Self-Harm Recovery: May 2018 Goals
What are your goals this month to do with self-harm and your recovery? Share with us here!
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@JaydenIsHere I had been clean for 6 months now and I feel really proud about it. My goal for May is to make that 7 months, do some self-care and self-love every once in a while and spread positivity around as much as I can <3
@QuirkyAnne
Being clean for 6 months is so good! I'm really proud of you. Good luck with extending it and making it 7 months, and your self-care! (I saw you applied to be on the taglist, I've added you)
@JaydenIsHere Thank you <3
[Trigger Warning!] I haven't cut since a month now, i always get the feeling that i want to cut but trying to hold on as long as i can, even tho i still want to
@Menna2004
A month is great progress! Baby steps are the best thing. And even if you do cut now, that's okay. It doesn't mean you're back to square one. You still have everything you have learnt, and should be proud either way
@JaydenIsHere
Great, thank you❤
I've been clean now for 34 days... The urge is building back up again and it's too the point idk how to deal with it anymore. My goal is to try one new alternative coping mechanism instead of relapsing.
@ivoryDrum6726
34 days is amazing and I love your goal <3 Here's a website that has a lot of coping methods. Hopefully you'll find one that works for you! https://www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/perch/resources/distraction-techniques-pm-2.pdf
Stay strong!
I think that my goal for this month will be to start tracking my mood more often. I'm already speaking to my therapist about alternitive coping skills rather than self-harming, and she suggested that tracking may help to get an idea of where to go next. I've been looking at a lot of bullet journal ideas recently and I got my first journal yesterday! I can't wait to start decorating it and filling it out. I love colors, and I think this will be a good distractor from self-harm. c:
Hey there @Emmur *hugs* (if you are okay with it)
Oh, wow that sounds like an awesome goal to have and tracking your mood and journaling can really help a lot to just get a lot of things out of your head to a piece of paper as well as to get a clearer picture of the whole situation. Also just being creative can be really helpful as well so I think it is just such an awesome idea to combine the two! :)
I am really proud of you for facing this problem and making such steps and I believe in you! :)
Also, of course, if there is something we may be able to help you with we are here for you anytime as well! :)
Stay awesome and strong! 
My goal is to try and resist doing it. I
Hey there @RecoveringFlower *hugs* (if you are okay with it)
I am sorry to hear that you are having such tough times lately but I am so very proud of you for resisting the urge and being so very strong, you are doing an awesome job! :)
I think trying to until the end of May sure sounds an awesome goal and I do believe in you and we are here to help you if there is anything we may be able to support you with. :)
Stay awesome and strong!
I've only been clean for a week and I dont see the point in trying to stay clean anymore. Theres a lot going on in my life and I just keep getting worse and worse.
Hey there @BabyBatman *hugs* (if you are okay with it)
Wow, one week is awesome, I am really proud of you! :)
I am sorry to hear that you are going through such a hard time tho and you are feeling like that but I want you to know that you are doing an awesome job and you are so very strong and we are here for you so you are not alone here and I am wondering if together we could just try to probably go for an other week or so? :)
Stay awesome and strong!
@redmark thank you for the praise. I
I want to not self harm for the whole month. It
Hey there @asheroo92 *hugs* (if you are okay with it)
That is a really awesome goal to have and I am sure proud of you for making such a strong resolve and I want yout to know that we are here for you to support and help you as best we can! :)
I believe in you and I know you will try your hardest and I think that is really amazing of you! :)
Stay awesome and strong!
@redmark
thank you!
i have not cut in over 4 months now! i am really proud of myself concedering less then 6 months ago i was inpatient at a pych hospital. i never would have imagined that i would get to 1 month clean let alone 4. Thx to everyone who has suported and stayed with me throught this journey of recovery
Hey there @brokenteentryingtohelp *hugs* (if you are okay with it)
Wow, that is such an awesome and inspiring story. I mean being cleam for four months is amazing! :)
Thank you for sharing it with us and I want you to know that we are really proud of you and you are so very strong. I am glad to hear that you have found this place helpful as well and if there is anything we may be able to help you with in the future as well we are here for you anytime! :)
Stay awesome and strong!