It's been a while since I last posted on here and I'm sorry about that. To be honest, that has been because I have struggled a lot over the last few weeks and experienced a bit of a setback. Whilst part of me has really wanted to blog about this more difficult period, I have avoided doing so out of guilt over the fact that I am keeping a blog about ways to recover from self-harm yet I have been unable to overcome my own urges to self-harm.
I have decided that I needn't feel that way and I should be sharing my entire journey. The setbacks and the steps forward.
I am sure that individuals who self-harm/have self-harmed will relate when I say that you can feel like a failure when you self-harm after a long period of not doing it. I have felt that way myself in the past and it normal to feel that way, but I do think we should not be so hard on ourselves.
This post is not license to hurt yourself and then convince yourself that it's OK because it's just a minor setback. What I am trying to say is that the road to recovery from self-harm is a long one. Probably a slow one with lots of ups and downs too, but we can all get there and find a way to channel these urges into other things.
When you experience a setback, do not think that you have failed, you haven't. My advice would be to use it as motivation to keep fighting. That is what I am going to do.
This post is not license to hurt yourself and then convince yourself that it's OK because it's just a minor setback. What I am trying to say is that the road to recovery from self-harm is a long one. Probably a slow one with lots of ups and downs too, but we can all get there and find a way to channel these urges into other things.
When you experience a setback, do not think that you have failed, you haven't. My advice would be to use it as motivation to keep fighting. That is what I am going to do.
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