I'm glad I've found this thing, if anyone has some other resources like this one, please send. Especially if they are related to helping friends online, self-harm and harm reduction.

Peace on you all, and take care of yourself <3

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moonlune wrote on April 20, 2022 at 11:26 PM

cool thanks :)

cyberrose wrote on April 21, 2022 at 6:18 AM (edited on April 21, 2022 at 6:37 AM)

Looks like a good resource for every person involved.

This MappingOurMadness workbook looks good. I like this introspection and bringing down thoughts/feelings/stuff to paper. Would be interesting to see if one looks into it in case of a crisis.

Anyways... thanks for sharing!

Edit: "Crisis As an Opportunity for Growth and Change – Shery Mead" has a great perspective. I find that really valuable. But I'd like to add that if you participate such partnerships/friendships you always should also reflect this relationship since it sometimes tends to lean to one side. It's not good for your own psych if you are always the helper, you may find yourself in a position where you are no longer able to share your complicated state of mind 'cause you think this could worsen the state of the other person (or stuff like that).

SnowCode OP wrote on April 21, 2022 at 8:19 AM

But I'd like to add that if you participate such partnerships/friendships you always should also reflect this relationship since it sometimes tends to lean to one side. It's not good for your own psych if you are always the helper, you may find yourself in a position where you are no longer able to share your complicated state of mind 'cause you think this could worsen the state of the other person (or stuff like that).

This. Yes, I don't know if I can vent to her because I don't want to make her have the burden of my own problems while she feels so down.

fortmis wrote on April 20, 2022 at 8:31 PM

nice! started reading their "Crisis as an opportunity..." pdf.
good start:

The concept of crisis in mental health is an interesting one. In spite of the fact that many traditional theorists have viewed crisis as an opportunity for growth and as an essential experience in the context of one’s development (Erikson, 1976), we in mental health want to medicate it, lock it up, and restrain it. We have forgotten that perhaps there is something we can learn from this experience, something that will enable us to “do” it differently and understand ourselves in new ways.