Anonymous asked: i don't even know why i cut anymore :( I just can't stop, I've tried so many things but nothing works..
Monday Apr 23 @ 12:45pm
Tuesday Apr 17 @ 11:24pmGlitter jars -
I was taught about glitter jars during my time as an inpatient. I learnt the magic of glitter during a self-soothe class as part of an emotional coping skills lesson.
There’s no science, no counting, no acceptance and no forceful methods involved in the alteration of your emotions during use of the glitter jar - just distraction.
Making a glitter jar is simple. You will need:
- 1 jar (with a lid of course!)
- 1/10 vegetable oil
- 9/10 water
- glitter - lots of!
- food colouring
- anything else shiny
Add the water and vegetable oil together. Add a few drops of food colouring, all of the glitter and anything else shiny. Put the lid on (tight!) and shake it.
When you want to cut / binge / scream / cry, shake the glitter jar and watch until the glitter is settled. It’ll calm you and hopefully the emotion will pass.
thank you for this; it’s quite possibly the only method of calming me down that’s worked. when i’m in an episode, spiraling down, tearing my hair out, searching for anything that might inflict harm, hurling every verbal and physical abuse possible; this helps distract the warring voices in my head for a while.
because the voices are all just frightened children, scared of the world outside and themselves.
and we all know that children love glitter.
Omg I love glitter. I’m gonna make myself one of these.
Anonymous asked: I cut myself. A lot. A fucking lot. Once I start, I will not stop until my hand is shaking too hard to continue. I have literally HUNDREDS of individual cuts spanning across my hips. All from one session. I have a grisly, gory belt. When the scabs are all gone and peeled away, I'll carve it out again and again and again. It hurts so much to wear pants. And no one knows about it but me, and now you do too. Yet, I personally don't think it's all that bad. It's just superficial, I'm not a "cutter".
I think that perhaps you need to talk to someone professional, you may think that it is ‘just superficial’ but actually, its a real problem, so many people have lost their lives from self harm, hell i’ve heard of people almost losing their legs from cutting too deep. Self Harm is a serious problem and its not one that you should take so lightly. I know that it is addictive, i’ve been there myself, but I no longer feel the need to do it - and thats why I made this blog. I want to help people who suffer from the same problem. If you would like to talk to me for some proper advice then please feel free to submit a question un-anonymously, and i’ll answer privately. I’d really like to try and help properly.
Monday Apr 9 @ 12:34pm
Anonymous asked: I have been cutting for about 4 years now, i have been getting deeper over time, I really want to stop but I cant is there any good alternatives for cutting?
try squeezing ice in your hand until its completely melted, the coldness starts to hurt and its kinda relieving.
Sunday Mar 18 @ 12:51am
