Promise to myself: I'm going to stop self harming (incl. plan)! 💔

I just want to write this here with the hope that a "public" promise will help me achieve this.

I've been SH for quite some time now. In my mind, it makes me look more rough/manly -> less attractive -> safer/less vulnerable. However, after more than three hours of analysing it from every angle with my therapist, I have to admit that these functions are just perceived, not actually fulfilled by this behaviour.

My plan has three stages (by difficulty):

S1: stop creating new wounds

S2: stop picking the scabs of existing wounds

S3: stop with all skin-picking behaviour

Punishment for failing on any given day: No Reddit for 24 hours.

Wish me luck, I want to cry just thinking about how hard this will be 🥹