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Reading my new book
Browsing TH
Loom knitting
Talking to my boyfriend

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Hanging around people I love
Reading forums on TH
Listening to music
Reading lots of fan fiction

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I write stuff on my arms and legs when I feel like cutting. I write out what I feel and why I want to SH.

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I was writing

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Therapy and my support group falls on the same day so I have both today which means I will be out in the morning, back home for doing chores and errands and then back out at 4:45pm and back home again around 9pm. I invited a friend to the support group so if he comes I will spend time with him after the group because I hadn't seen him in 3 years!

I also spoke to a chatline yesterday and the chat counselor suggested I show my therapist what I discussed with them so as to help me verbalize what I'm going through. Which will hopefully help with SH urges when I feel understood and listened to. And communicating is part of that

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Browsing TH and I am probably going to read soon.

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Resting and trying to organize myself with to do lists

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Cuddling with my pets
Smelling the vanilla lotion I have.

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Snuggling with my fur baby cat.

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I've been looking into getting a few craft supplies on amazon since I've gotten an amazon gift card back in the summer from doing a research study and I never spent it. I've also started watching a tv show called "Black-ish" and it's funny :P I started watching it since I found out Tracee Ellis Ross won an award having to do with acting and that news flooded my facebook page.

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Going to sleep early so I don't do more self harm

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Watched a film

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Looking up an eye doctor, a general practitioner and setting up a ride for my therapist appt.

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doing errands such as made phonecalls, will take the garbage out soon, and maybe go to the post office to pay the rent.

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Listening to music.

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Listening to songs about death and coming here

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Building a positive future. Based on an interview I had with a center today it looks like I'll be able to go to residential treatment very soon (hopefully by the end of this week). When I have strong urges I tell myself that it's only a few more days until I can get the help I need, and I reason that I don't want to SH and end up in an inpatient psychiatric ward because A) that would delay getting the treatment I really need, which is residential and B) I want to spend my last days at home with my family, not in a psychiatric ward. I'd hate to go directly from inpatient to residential, assuming residential would even accept me because they might consider me too high a safety risk.

I'm going through a lot but this has kept me going.

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I stayed up talking to my friend about silly things :hehe:

I have decided today is most likely a lazy-ish day with a few chores in the mix.

Basically I have to make sure everything is set for the volunteer program I am doing. I have to finish up the orientation material and do the two homeowork assignments. Then set up a skype call with project manager.

Then tonight I will be trying out a support group that I've never been to before. My therapist suggested it.
And I've been trying to understand more about EMDR because I am scared about trying that so trying to educate myself more on the topic. In the past I've looked it up so as to understand what my friends were going through but it's a little different when you're the one who will have to go through that. So many anxieties and trying to soothe myself so I do not resort to SH.

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I am volunteering with a program that involves tutoring someone via skype. I am hanging in there till it starts in about 20 minutes