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1. RE: Desire to cut

   Posted on October 16, 2008 at 02:12 PM (PDT) ( ago )
   

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   wrote the following:

   I still struggle w/ this. I started SI late in life by SI standards. By that I mean that I began to seriously (actual cutting) when I was 24.

   I have read on a website called S.A.F.E. that one thing to do is to make a Happy Box or some such. You put good pictures in there, a journal to write out the anger, markers, a coloring book, a deck of cards...whatever it is that always makes you smile and can keep your hands busy. 

   Do you have a pet? If you do cuddle it. Walk it. Play tug of war or let it swat a string or something. 

   I still cut so I feel a little hypocritical telling you this. But you've come so far. THREE YEARS!!! I hope to someday reach that point. Best wishes to you. 

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