In this blog post, we share a number of helpful coping strategies that have been found to be useful by others struggling with self-injury. Often, recovery comes down to trying to cope moment-to-moment with the urges to self-injure, the day-to-day struggles with difficult emotions, as well as improving overall well-being in our lives. None of this is easy. Many times you may feel very alone in this struggle.

Have you ever felt happy and sad at the same time?

Or have you felt excited about starting a new endeavor but scared of falling flat on your face?

Consider the Comedy and Tragedy masks of the theater. To many, quarreling emotions may feel a lot like those masks look—conflicted.

Stemming from ancient Greek, the idea of "know thyself" is nothing new.

Trending nowadays, however, is a term known as mindfulness. Which is another way to express a lifestyle of existing in the present by being self-aware.