| New Book About Cutting Released May 2007 |
[08 May 2007|05:15pm] |
My name is Vanessa and I have struggled with anorexia for 20 years and self-injury for more than 30 years. In a quest to understand the reasons behind my behavior, I entered an intensive therapy program and the insight I gained was so valuable, I decided to share my story with others. Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light is a story of self-injury and redemption. By understanding some of the root causes behind my self-injury, I was able to go forward on a path to healing and have just celebrated my first year injury free!
I would love to have you visit my blog and respond to some of my entries!
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| Third Time's A Charm |
[15 Mar 2007|03:47pm] |
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I was Soulscars, then I was Love_Out_Me77... now this is my new LJ. Screwed up again and had to delete Love_Out_Me77. Hopefully I won't screw up again and can keep this one for awhile. Sigh. Anyhoo, I deleted it quickly this time, so I'm trying to find everyone that had been on that friend list. If you see this before I get to you, please feel free to friend me again. Thanks!
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[27 Jan 2007|01:05pm] |
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Hey. I am currently depending on SI to deal with some bad memories and experiences. I'm seeing a councillor. But I can't stop right now. Can anybody tell me where I can get information on how to SI safely? So it doesn't get worse.
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| Me Again |
[29 Nov 2006|02:43pm] |
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I screwed up with the Soulscars LJ. I had to delete it, and start this one. I think I friended everyone I had at the Soulscars LJ, but if I missed you, or you just feel like adding me, please feel free. Full explanation is up at the new LJ. Thanks.
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| New Here |
[21 Nov 2006|03:54pm] |
I just wanted to introduce myself. I just started my LJ today. It's basically just to rant and hopefully help others who self injure. Please feel free to friend me. Thanks!
-soulscars
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| new to bus on lj |
[25 Mar 2006|02:26pm] |
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hi, i'm noelle. i've been dealing with SI since i was 13 years old. i'm 18 now. my username on bus is the same as my lj one, closetnoise. when i need support on really bad days i go to bus and the community really helps. hopefully, i can find the same shelter here as i found at bus too.
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| Cutting |
[22 Mar 2006|10:08am] |
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Hi I'm cosette from bus. I haven't been on there in awhile. I guess right now I need to know that people care. I feel like I've been hit by a bus. Right now I want to cut so badly and I can't because I'm at work. I want to cut, to slice, to slash - slash and burn - and I can't. I have to keep reminding myself that I can't cut so that I don't end up doing it. There's a knife in the top drawer of my cabinet here at work that we use for opening packages. It looks so sharp... I just want to use it.
I need to remember that I am an intelligent being that doesn't need to see blood to feel. Please help me to remember!!
Why does the urge always come when you can't act on it??
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| Hi (New Member) |
[18 Jan 2006|09:55pm] |
Hi hi, I just joined. I was actually on the BUS mailing list about a million years ago, as Celebmith. Don't know if anyone remembers me, it was several years ago.
I'm actually doing really well. I'm about nine months si-free with one tiny little slip up in July. I'm also about nine months ed-free. I wanted to join, though, because I still think about it sometimes, both si and ed, and I want someone to talk to when I'm having a bad day, to know I'm not alone.
I was in therp at home in CT but I'm working in Kentucky right now, so I'm miles away from my therp. I'm probably going to California or Iceland or who-knows-where next so having an online support group doesn't seem like a bad idea. I can't believe how well I've been doing, I never thought I could be this healthy. I don't want to lose that and I'm here alone, with only the horses to talk to.
I just started this journal, but if you want to know more about me you can check it out. Also, the happy half of my life can be found under the username celebmith.
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| BUS board problems |
[26 Sep 2005|11:58am] |
Just letting you know that BUS board is having technical problems at the moment - lots of debug mode errors when trying to post.
Please be patient, we are working on it. Thanks Laura (admin)
Cross posted to bus_unites
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| I am a newbie |
[22 Jul 2005|07:40pm] |
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Hi y'all. Here are some general stats, my LJ name is Red, I am 20, from Utah. I am a girl, straight. I work a ton and that is about it. I have been doing SH since I was seven years old. I was Inpatient for ED and SI for five months last year but that recovery lasted about 2 weeks after I got home! Thanks in advance for all your loves!
