Something I’ve found helpful is seeing how long you can delay doing it. Like you don’t have to tell yourself you’re not gonna do it, just that you’re gonna wait 10 min. Often the urge passes, but even if it doesn’t, at least you have some more control over the situation and it might help over time

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Hi! 40 months clean 29m here. Any pain on you makes your haters, your rivals, your doubters happy. You deserve your own smile moments. You deserve a win. Stay safe, friend, rooting for you.

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I put pictures up around where I SH of me as a toddler. I looked at those pictures and thought “would I let someone do this to that little girl?” Eventually I turned down the SH thoughts. I now have pictures of my kids all over my house to make me stop. Been about 12 years free of SH now 🥰

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I didn’t even intend to give up the habit, but I managed to turn down the intensity of the urge over time by focusing on the downsides this part might sound sorta goofy, but these days when I desperately wanna cut, I’m usually dissuaded by remembering how much I hate dealing with the itchiness of healing wounds

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I just forgot about it tbh

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I think it helps to identify your triggers. so when you feel compelled to do it, you can tell yourself “naw, I don’t really want to do that, I am just getting triggered by xyz”

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