How to cope with Self Injury
How to cope with Self-Injury:
As with any sort of emotional issue coping with it has to be delicate. What the hell have you done to yourself would be a bad approach! Someone who has gone to the extreme of hurting themselves very obviously does not have the skills in that moment to seek out help another way. Or simply feels to the end of their rope with no alternatives. So family and friends should take care in approaching someone who is suffering in this way. Seeking out professional advice would be advised.
For the person who suffers and feels self harm is somehow helping or misguiding the attention to your injury instead of what truly is wrong. First, you have many resources to help you with whatever your issue might be. First place might be a Church or Temple. NO, you don’t have to wave a bible to ask for help nor is someone going to stand over you with a bible either. Many spiritual places will simply help you without trying to convert you. Hospital ER, simply walk in and tell the nurse you have an issue. They will help! Lot’s of counseling centers work on sliding scale fees. You pay what you can afford. You may just have to look a bit, help is close!
In our lives we have all done things that perhaps were not our finest hour. If you suffer, remember, your current situation does not define who you are. If you have harmed yourself, cut yourself, you are the only person who knows why. So the answer to what’s wrong with me is simply why you did it. Stress, loss, scared, does not matter what the reason was. The wonderful thing is. It can be fixed. Might take some time sure, but you can be fixed. A little mending of the noodle never hurt anyone.
No matter how monumental a problem may be. It does and will go away with time. But spending your time hurting yourself will only perpetuate the problem. Take time to find you, I can say this with supreme confidence. You are a child of this earth and deserve every opportunity, blessing that we are all worthy of. For some it’s a bit harder to find the blessings. But the great news is you can. Don’t sell yourself short and don’t give in and kick your own butt. You may need some help and that’s ok. ASK! You may be pleasantly surprised. Nothing worth having comes easy. Including your life, and keep in mind that, though difficult sometimes life is good. More importantly so are you. Don’t loose site of that no matter how bad your life may be in this moment.
