February 2011
94 posts
si disorder →
Answer me this???
1.Why do I feel I need to hurt myself?
What has brought me to this point?
2.Have I been here before? What did I do to deal with it?
How did I feel then?
3.What I have done to ease this discomfort so far?
What else can I do that won’t hurt me?
4.How do I feel right now?
5.How will I feel when I am hurting myself?
6.How will I feel after hurting myself?
How will I feel...
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What is a Dissociative Disorder?
What Is a Dissociative Disorder?Copyright 2010 Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute Introduction Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (known in the past as Multiple Personality Disorder-MPD) and other Dissociative Disorders are now understood to be fairly common effects of severe trauma in early childhood. The most common cause is extreme, repeated physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. There is...
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Grounding and other diversion stratagies
What do I do when I get that urge to self-harm, right now?
There are several substitute strategies one can use to get through a crisis without resorting to self-injury. These techniques vary greatly. It is important to identify the emotions behind the urge to self-injure in any specific event in order to best associate the appropriate substitute technique, although some techniques will work no...
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Understanding SI
Understanding SI
Rednut
NOTE: The content of this section is explicit and graphic in nature. If you are a self-injurer make sure to prepare yourself, this article may distress you or trigger you. Have a list of substitute strategies available and soothe yourself. I am not a medical doctor, I am a self-injurer and this is what I’ve learned from my research and experience.
Self-injury is the...
Little House BY The Fray
Little House
She doesn’t look, she doesn’t see Opens up for nobody Figures out, she figures out Narrow line, she can’t decide Everything short of suicide Never hurts, nearly works
Something is scratching Its way out Something you want To forget about
A part of you that’ll never show You’re the only one that’ll ever know Take it back when it all began Take...
Breathe by wires BY Juliana Theory
Breathing By Wires
Addicted to razors Lashes to saviors Glued to the monitor Trained behavior
Reduced to a number Mechanic enslavement A virtual prison Selected detainment
A gradual nightmare Suicidal impulse A cycle of habit Undeniable loss
Breathing by wire A network of heroes Processing data as ones and zeros
Carry me through the wires Bury me in the screen Shift me into this fixation...
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“Depression, Suicide, & Self-Injury Quotes
These quotes are good. But I...”
– http://members.tripod.com/mi_ruka0/id18.html
Trauma info pages →
Signs of child abuse
Signs of Physical, Sexual, Emotional Abuse and Neglect in Children
Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer Child abuse is the general term for four types of child mistreatment: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Find out the signs of these types of child abuse.
The following are some signs often associated with particular types of child abuse and neglect: physical...
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Wiki's version
This article focuses on repetitive self-harm, not on severe self-harm inflicted during psychosis. For forms of self-harm related to body image, sexuality and wartime, see Body modification, Algolagnia and Self-inflicted wound respectively.
Self-harmClassification and external resources Self inflicted cuts on the forearmICD-10X84.DiseasesDB30605 29126MeSHD016728
Self-harm (SH) or deliberate...
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Cutting and self harm (never know what you're...
Cutting and Self-Harm
SELF-INJURY HELP, SUPPORT, AND TREATMENT
Whether you’re dealing with a past trauma or facing overwhelming issues in everyday life, you may have turned to cutting yourself or other self-harm as a way to cope with your problems. Whatever the reason, there is help—and hope—available. Cutting and other self-injury may make you feel briefly like you’re better able to handle...
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Trauma
1. What is trauma? The psychiatric definition of “trauma” is “an event outside normal human experience.” Trauma generally leaves you feeling powerless, helpless, paralyzed. It tends to be sudden and overwhelming; it “owns” you. You cannot think clearly during and after a severe trauma; at the same time, you are forced to focus your consciousness in an attempt to...
“Why do you SI? How does it make you feel?
Quote added in last update (19...”
– http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/quot.html
Secret Shame →
self help
How do I know if I’m ready to stop?
Deciding to stop self-injury is a very personal decision. You may have to consider it for a long time before you decide that you’re ready to commit to a life without scars and bruises. Don’t be discouraged if you conclude the time isn’t right for you to stop yet; you can still exert more control over your self-injury by choosing when and...
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Living with self-injury
Living with self-injury
“to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting” — ee cummings
As much as we’d like it to be, self-injury isn’t something that can be tucked away in a little corner of your life where it doesn’t...
New poems
Change it If you don’t like your place or can’t stand your face if you don’t like your weight or your mental state change it don’t just sit back and complain and don’t just let it rain only on top of you do what you have to don’t ignore your desires don’t wait till time expires if you want to change who you are change yourself into a rising star go for it...
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The Therapeutic Aspects of Psychodrama with...
The Therapeutic Aspects of Psychodrama with Traumatised People
By Peter Felix Kellermann
“Even if the trees seem to be growing exactly as they did before, and the rivers seem to follow the same course, and the lives of men appear to be exactly as they were, still nothing is the same.”
