Poll Changing Negative Coping Skills to NEW Positive Actions

[sallysellsseashells]

I NEED to scream, but I live with a lot of people and I don't want to distress them. I get distressed when I hear people scream (even if it is playful, because I can't tell the difference, it all sounds agonising to me). I can't find a place to scream either - that I feel safe to go for that purpose. I've also just lost my only friends in this town, so I guess I'll have to wait to go home, and get my brothers to take me somewhere that we can all go and scream - like there's a lake that is in a remote place, and maybe we can go for a swim there after screaming our head off. Actually, I'm considering gettting the ticket home (with return) today for ASAP. I need to see my brothers! I hope they don't think I'm nuts for wanting to go out screaming with them. Does this seem dysfunctional at all?

 

[Jade-]

My negative coping skills:

Drinking

Smoking

Starving myself

Pretending things aren't happening


....I guess I need to find some positive coping skills.