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@Former-Member by the way, I always take a photo of my car when I park it anywhere. Partly that is because I am prone to dissociating, but also because I have the most amazingly bad sense of direction and even when I wasn't dissociated I still used to spend half my life wandering around carparks looking for my car. If I go into an unfamiliar Westfield or something, I not only take a photo of the car, but also photos of key landmarks (e.g. shops/signs) near the entrance that I use to enter the shopping centre so that I can find the correct way out again. Yay for clever people who invented smart phones!!!! 
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Does anyone else ever get SH urges, not when they feel they should do it.
I don't know how to explain.......
I don't want to sh. But I feel I have to.
Massive, huge, urge to just SH!
But part of my brain says "that's stupid, why would you want to do that to yourself?, there is no reason for you to even think this and you'll have negative outcomes and it won't achieve anything".
Whilst the other part of my brain SCREAMS at me SH! Do it! Do it now!
I just don't understand.
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Hi @Former-Member,
I'm sorry that you have strong SH urges at the moment. 😞 I just wanted to check-in and see if you are safe? If you feel like you cannot keep safe, please call emergency services.
Please Take Care.
Kindest,
Amour_Et_Psyché
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Hi @Former-Member,
I don't really have that experience. I generally SH either as a way to dump big feelings or to avoid suiciding. I think there is a very wide array of experiences when it comes to SH.
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