Posted by tina on September 13, 2002, at 8:31:32
In reply to Work, posted by Dinah on September 12, 2002, at 20:31:15
I'll probably get my ass verbally kicked here but I'm a self-injurer too Dinah and I say if it helps, go ahead. I'm sure you know you won't do too much damage with cuticle scissors and if it calms you like it does me, I don't see a problem with it once in a while.
I get easily overstimulated too. I work in retail. It's impossible not to. I've been having so much trouble trying to get myself to show up for my shifts. I get incredibly nauseated and migraines about an hour before I have to leave home. I can't sleep, eat or leave my house unless it's for work and that's getting nearly impossible now too.
I take klonopin and have for nearly 14 years. I let it melt on my tongue and it seems to get into my system faster. It doesn't, however, stop me from SI though. I know the SI works for me, why would it be so bad for you to use it to cope now and then? It's usually a short term solution and it seems that's all you need right now. You said the overstimulation doesn't happen all the time so a short term solution seems viable, doesn't it?
Sorry to all those who are against SI but it's the only thing that helps me when I feel the way Dinah does.
poster:tina
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