Some people recommend opting for an alternative to pain by creating a more subtle pain that isn’t harmful. Acting in recovery from self-harm means moving toward behaviors that don’t involve hurting yourself, in order to rewire the brain and create new habits. Use a shock-behavior to snap out of the feelings: Small behaviors like
LEAD Recovery Center offers transitional care and treatment for self-harming behaviors. This article could be triggering for you. If you are in need of immediate support for self-harm, please reach out to the Crisis text Line by texting “START” to 741-741. What makes one day without self-harm different? A similar question could be asked
Trigger Warning: This article contains information on self-harm and suicide. If you are self-harming and are feeling suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. New research from Columbia University looked at the correlation between self-harm episodes and risk of suicide. The study found that an episode of self-harm creates a high
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