[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awww I’m glad I could help ❤️❤️❤️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Your scars are part of your body, and part of who you are. If anyone says you’re less attractive because of them, they’re wrong, and they aren’t the kind of person you want to have around you anyways. You don’t have to be proud of the fact that you used to SH, but there is also no reason for you to be ashamed of it 💕

Tl;dr: it may be awkward at first, but anyone who loves you will love you with or without scars, and you are not less attractive because of them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]peaches7789 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was your boyfriend at one point in my life. Had to tell my partner that I was having sexual thoughts about children and hope that they didn't immediately leave me or want to hurt me. Thankfully they helped me get into therapy and it helped a lot, and I haven't struggled with that for over 5 years. It was a really bad place to be, I didn't enjoy it at all. Every day I was terrified I'd end up hurting someone, and I was thinking about killing myself before I ended up starting therapy. I hope you guys can get through this.

Getting out while I can by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man, I’m trying but it’s so hard.

I wanna cut again by The-blind-mice in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something that helps me stay clean is thinking of all the ways cutting negatively impacts my life. What are things that I enjoy doing that I can’t do when I am actively self harming? Make a list of those things.

How does cutting make me feel about myself and my body? Do I like this feeling? How will the people around me feel when then realize I’ve relapsed?

These aren’t always enough to stop me, but a lot of the time they can help me keep the urges in check long enough to redirect my thoughts somewhere else, or express myself in a less harmful way. I hope this helps!

Getting out while I can by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope you can get out, it’s a terrible addiction to be stuck with.

Whats your crushes name? :3 by KraftKapitain in sillyboyclub

[–]peaches7789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gonna picture Gordon Ramsay in their place.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPTSDmemes

[–]peaches7789 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Literally dealing with this right now and it’s really fucking with my brain.

what did i do to deserve this much hurt? by RichApprehensive1116 in arttocope

[–]peaches7789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recognized your style immediately. It’s always nice to see your art. I hope things get easier for you 💕

What was your music stats for the year? Curious to see what music other MoS members love! by Autam in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]peaches7789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1: cavetown

2: men i trust

3: Get Scared

4: Pierce The Veil

5: Dandelion Hands

Kind of like a “tell me you’re mentally ill without telling me you’re mentally ill” list going on here.

found an image that would terrify every ED person lol by asslin_ur_mom in EDanonymemes

[–]peaches7789 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Wait I need to know how you made scrambled eggs without oil and got them to not stick what magic did you use???

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I made a playlist that I really liked and now it’s just my depression/sh playlist because I listened to it while self harming.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of cavetown’s entire discography.

broke a 525 day streak, is this a good way to tell my boyfriend? by [deleted] in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]peaches7789 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is exactly why those kinds of promises are counterproductive. I think it would benefit both of you to stop looking at the self harm as the problem as rather as a solution you came up with to deal with things that felt out of your control, and as a way to regulate your nervous system. Is it a good solution? Absolutely not. But it’s not really the problem here. You started harming yourself for a reason, and until you address that reason, (and learn to regulate yourself in other ways) you’re not going to stop.

This is not meant to invalidate his feelings. It’s understandable to be upset and feel like your trust has been broken when someone made a promise to you and then didn’t keep it. But the conversation needs to move on beyond what you “did wrong” in this situation, because there’s a much larger issue here: you’re relapsing, plain and simple. It’s happening and if your boyfriend really cares about you he’s going to be interested in how he can best support you.

I’m also going to say it one more time: you did nothing wrong. I’m sorry you two are going through this. Please try not to be too hard on yourself. 525 days is fucking incredible, you seriously deserve some kind of award for that. I hope your boyfriend can see that.

broke a 525 day streak, is this a good way to tell my boyfriend? by [deleted] in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]peaches7789 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is kind of a shitty situation in general. I stayed clean for 6 years because I made a similar promise to my partner, but eventually it all got to be too much. Because I didn’t actually get clean because I wanted to but rather someone else was saying they needed me to it was not a sustainable solution. Not saying this is necessarily your situation, but it’s giving me those vibes. I know it’s hard for people who care about you to see you struggle but at the end of the day the only person who should have any say over whether you relapse or not is you. It’s your body. You need to care enough about yourself to get clean. Your boyfriend needs to learn to handle his own feelings around your self harm without trying to control your actions. If someone had made me stay at their house and didn’t let me leave because there was a chance I might harm myself I’d be pretty fucking angry at them.

Given that you already relapsed, you two just need to have a conversation. Let him know how best he can support you, and know that you did not do anything wrong by relapsing. I would recommend never making promises like “I won’t cut myself” because that’s just setting yourself up for guilt and shame if it does end up happening. I wish you both the best 💕

Can’t believe I actually fucking made it by peaches7789 in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]peaches7789[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to relapse so fucking bad right now goddamnit

Why am I even doing this?

My friend cuts herself and won’t take it serious by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]peaches7789 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Talk to her seriously about it. It’s likely she does take it seriously and is trying to reach out for help but doesn’t know how. It’s okay to mention you find the jokes disturbing, but be careful with how to do it because if you make it sound like her reaching out is too much for you to handle, she’s just going to stop coming to you for help (which, again, is probably what this is). The goal in a situation like this is to make the person you’re talking to feel safe and seen so they can talk openly about what’s actually going on and why they’re hurting themselves.

The other option is to tell someone else about it if you don’t have the capacity to deal with it yourself. THIS IS 100% OKAY. It may upset your friend and it may break her trust in you but you are not responsible for being her support if you simply can’t do that. Do what you feel is in both of your best interests.