poohbear
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I read all this stuff, and am just wondering, how old are you, cheyenne? you sound exceptionally well read and educated...poohbear
I?m fifteen years. Not very old
is everything okay?? I hope that whatever it was that it has worked itself out...some things happened with the police
but you have made it through a week before, you're here now, and you said yourself that you tend to wait to si until your ealier cuts etc. have healed... that takes more than a week. so you should give yourself some credit even if it doesn't feel like much. also, you don't have a week of nothing, you said you're busy until Wed. and you still have your dog to take for walks. what do you mean by doing something important? what qualifies as important to you? school? maybe think about that and make a list of things that you consider important and try to do them or something related to them... I find that as simple as it sounds sometimes we have to be really mechanical/ organized about things, maybe if you write out a bunch of things you could potentially do and keep that list w/ you, when you reach a really bad day or moment you can take the list out and remind yourself that you do have things to do- or most importantly that you DO have options. One thing that tends to help me is to stay busy- which can be a good or a bad thing, but I figure it's better than sitting around doing nothing, which then gives you time to worry about things/engage in self-destructive behaviour etc. You can stay busy doing things you like though. I tend to spend a lot of time catching up w/ friends if it's during a break and doing things for myself, having a job helped (which I know you can't do b/c of your age but maybe you could look into volunteering somewhere?)... also, having a break really does give you time to do all those odd things that you never find time to do but that have to be done. I'm sure you could find some of those... and if it's just "waiting" but not during? a break, all that you can do is get through each day trying to focus on what you have to do that day, maybe breaking down your day into smaller pieces, doing one thing and then moving onto the next- and knowing that whatever you're waiting for will come, but you have to get through this moment/day 1st. Whatever happens will happen, but you will get through the coming week. maybe you could "reward" yourself for making it through each day (with what depends on what you would find rewarding).... also, do you ever write things down? sort of like a journal? it can really help, maybe you could give that a try....I don?t think I?ve ever made it through a week in general