Is self-help, alone, a realistically effective tool in recovering from self-injury?
Some people have gotten better with self-help. This means that they stopped injuring on their own. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they have resolved the issues that underlie the behavior. Sometimes these people are at risk for switching to another coping strategy such as drugs, alcohol or an eating disorder.
Yes why not? I always follow a formula whenever I am not happy with my outcome
Event + Response = Outcome
where Event can be expected or unexpected
example of an expected event can be upcoming exam or an unexpected event can be a traffic jam.
Response is the response we give to a specific event
and outcome is the final outcome from the event.
So if you are not liking the outcome to a specific event then you need to change the response to that event.. but changing the response is a difficult thing as we are so used to the routine..but unless you take action nothing can be changed.. Try it, its not that difficult.. 🙂
