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Can anything help with triggers?

[(Anonymous)]

Background: For reasons that have nothing to do with hating myself or my body, I used to cut. I've been harm-free for about three years, now. I'm perfectly fine talking about it and sharing my experiences with it, but I've been running into some triggers lately.

Situation: I work in a place that requires me to look at women's bodies in a very private, trusting environment. No problem. I've started seeing more and more women come through with deep scars in traditional cutting locations. No new marks (that I can see), things have been healed for at least a couple years to get that old-scar look.

Problem: Since April, I've been having trouble with things that would usually result in me cutting myself to calm down and figure my shit out. Even though I've been doing alright with my other methods (exercise and eating super healthy so I feel good, being out and talking with friends, etc) I'm getting more tempted after looking at these 3 6 8 out of hundreds of women in the last few weeks. I didn't think I'd have a problem with it ever again. It used to make me feel better, but it started getting out of hand and I knew I had to stop. It took a while, but I haven't in a long time. But when they say it's like an addiction, they aren't kidding. I really don't want to start again, but I want the feeling of relief even knowing it's temporary.

tl;dr Recovereding cutter wants help managing temptation triggers. Any suggestions, anonymous internet?

Re: Can anything help with triggers?

[(Anonymous)]

Therapy?

And if you keep holding out despite the triggers, I think you'll probably get desensitized eventually.