Self-Injury: A Struggle

Am I Ready to Stop Self-Injuring?

This checklist has been taken from the book "Scarred Souls," by Tracey Alderman. I have put it here because it may be useful to many people out there.

"You can use the following checklist to help determine how ready you are to end [self-injury]. While it is not neccessary that you meet all these criteria before stopping [SI], the more of these statements that are true for you before you decide to stop this behavior, the better."

 

Statements To Help You Decide If You Are Ready To End SI

Yes/No

I have a solid emotional support system of friends, family, and/or professionals that I can use if I feel like hurting myself.

There are at least two people in my life that I can call if I want to hurt myself.

I feel at least somewhat comfortable talking about [SI] with three different people.

I have a list of at least ten things I can do instead of hurting myself.

I have a place to go if I need to leave my house so as not to hurt myself.

I feel confident that I could get rid of all the things that I might be likely to use to hurt myself (razor blades, cigarette lighters).

I have told at least two other people that I am going to stop hurting myself.

I am willing to feel uncomfortable, scared, and frustrated.

I feel confident that I can endure thinking about hurting myself without having to actually do so.

I want to stop hurting myself.

 

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Information from 'Scarred Souls' by Tracy Alderman.

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