Oh Sugar, please don't cut yourself! If you're a very thin person that might be a contributing factor to feeling cold all the time. Also people who have an under active thyroid glad tend get quite cold. The stereotype for those with hypothyroidism is to be overweight but I have met lean people with that issue too. Another symptom of a thyroid problem would be sore, stiff muscles as well as thinning hair on the eye eyebrows. I'm not a doctor so take my suggestions with a grain of salt and please don't hesitate to get yourself checked out.
One last thing maybe you're using your coat as transitional object to comfort yourself which is why I mentioned security blankets and Teddy bears in my earlier comment.
Oh don't worry both of you. I stopped self-harming for the most part over a year ago now. I try not to think about it too much or even let the idea into slip into my head, but I don't think I'm in too much danger of starting again. It was just a coping mechanism at the time that allowed me to just shut everything else out. But really? Okay it takes some of reality away for a few minutes, but it only get's worse afterwards. It's really not worth it all the grief it brings and I realize that now.
I'm sure one day I'll find a way to be happy with myself and comfortable in my own skin. I've tried talking to a councilor in college a few months back, but ended up just shutting down completely, nothing but tears and just not being able to say much. I think I just need the right people in my life to support me and give me confidence that I can be myself and to defend that.
Is it normal to wear a coat all the time?
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Oh Sugar, please don't cut yourself! If you're a very thin person that might be a contributing factor to feeling cold all the time. Also people who have an under active thyroid glad tend get quite cold. The stereotype for those with hypothyroidism is to be overweight but I have met lean people with that issue too. Another symptom of a thyroid problem would be sore, stiff muscles as well as thinning hair on the eye eyebrows. I'm not a doctor so take my suggestions with a grain of salt and please don't hesitate to get yourself checked out.
One last thing maybe you're using your coat as transitional object to comfort yourself which is why I mentioned security blankets and Teddy bears in my earlier comment.
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Oh don't worry both of you. I stopped self-harming for the most part over a year ago now. I try not to think about it too much or even let the idea into slip into my head, but I don't think I'm in too much danger of starting again. It was just a coping mechanism at the time that allowed me to just shut everything else out. But really? Okay it takes some of reality away for a few minutes, but it only get's worse afterwards. It's really not worth it all the grief it brings and I realize that now.
I'm sure one day I'll find a way to be happy with myself and comfortable in my own skin. I've tried talking to a councilor in college a few months back, but ended up just shutting down completely, nothing but tears and just not being able to say much. I think I just need the right people in my life to support me and give me confidence that I can be myself and to defend that.