TIPP skills were developed by Marsha Linehan as part of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and help rapidly decrease emotional distress.
Tag - self-harm
While there are differences between them, both skin-picking and self-injury can be seen as ways that we are attempting to cope with a problem.
When parts of your body normally covered by long sleeves and tights are marked with old or recent scars, there is an extra dimension to dressing for summer.
Pouring your heart out for every person is exhausting and an overload to your emotional switchboard. It is perfectly healthy to spend some time in hermit mode...
Unlike the other moments or seasons that can be hidden or denied, the scars from self-harm live on, even after we have recovered from those dark places. We can...
Whether you want to share the truth regarding the origin of your self-harm scars is up to you and where you are at in your recovery.
I still remember my first visit to Dr. Looney as a junior in high school (yes, that was actually his name). Earlier in the week, I had a particularly painful...
The scars remind me of the courage it took to fight that impulse each day. They remind me that I am stronger than I believe and that those anxious days will...
“The term ‘starvation diet’ refers to a specific number of calories a day. I was on one-third of a starvation diet. What do you call that? One word...
A form of self-harm that isn't really talked about but one that I have struggled with is skin picking - also known as Dermatillomania. As the name suggests...