Ashleigh56
- Date posted
- 2y
Advice
I can’t take this anymore I can’t 😪 the only thing that makes me feel better is cutting myself
PaigeKPaigeK
- Date posted
- 2y
I’ve struggled with self harm as well, it’s really difficult to stop. One way I controlled it is by playing a difficult game or something that takes a lot of mental energy, like organizing, when I felt the compulsion to self harm. That way, I get so focused on the task I’m doing I totally forget about the urge to hurt myself. I hope that helps!
Ashleigh56Ashleigh56
- Date posted
- 2y
@PaigeK I’ll try that I hope your better now
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- NOCD Alumni
- Date posted
- 2y
Do you think that the cutting is a compulsion? For an ERP, can you resist the compulsion to do the cutting? The therapist that I worked with explained to me that OCD will lie to us. Is it possible that OCD is telling you to do this compulsion and it is not the truth? There may be other ways to help that you have not found yet. I hope you are able to find something useful in this post
Anonymous80000Anonymous80000
- Date posted
- 1y
I do the same when i’m having a really bad compulsion
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