The thing about emotions is they love to feed on themselves. Whenever we feel an emotion, we are often tempted to lean into it because we want to validate our experience. This can often happen with media of all types- films, TV shows, social media, books, music, etc. While this isn't necessarily always a bad thing, when it comes to emotions that drive us to want to hurt ourselves, it's important to try and disengage or choose to avoid those types of media. It's actually better if you try and elicit the "opposite" emotion in yourself.

The easiest one I tend to think of (and go to) is when I am feeling sad to watch or listen to something happy. Usually it's something on YouTube that makes me laugh or that I find cute. Luckily there's plenty of stuff there to choose from! So maybe next time you're trying low, watch a video or two on YouTube, or watch an episode of a familiar TV show you like that is funny. Just something to turn your attention away from dangerous thinking.