This is one of at least three chapters about recovery and tips.
Not all of the reasons or skills will work for you, I'm actually also listing some that don't do it for me, just pick some. Also, it's great to find your own reasons, but I know it often seems like there aren't any.
I know how often I sat there with a blade in my hand wondering if there was any reason for not doing it. How often I felt like the only one were not to disappoint other people - then again, as if anyone could be more dissappointed by me than already. So here are some reasons that hopefully are enough to include some important to you. I know I needed and still sometimes need this and I know many onther people find it helpful too. Just give it a try please.
Reasons to stay clean:
- to feel proud instead if guilty
- so you can shower without burning pain
- to break your record/last streak
- so you can stop lying about having quit
- so you don't have to explain yourself as much
- to prove yourself how strong you are
- maybe because of your religion if you have one
- because the people important to you don't deserve to self harm, neither do you - because you're important to someone too
- to go swimming again
- you have more fun when you don't have to hide fresh wounds
- no fear of going too deep/having to go to ER and being judged (which sadly can happen)
- to keep your promises
- remember: relapsing isn't weakness as long as you try again
- to wear short clothing again
- if you damage your nerves you might have a hard time doing what you love
- self harm feels good for minutes and bad for months, it doesn't solve you problems but just creates more pain
- some pets can pick up human emotion and you don't want yours to feel you're in pain
- to be able to use certain objects for their intended purpose again without getting urges
- you don't need (more) scars
- wounds can get infected
- to show others that recovery is possible
- to gain hope again
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It does get better.
PoetryPeople say it will get better. But to be fair, most of them never were in your place. They say you will get happy again, but how can they know? I've struggled with trauma, mental illnesses and self harm for many years. These are (mostly) poems - abo...
