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I'm glad to hear that you are safe @Former-Member, but I'm sorry that you are freaking out. Is there anything you usually do to help you calm down when you feel this way? Or is there something else that you think may help you process your feelings, whilst keeping safe?
Sending support you way! 
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I'm in the library and have 700 words to write before midnight.
I was just hoping someone could tell me that it was okay and that I wasn't alone.
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OK, so you have something to distract you; which can be helpful.
@Former-Member - You are definitely not alone here on the forums. We are here for you, we care for you and we want to support you however we can. With support, I know that things can be OK. But if they are not OK for the moment, please continue reaching out - we are here to help in anyway we can!
Kindest,
Amour_Et_Psyché
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You’ve got this @Former-Member. Just more than a hundred words an hour. Break it down and set quick goals like 'i need to write 50 words in the next 15 mins, then breathe for a bit'. I know you can jump this hurdle, you’ve done it lots before. Here’s my motivation for you (it will need patience so maybe write 15 mins before you come back and check 😜😘)
And you can kick me up the backside as I have a car to clean and I’m procrastinating 😳:face_with_rolling_eyes: I’ll check in later and see how you are going 💜🤗
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@Former-Member wrote:I was just hoping someone could tell me that it was okay and that I wasn't alone.
It's ok @Former-Member and you aren't alone. Urges in and of themselves can't hurt us. It's just an urge. Urges are yuck...but they can't hurt us. I wonder what it would be like to experiment with the idea of observing the urge without getting tangled up in thoughts about it. So like... I have the urge to self-harm while at the same time not wanting to self harm, without adding things like; is this totally weird? Am I the only person on the planet who feels like this? What's wrong with me? etc. What do you think?
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