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Coping with self injury and anxiety
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Discussing unhealthy vs. healthy coping mechanisms & distractions relating to stress, anxiety and self-injury. This is part 1, stay tuned for part 2 where I discuss very specific HEALTHY ways to cope, submitted by my subscribers, in my next video!
Duration : 0:6:14
25 Comments
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Punching a wall is …
Punching a wall is dangerus because a kid at my school punched the wall and he broke his arm
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
try learning an …
try learning an instrument like guitar. it’s quiet and relaxing. i’m a very shy person and i don’t like to bother people. i sit in my room and strum my ukulele softly. it is an escape that i can feel good about rather than self injury.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
There’s a sparkle …
There’s a sparkle on your shoulder. Anyways, your videos really helped me since I have been trying to stop si.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
It would break my …
It would break my heart to see this girl hurt herself. She seems so sweet.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I just started …
I just started feeling again, and it’s pretty cool. It’s still really scary when I’m around my parents, but I like it overall. I find that doing something I’m interested in that’s just for me (that no one else knows about) helps me not kill myself or self injure.
This is good advice xsullengirlx.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I don’t self injure …
I don’t self injure as far as physically. But some things I do put myself through, arn’t great either.
I believe I am bi-polar. So, my moods vary and are sometimes extreme. For me what helps is being alone, when I know I need to. But I surround myself with people that make me feel better about myself sometimes, and encourage me. This helps because, too much of being alone, allows me to just think non-stop, and that puts me in a bad place.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I miss your videos. …
I miss your videos. I hope that you’re doing well!
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I write poetry. …
I write poetry. Since 2005 I’ve written over one hundred pages of poetry.
I also work on web scripts and, more recently, have sometimes gotten myself off the computer when I can and interact with people who won’t judge me. Just being on the computer constantly is isolating no matter how much I talk to online friends or speak up on message boards.
Good video. I’ve always felt that to learn to tone down self-injury you have to learn to be a little uncomfortable.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
i don’t know if …
i don’t know if this is very helpful to anyone, but i know that when i am stressed out of upset, it always helps to talk talk TALK. because i usually have all these thoughts running around in my head, and i don’t know how to organize them. then a lot of times, when i try to talk, i get embarrassed for being needed, or i can’t connect everything i want to say. for this reason, i find that writing what you want to tell someone first helps a LOT. that might be kind of cliche, but it helps me.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
While I am not a …
Sorry if it bothers you.
While I am not a mind reader, maybe it’s due to the fact that they are continuing from an older video, or connecting thoughts/sentences together? Or maybe it’s a crutch word like “um”, “uh” or “like”. Take your pick
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
@xsullengirlx, I’ve …
@xsullengirlx, I’ve noticed that a lot of people on Youtube start their videos or first or second sentence with the word “so”? Why is that?
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I’m not a self …
I’m not a self injurer but i do struggle constantly with anxiety. meds don’t seem to help and i think therapy will help a bit but until then… do you have any suggestions to help cope with this anxiety? thanks so much and I really appreciate the videos you’re making.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
anxiety sucks been …
anxiety sucks been having attacks since 12/22/09 have not gone to the doc but i dont like how my mom calls me crazy did your parents say you crazy and if not what???????
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
okay so i comented …
okay so i comented no to long ago on this vid, but today i went to a funeral nd i found the only way to calm down was to draw nd in ur video thats not the way to go about it now i havnt self harmed for a long while so im lookin forward to the next video =D
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
your so inspiering! …
your so inspiering!!! love your video.. it very helpfull
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
thanks for the …
thanks for the video.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
sullengirl uno i …
sullengirl uno i think its great that u talk bout this in the way that u do, nd help so many people nd just wanted to say that ur doin a good job it helps alot, nd lol im a bit illiterate so if i dnt make sence thats why
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Lady gaga.
Lady gaga.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I have considered …
Thank you for the support & encouragement in that, there is a lack of knowledgeable, understanding people out there, I know!
I have considered some kind of social work - my ultimate goal is starting some kind of organization or center, and maybe speaking (if I can overcome my anxiety) to kids and teens… I am already almost 25, so going to school to be a therapist seems almost daunting because of the cost/years but social work is definitely something I want to pursue
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Sullengirl, have …
Sullengirl, have you ever thought of becoming a counselor/therapist? It seems like you know SO much more than any mental health professional I’ve talked to about self injury. The stuff you say seems to help a lot more because of your experience and less pushy approach.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I can tell you are …
I can tell you are loosing weight. You are looking better each video you make.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
that’s a sexy mouth …
that’s a sexy mouth, right there
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I started smoking …
I started smoking to cope w/ anxiety. I love how I’m taking years off my life, but that’s somehow more acceptable than making some temporary, ugly marks on my skin. (sarcasm, btw.)
Don’t get me wrong, I know self-injury is damaging to both the body and the psyche. But the booze and the cigarettes are somehow societally acceptable. Even though they’ll kill me if I don’t stop.
What I’m saying is: it could be going better ;). But I haven’t SI’d in quite a while.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
wow I have a couple …
wow I have a couple of say’n’s “In a Bi-Polar world its always best to play it straight…..my wife and I are going through the holiday blues. She has taken a lover and confessed to me that she loved this guy. She takes Zoloft and has been off for a few weeks and I just got it refilled today. It scares me sometimes when she gets anxiety driven. It’s actually all over
the South Side of Chicago.
So Much I would like to ask you…….
January 29th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
WOW. I would think …
WOW. I would think they would commit someone for killing someone else.That person must be pretty bad off to kill a 9 year old kid.That seems
like that person has more of a problem then
what she is talking about.