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“people say things
meant to rip you in half
but you hold the power to not
turn their words into a knife
and cut yourself”
― rupi kaur, Milk and honey

tags: hurt, power-of-words, self-harm, stronger

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“Having a strong urge is like having a child throw a temper tantrum inside you, screaming "Hurt yourself!" But if you repeatedly ignore the urge's request and don't harm yourself, your brain will learn that urges don't work, just as a child learns that throwing a tantrum won't work.”
― Kim L. Gratz, Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments

tags: cutting, self-harm, self-injury

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“We both knew what it was to hurt our bodies. It's a strange reason to bond with someone, but I think we both needed to feel understood, and, even though we couldn't love ourselves, we could love each other.”
― Melissa C. Water, Lady Injury

tags: bulimia, cutting, eating-disorder, lady-injury, melissa-c-water, memoir, self-harm, self-injury

17 likes

“Depression wasn’t an endless grey sky, it was no sky at all. I’ve got to go somewhere. I’ve got to go. It”
― Neil Hilborn, Our Numbered Days

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“Even though alcohol abuse is frowned upon by society, it's generally considered acceptable to drink in moderation in many social situations. In fact, society has a pretty high tolerance for drinking, even when people drink to the point of getting tipsy. This is definitely not the case for self-harm, though. On the contrary, society generally sees self-harm as unacceptable at any level and under any circumstances.”
― Kim L. Gratz, Alexander L. Chapman, Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments

tags: cutting, self-harm, self-injury

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