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Self Harm If you or someone you know is struggling with self harm and needs advice or alternatives, we're here to help.

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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 02:53 AM

Six days tomorrow...hoping it'll continue getting higher of a number...hoping....
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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 03:52 AM

3 days..i want it to be more though..
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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 01:41 PM

back to day 1
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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 08:19 PM

it's been 3 days!!
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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 08:25 PM

Two days.
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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 08:48 PM

thirty hours.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 8th 2011, 08:52 PM

2 days.
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Re: Self harm free! - April 9th 2011, 04:57 AM

Like ten hours...


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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 03:32 PM

77 days....or....6,652,800 seconds.



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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 04:48 PM

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77 days....or....6,652,800 seconds.
This is amazing.
You're all doing really well!


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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 05:16 PM

4 days

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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 05:23 PM

6 days! so proud!


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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 05:58 PM

over 10 months (:
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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 06:46 PM

Well, it's been like, 13 days for me.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 10th 2011, 10:33 PM

6 days. almost 1 week..
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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 07:00 AM

About two days, sadly.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 10:47 AM

Eight days.

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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 12:05 PM

Right now its 2 months 1 week and 1 day


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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 01:41 PM

Well done everyone, keep it up

It's been about a month for me in reality...I slipped up a tiny bit last month but I'm choosing to ignore that since I wasn't really meaning to do anything so about 3 months overall but again I haven't really been counting, I do better when I don't count
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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 02:25 PM

Havn't really been counting, so like...5 days maybe? Maybe a bit less.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 02:42 PM

Five days.
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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 07:41 PM

3 days! It is something
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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 08:54 PM

You are all doing so wonderful I am so proud
I was nearly 3 years free and had a minor slip about 30 days ago.
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Re: Self harm free! - April 11th 2011, 08:58 PM

about 19 hours.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 12:49 AM

A little over a day.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 01:17 AM

Three days.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 04:02 AM

8 days.. almost to the longest i have gone before..
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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 06:50 AM

One week, and it was the most stressful week I have faced in a while. It's actually pretty amazing for me that I didn't.
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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 07:04 AM

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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 05:48 PM

15 hours .


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Re: Self harm free! - April 12th 2011, 06:13 PM

Four days...so far. Day isn't over yet..:/


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Re: Self harm free! - April 13th 2011, 07:32 PM

Eight hours.


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Re: Self harm free! - April 13th 2011, 07:37 PM

Five days. .


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Re: Self harm free! - April 13th 2011, 08:06 PM

not cut since febuary 25th you do the math
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Re: Self harm free! - April 13th 2011, 11:02 PM

2 days.
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Re: Self harm free! - April 14th 2011, 03:26 AM

It has been 131 days
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Re: Self harm free! - April 14th 2011, 03:28 AM

9 almost 10 days
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Re: Self harm free! - April 14th 2011, 03:31 AM

2 months 1 week and 3 days


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Re: Self harm free! - April 15th 2011, 12:09 AM

day 1 for me.
But really about 14 hours.

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Re: Self harm free! - April 15th 2011, 12:20 AM

Three days.


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