Boyle, K. (1961)
After a traumatic event, life is no longer the same as it was before. People who have...
DID general description
DID/MPD DEFINED IN MY OWN WORDS (non-professional definition)
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Disorders by definition bear witness to sudden alterations in identity, consciousness or behavior. Alterations of consciousness include amnesia. This is experienced by the dissociative person in that they cannot remember traumatic past events in their lives.
What was formerly called Multiple...
Delete (poem)
my walls are closing in on me seeing what you can’t see my chest compressed my feelings expressed i’m lost inside my head hearing everything they’ve said take my breath away the room starts to sway my head is gonna explode my soul’s gonna corrode i try to respire but life conspires against every ounce of my existence i need some assistance why don’t you understand...
Being a child shouldn't hurt (another poem)
Sitting on the porch Under the midnight torch I reminisce back to the fateful attack the first time that i recall was an encounter in the hall he kissed me lightly pulled my shirt up slightly his hands went down my face went to a frown I was only two I had no clue it slowly progressed he became obsessed he took me to the attic became of fanatic everyday he held me at bay told me i was his honey...
Dear Agony BY Breaking benjamin
I have nothing left to give I have found the perfect end You were made to make it hurt Disappear into the dirt Carry me to heaven’s arms Light the way and let me go Take the time to take my breath I will end where I began And I will find the enemy within Because I can feel it crawl beneath my skin Dear Agony Just let go of me Suffer slowly Is this the way it’s got to be? Dear Agony Dear Agony Just...
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Common "games" between BPs and Non-BPs
Common “games” between BPs and Non-BPs
Feelings Create Facts
In general, emotionally healthy people base their feelings on facts. If your dad came home drunk every night (fact) you might feel worried or concerned (feeling). If your boss complimented you on a big project (fact) you would feel proud and happy (feeling). People with BPD, however, may do the opposite. When their...
Myths and realities of BPD
Myths and Realities about BPD
Myth 1: People with BPD never get better.
Reality: Many people with BPD report success with proper treatment.
It is true that ingrained personality traits are not easy for people to change. But BPD behavior that has been learned can be unlearned. And many symptoms of BPD that are biological or chemical in nature can be treated effectively with medication. Why is...
Assumptions held by bpd sufferers
Assumptions held by BPD sufferers
When you’re interacting with someone with BPD, it’s crucial to understand that their unconscious assumptions may be very different from yours.
Their assumptions may include:
I must be loved by all the important people in my life at all times or else I am worthless. I must be completely competent in all ways to be a worthwhile person.
Some...
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Additional Traits Common to People with BPD
Additional Traits Common to People with BPD
People with BPD may have other attributes that are not part of the DSM definition but that researchers believe are common to the disorder. Many of these may be related to sexual or physical abuse if the BP has experienced abuse earlier in life. Pervasive Shame: The all-pervasive sense that I am flawed and defective as a human being. It is no longer...
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My cutting story
My friend from the SI group is writing a book about self-injury, it’s her second book and it will include submissions from self-injurers about their story and she asked me to help out and write my story for the book. i thought it would be interesting to put in here for you to read and to look at the feelings that go along with going back and retelling this story. she provided some questions...
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Nothing to lose (poem)
In the midst of it all In the pandemonium I fall I stumble and I crawl I’m beaten and I’m raw Crawling around Eyes wide shut Groping the ground Wrists bloody and cut My head’s spinning round and round Feels like I’ve been drowned Dead on the inside All my tears left, cried I don’t know myself anymore I’m broken down to my core Nothing left to give No reason to live There’s nowhere to go but up...
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How to tell someone you self harm
How to tell someone you self harm Self-harm is a difficult issue for many individuals male and female, young and old, rich and poor. Despite its long history and increasing popularity as a method of coping it still remains largely misunderstood by the individuals that harm themselves and those who try and understand the behaviour. Self-harm is an often secretive behaviour with individuals hurting...
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Accupuncture and Self-injury →
Self harm via BPDworld
A common and distressing symptom of BPD is self-harm. People with BPD often act very impulsively – be it through alcohol or drug abuse, gambling and over-spending, or promiscuous behaviour and self-harm is one of the most excruciating expressions of this need for instant gratification. To those untroubled by mental complexities such as BPD, the idea of self-harm might seem excruciating, bizarre...
Move Along Lyrics
Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking When you fall everyone stands Another day and you’ve had your fill of sinking With the life held in your Hands are shaking cold These hands are meant to hold Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong Move along, move along like I know you do And even when your hope is gone Move along, move along just to make it through Move along ...
Massive quotage
You can only figure out the past by two things, memories, and facts. But what happens when the facts don’t match the memories. Facts are always going to be facts, and memories are facts in your mind’s eye, so which one do you believe?
if life hands you lemons, make lemonade!” “you get what you put in and people get what they deserve” -Kid Rock “they...
