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- 26w ago
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- 26w ago
From personal experience, find something to divert the pain. Chewing helped me the most, finding a cruncy snack or ice cubes, or, if the situation allows, finding a spot to breathe or going to do something you know will make you happy (eating a safe food, playing your favorite game, watching your favorite show). Its hard to quiet the noise and while SH is a temporary "help", the long term effects make things worse. I love you and it does get better I promise you.
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- 26w ago
Oh I do love a good snack, maybe its time to stock up on gum
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- 26w ago
I’m sorry your going through this ☹️ some things you can do is drawing on your hands with markers or doodling on yourself, try your best to throw out anything sharp or the object you use to sh with, I know it’s hard but you can overcome it, I’m around a year clean and I assure you you will feel sm better without it, the best advice on how I overcame it was just throwing away the blade I had and making sure I wasn’t near anything sharp unsupervised. I wish you luck recovering 🫶
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- 26w ago
Thankyou Its come on ever since my partners parents went hostile to me and my partner, but we live in their house and can’t afford to move out, and im not leaving my partner, i love them far too much. My partners dad is the main offender, he said he doesnt see me as a man (im trans) multiple times, and he came in and had a physical fight recently with my partner to the point i called the police, and they have been super hateful to me and my partner since, and its brought on my Harm OCD massively and when they tried telling me I had stressed the dogs out so much they miscarried and stomped on some of the other puppies i just went back into old habbits, but seeing the worry and fear in my partner over it and how unproductive it is i wanted to try stop as soon as i could. Ive taken to vaping CBD and when i feel the urge i talk to my partner and then i go pick up one of the kittens as that is a good distraction, but OCD is relentless and theres so much stress ykno? Im trying my best. Thankyou for your advise and i wish you the best
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- 26w ago
@Doot 🎺 I’m so sorry that’s actually so horrible, I genuinely hope you can get out of there soon and figure everything out, is there any relatives you have you could possibly live with? Like aunt uncle grandparents older cousin older sibling? It’s good that your trying to stop and I’m so proud of you for it, if you feel the urge do what you’ve been doing and hold the kittens and I also suggest keep staying around your partner if possible when you feel the urge so you can calm yourself down, do you guys like to play games? Maybe play a video game or board game after something triggering happens to calm you down and distract you, and like another person said find something to divert the pain like chewing or even just doing something like snapping your fingers really hard or picking at fabric or just rip a bunch of paper up, I’m sorry dude I really wish you luck in this and I’m really hoping everything goes in your way soon
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- 26w ago
@Brian__ Thankyou Theres nowhere practical we would move without being separated which I really dont want to do, im just avoiding contact with their parents and staying in ‘our bit of the house’ to be fair Im feeling much better today but its like every time my partners dad talks to my partner he says something so off the hook, stupid and enfuriaring, and coz ive been so worn down over the last week it just riles me right up you know?
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- 26w ago
Yes, do TS...
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