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(Message started by: luveemom on Oct 4^th, 2007, 1:41pm)

Title: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by luveemom on Oct 4^th, 2007, 1:41pm

Got a kip10 last night.....again.....middle of the night.....while I was sucking down my o2 I was smashing my head into the coffee table.....it felt sooo good at the time......I feel kinda like I got hit in the head with a bat today :(.............why do we do this?

alicia

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Oct 4^th, 2007, 2:12pm

I think its an old Abbott and Costello thing:

If you poke yourself in the eye hard enough, you will forget about that pain in your foot.

Or maybe that was the 3 Stooges. Maybe we are all stooges.

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by E-Double on Oct 4^th, 2007, 2:13pm

couldn't tell ya...
I stopped banging ages ago.
Try it to get into a zone it's much more productive

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by Tiannia on Oct 4^th, 2007, 2:20pm

I dont bang as much as rock. I am deffinatly a rocker when I get hit. But it all depends where I am there are times when I am sitting in a corner I still bang. Not as much as I used to when these first started. I used to get hit at work and I'd use the hard cardboard roll that was from the Architech paper rolls and hit myself with those. Damn people thought I was crazy.

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by Rosybabe on Oct 4^th, 2007, 3:46pm

I use those hard cold packs and if the pain is too much I hit my head with it...I think it numbs the area a bit :P

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by SouthBronxSupreme on Oct 4^th, 2007, 3:59pm

Glass table - I prolly woulda put my head thru it - KIP10, I know a girl with one of those asthma machines, i gotta try suttin

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by PollyPocket on Oct 4^th, 2007, 5:57pm

For me I think its the distraction, or maybe I'm trying to create an opening for the pain to escape from. I'm definitely a rocker, but still kinda slap the side of my head when it ramps up.

Maybe its like the wild animal who has its leg caught in a trap. Will gnaw thru the leg to get out of the intense pain of the trap. Hmm.

Hope you're feeling better today hon!

Hugs,
Jen

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by luveemom on Oct 4^th, 2007, 6:52pm

Thanks all.......think maybe I will try the rocking thing instead.....lol.....my head is still hurtin' all day today the o2 isn't touching it......thanks for the kind words Jen :)

(((((((HUGS)))))))))
Alicia

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by Charlie on Oct 4^th, 2007, 7:15pm

Rats.

It ain't fair dammit.

I was a rocker and contorter sitting in the dark with the window open during blizzards. I banged up my fist more than the furniture.

Hang on kid.

Charlie

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by Redd on Oct 4^th, 2007, 7:30pm

Great annalogy Jen. Gnawing off the trapped limb.

Although it's been some time now that I've had a full on hit, I remember still trying to beat the fucker outta my head be it in the wall, the kitchen cabinets the floor, guess it was whatever was handy.

I also remember the bruised scalp feelings and having to be careful taking a comb threw my hair to not hit the lumps I left.

My hair is actually growing back from that spot I rubbed like crazy till I had little left but stubble because my hair broke off from the friction.

Ok...hang in there my friend. Vent when you need.

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by jimmers on Oct 4^th, 2007, 7:41pm

Sorry for your pain Alicia.

Who knows why we do the things we do, I usually interlock my fingers behind my head and squeeze my cheekbone area as hard as I can with my forearms. Doesn't help, but maybe it is the distraction factor.

Hopefully he leaves you alone!

Jimmers

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by George_J on Oct 4^th, 2007, 8:08pm

I quit whacking my head against things a long time ago. Didn't help. But I sure understand the impulse.

At least I don't punch myself in the head any more--back when we were first married, EJ used to consider that fairly alarming. :-/

Best,

George

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by luveemom on Oct 5^th, 2007, 12:25pm

Thanks Charlie, Redd, Jimmers, and George! You guys are the best! I appreciate the support so much! I think I get it now.....no more head banging.....hopefully when the next one hits I will not give into the impulse :-/.......I will try to rock instead.......lol....I don't know.....this pain, and I know you all know......makes me just want to die :(
Thanks again for all the kind words :)

(((((((HUGS))))))))))
Alicia

Title: Re: Felt Good At the Time..........
Post by MvT on Oct 6^th, 2007, 7:02pm

I just use my fists but the one time I was rushing to get some sobe arush for some reason I felt like banging my head on the window but didn't [smiley=laugh.gif]