( details...possibly triggering for SI and EDCollapse )
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| new community! unconditional support and acceptance... |
[13 Jul 2005|04:11am] |
...specializing in bulima. i'm a veteran/recovering bulimic, i'm very open and very human. i've created a new community in the hope that people can find absolutely unconditional support and acceptance, an environment where it's safe to ask the hardest questions and get a more candid answer than you'd ever expect your highschool sex-ed teacher to give you! : ) this community is for people in the disease of ANY STAGE, whether you're in denial, you know you're sick but you're not ready to give up your disorder, you'd just like to talk about the affect it has on you, you're afraid and feeling out of control or that the disease has become mixed up with your identity or sense of stability, or you're in the recovery stage and you're actively fighting. anorexics and EDNOS more than welcome, bulimia just happens to be my own demon and i know it far more intimately than i'd like to...
come check it out. it's brand new but a few great people have stopped by. if you'd like a new stage for your voice, here it is...
thanks for reading. best wishes and take care...
xoxox rude_waif
livejournal.com/community/bulimia_haven
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[18 Jun 2005|09:51pm] |
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hi, i'm new here. i am wondering if anyone has ever been on the medication Zispin (Mirtazaphine)?
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[12 Jun 2005|04:40pm] |
Hello everyone, just thought I would introduce myself. I'm Carroll i'm aminthepm over at BUS. I just found this community today :)
Hope everyone is safe<3333333.
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[11 Jun 2005|08:33pm] |
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After a recent self harm incident a doctor has prescribed me cipralex- any experiences with this drug that any one would like to share?
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[16 May 2005|07:12pm] |
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hey everyone. i'm new to this community. i'm celine, i'm twenty and i come from ireland.
i was re-diagnosed last friday with depression and i have been put on cipramil. i am wondering if anyone else here was ever on this medication? if so, what did you think of it?
take care all xx
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| Oh dear..... |
[01 May 2005|12:44am] |
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I am so close again I can almost feel it. If my dad doesn't come in by 1am I will get extremely worried. It's all my fecking fault. If anything happens, I swear...
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[14 Mar 2005|08:40pm] |
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i guess therapy doesnt actually work if you lie when youre there?
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| covering up scars tips?? PLEASE help |
[12 Mar 2005|11:32pm] |
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I was driving home today - somehow just driving on the interstate can sometimes clear your mind.... unless people are driving really slow and then you just get pissed off - and realized I'm ready to get back on the wagon. I made it a year and 3 months before without cutting and I can do it again. Most importantly I WANT to do it again.... I know the cravings will never go away but I want to be able to live my life again without leaning on cutting a crutch.... I thought I felt freer cutting but I don't - I feel more trapped right now than I did when I didn't cut........if that makes any sense.
Hoooowever - I have cut recently and I wondered if anyone knew of any way to conceal scars? In the past I usually just cut my thighs because its so hard to hide it if you cut on your arms - but this time I did, and I'm going to visit my sister this weekend and she's going to see them and start shrinking me (shes a shrink) and i honestly don't feel like dealing with it and wanted to know if anyone had any tips.... I tried concealer (the palest shade) but my arms right now are too pale for that so its obvious.... im a red head, nuff said. So I was just looking for any tips out there.... ppplllleeeeeassse help.... avoiding shrinkage via sister is VERY IMPORTANT right now.
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[11 Mar 2005|09:22am] |
i finally broke down last night and told my mom what was going on. ive been waiting 4 years to do that. at first she was like "oh honey youre just stressed, get some sleep youll feel better in the morning." but once i explained to her that it never feels better on any morning, she started to see that there was something wrong. she made me promise to go find help today...she called my boyfriend too and hes going to go with me to find a doctor or something. but do i find a counselor or a psychologist or psychiatrist or what? who can help me with this?
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[10 Mar 2005|07:02pm] |
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hey - I'm new - joined bus the other day because I've been thinking about cutting again a lot again (cut the other day after a year of being clean), broke down... and I want to break down again.... Right now it's because of school and a really difficult class that I'm struggling in and feel so beyond stupid it's not funny and I feel like a complete failure in everything I do. And right now I want to cut. I'm so damn tired of feeling this way.... does anyone else obsess about not being a failure?? No one else i know has this problem - one of my friends said she used to cut but I think hers was more a suicide attempt than cutting because she can't relate to me and when I was breaking down the other day I talked to her on IM (I was crying too hard to talk on the phone) and she just randomly left.... I know I would never do that to someone who had just cut and was freaking out so I don't think she really understands what I am going through. Worse is I have to go home this weekend - I'm too damn exhausted to face my parents right now because they don't know. Can someone help?
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