/post-16244439