I am emotionally drained. All the skills have used to distract myself has lost its spark. I just can’t find anything that will cope with it except self-harm.
Boredom, sadness, pain.
I’ve never done it before, but I feel as though I don’t have a choice.
I consider myself to be an Empath. You might be one too. It’s been extremely difficult to live and function in a society where people don’t really have empathy so it’s hard for them to really feel what somebody else is going through. And that’s why so many people are ruthless and cutthroat, you know. Being and Empath is like having a finely tuned ‘Bullshit’ Lie-Detector. It’s really strange to have the ability to really feel what other people are feeling because I don’t know how to handle and cope with it. Now, staying away from strangers is easy enough; I just don’t go outside […]
and when I talk to professionals I have this thing i do where i say what they want to hear. Im like, okay, I will try these coping skills, and it makes them happy, but im lying cause im still really thinking about ending my life and i just dont want to disappoint them or tell them. I mean, what are they going to do after all? Just send me to the er, and they wont fix me either.
I used to think id go to the er if i got really bad but what scares me now is i don’t want to go to the […]
Im seeing them again.. the three black circals that cloud my vision…. I wanna cut so badly.. i was using my coping skills again tonight its 2am here. My most useful coping skill at the moment is drawing. My mom (step mom)Â came over to check on me i asked to have more paper. She said no that i need to stop distracting myself and get to sleep.. i just wanted to scream.
She’s the person who doesnt get it most of all. She’s super religious. She doesnt get that im bisexual. I’m just “in a phase” . […]
I love this place already. You guys are an amazing bunch of misfits.
I want to share some of my coping strategies with you.
When I feel like cutting I
“Cut” myself  by drawing lines with a marker
Play with my pets
Journal
Draw
Write a really nasty letter to whoever pissed me off… Then I rip it to shreds.
Watch Rocky Horror Picture Show
When I’m having a panic attack
I focus on an object and breathe in through my mouth, out  my nose
Squeeze my stress ball (If I don’t I scratch my hands something awful)
If I am calm enough by then I will play with my pets
When I feel depressed
Talk it out
Go for a walk
Watch my […]
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