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[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (17 children)

sadJust this low hanging fog over life today. I feel like an observer. Lots of dysphoria and envy. I just wish I looked different, had different clothes. It's a haze right now.
spoiler medical system bad/coming out I had a good talk with my therapist for the most part. He knows coming out is going to be hard and I'm going to have to explain a lot to my family (he thinks this is good). Not up for that right now though.

The bad part is he keeps misgendering me. Need to tell him to stop. Just wasn't feeling it today. Too sad to bother.

Oh also he seems to think "extremes" are bad, example being just immediately and uncritically accepting someone is trans. Fucking hell. Apparently questioning someone about it is good, actually. His example was asking if someone was being brainwashed. Idk he's just a fucker sometimes.

self harmTried to self harm the other day, knife is too dull and useless to do anything. Pisses me off I don't even have the option if I need it. So with that coping mechanism gone idk what to do if I start feeling worse.
In good news I guess I shaved my legs last night and they look/feel a lot better.

EDIT: I am now feeling better

[โ€“] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

self-harm coping mechanismsI'm glad you're feeling better, for future reference I thought I might give some advice on what helped with me. cat-trans

let me just quote this paper that they gave me for anxiety coping mechanisms:

"if you are prone to cutting, take a marker and draw some cuts. If you like, you can paint on bleeding blood with nail varnish. Then stitch the wound with a black marker."

there's also some good ones that I've personally used like putting a rubber band on your wrist and using it to hit your wrist or digging a nail into your wrist without causing the skin to break. Also just doing stuff with your hands with a singular focus until you feel better.

you can also write down on a paper why harming yourself would be good or bad for you, with a focus on what the consequences would be. Like how would it make you feel short term? How about long term? You should try to be objective when weighing both the pros and the cons.

meow-hug

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

spoilerThank you. Its been a while since I have dealt with self harm like this so I have forgotten a lot of the coping mechanisms I used to use. I'll try to remember and I wrote this advice down. meow-hug

[โ€“] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

spoileri hope you won't need it, cutie. but....yeah. you're welcome. Care-Comrade

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