down but cant do anything

[sallys_scars]

hey everyone,
ok had surgery friday to get a mole removed because my mom thought i t was cancerous...well now i have 7 stiches and im used to being able to go running or something real physical when im manic(down)...but now since ive got the stiches it hurts to even walk. and i even limp really bad by the end of the day. does anyone have any sugestions for what i can do when i get really down and want to cutt?

-sally

[Done-With-It!]

Hey Sally,

Good for you for coming here first. Here is a list, some of these are kind of lame. I am working on putting up a few
other things to try, but for now see if anything on here will distract you.

Most important, Once you make the decision to cut, wait for
15 minutes. Then you can usually wait for another 15, etc.

Keep posting, and post when you feel like it.

I don't have much time now, but I will talk to you soon, okay!
Be Strong, You can do this!!
How's the knitting coming? That would be a good thing to do?



1) Journal
2) Putting on fake tattoos
3) Make a list of your own so your prepared.
4) Scribbling, Color on sheets an sheets of paper
5) Writing (poetry, stories, journal, etc.)
6) Cuddling with a stuffed toy
7) Being with other people
8) Watching a favorite TV show
9) Posting on web boards, and answering others' posts
10) Thinking about how I DON'T want scars for the summer
11) Painting your nails
12) Going to see a movie
13) Eating something ridiculously sweet (or any favorite food)
14) Doing school work
15) Surf the net
16) Go into chat/message rooms to talk. Help someone else out.
17) Call a friend and ask for company
18) Playing a musical instrument
19) Singing
20) Looking up at the sky (night is especially beautiful) .
21) Making your own list of things to do instead of SI
22) Punching a punching bad (with gloves on)
23) Go to www.43things.com
24) Go to www.bored.com
25) Take a bubble bath
26) Letting yourself cry (can be very difficult for some)
27) Sleep (only if you are tired)
28) A hot shower
29) Play with a pet
30) Detangling yarn or necklaces
31) Re-organizing your room
32) Cleaning
33) Having a pillowfight with the wall or a friend
34) Knitting or sewing
35) Reading a good book
36) Dressing up very glamorous
37) Colouring your hair
38) Listening to music
39) Watching a candle burn intensly
40) Finding someone else you can help out
41) Meditate
42) Watching a scary movie.
43) Work on a website
44) Have a vivid fantasy love affair with a celebrity
45) Go somewhere very public
46) Bake
47) Alphabetize your CD's
48) Chewing leather
49) Buy a home Henna tatoo kit
50) Painting or drawing
51) Ripping paper into itty-bitty pieces
52) Hugs
53) Writting letters or email
54) Talk to yourself (or if that feels weird, buy a small tape recorder-I then feel like someone is listening)
55) Make a list of goals.
56) Hug a pillow
57) Hyperfocus on something like a rock, hand, etc.
58) fingerpaint
59) Scream real loud
60) Dance
61) Make hot chocolate (mmmmm....)
62) pop bubble wrap
63) play with modelling clay or Play-Dough
64) count to one five hundred
65) Build a pillow fort
66) pop balloons
67) Hug yourself
68) Look through photo albums, pictures
69) Reading/Learn things in a different language
70) Going for a nice, long drive or walk
71) Complete something you've been putting off
72) Drinking absurd amounts of tea
73) Call a friend and tell them your upset
74) Make a sock puppet
75) Throwing socks into a hoop
76) Archery
77) Rock climbing
78) Take up a new hobby
79) Organise bills and such
80) Cook a meal
81) Go out for ice cream
82) Buy a stuffed animal
83) Look at pretty things-like flowers or artwork
84) Create Something
85) Pray
86) Sing kid songs
87) Make a list of blessings in your life
88) Read the Bible
89) Go to a friend's house
90) Take up fencing
91) Watch an old, happy movie
92) Call a Help hotline or your Therapist
93) Talk to someone close to you that knows
94) Throw a temper-tantrum
95) Express your emotion to someone
96) Ride a bicycle
97) Polish silver or jewellery
98) Gardening or watering house plants
99) Memorizing German poetry (silly, but works!)
100) CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!
101) Feed the ducks or birds or squirrels, etc.
102) Draw on the walls
103) Play with facepaint
104) Do very Glamerous make-up
105) Colour with crayons
106) Memorise a novel or play or song
107) Put on boots and STAMP
108) Stretch
109) Find butterflies
110) Watch fish
111) Come up with baby names (even if you're not pregnant
112) Make mashed potatoes
113) Make a tape of your favorite songs
114) Name all of your stuffed animals
115) Go SHOPPING!!!!
116) Get into my PJ's and just veg.
117) Buy cheap teddy bears and take out anger onthem instead of self.
118) Throw everything into the centre
119) Go to a loud concert
120) Play the 15 minute game
121) Plan your wedding / prom
122) Hunt for stuff on Ebay (you can find ANYTHING there)
123) Alphabetize your books
124) Hunt for your perfect home in the paper
125) Take up Tai Chi
126) Try to make as many words out of your full name as possible, then do your friends names)
127) count ceiling tiles/lights
128) go clubbing
129) search ridiculous things on the web
130) colour-co-ordinate your wardrobe
131) do a home tan on yourself
132) sort all your photographs
133) colour (or scribble) over the pretty women in magazines
134) plan a dinner party
135) play with a slinky
136) buy yourself some toys and play
137) start collecting comething
138) get a tattoo / peircing
139) play video/computer games
140) do a trash clean at your local park
141) Play on a swingset
142) go out and perforn a random act of kindness for someone
143) call up an old friend
144) write yourself an "I love you because" letter
145) put on fake nails
145) try to build something
146) re-arrange your house
147) go to a public place and people watch
148) go through all your old stuff
149) go bargain - hunting
150) smile at at least five people
151) go to the zoo and rename all the animals

[Done-With-It!]

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[sallys_scars]

thanks sooo much

[Done-With-It!]

No problem sweet thing. Keep doing what you are doing. Your doing Great!

Keep us posted as to how your doing! :-)

[Chy]

I hope your feeling better soon! Yes, occupy your mind, you can do this!

[pink_lucie]

read some books? ive recently started to read again, its really fun.....omg....im a geek :( lol

[Clippedwings]

74) Make a sock puppet

I know what I'm doing tonight lol

[Envy]

watch anime it always makes you feel better

[sallys_scars]

omg i got my stiches out yesterday!!! YAY...only i got in a car wreck with my mom on the way to the drs office and i was throwing up so...i cant go on a jog STILL lol
oh well atleast now i can do yoga and use my pilates bands lol
-sally

[Kellie]

Glad you have no stitches...
Sounds like a wild ride to the doctors office...

[Done-With-It!]

Glad your okay girl! :coolsmilie:

GG your not a Geek for reading, Cuz I read, and I'm cool

Clippedwings, How did your sock puppet turn out?

Envy, Did you watch a new Enime movie?

[Clippedwings]

omg I tryed to make a sock puppet but the only old sock I had was pink, it looked like a talking penis!
I called it george before I realised how phalic it looked, maybe I'll change the name!

[Envy]

that i didnt... not a new one anyway... but i still enjoyed watching one ive seen before

trust you ^ to make a talking penis :P

[Clippedwings]

It wasn't my intention XP