i feel like SI is taking over my life its like a daily part of my life its always on my mind and is all i can concentrate on i dont want to stop SI because its how i express my feelings and emotions nobody i know understands why i do it they just think its a phase and i feel if i stop the people around me will try to control my life and control me which they are all ready trying to do i feel trapped and the box keeps geting smaller and its not going to get any bigger i want people in my family to understand me and wots going on in my head but i cant talk to anyone in my family so far they hate my guts does any one have any ideas?please i really need to talk to someone that understands me
I know how you feel and I finally told my best friend. Tell someone who you trust who loves you! And make them see why your doing this. You shouldn’t hide this.
my family know that i si but i just want some to talk to that wont judge me theres no one i can trust theyve all betrayed me i stopped for a while and i started again if they found out ive started again they’d kill me
theres no one i can trust everyones abandoned me
Listen I was in the same shoes you were in at one time, but I didn’t have a family there at all. Right now I’m writing this from Texas where in another week I will be graduated out of the program S.A.F.E.Alternatives and it really helped me to understand the why’s and teach me some new coping skills. If you can’t speak to anyone in your family then speak to a friend or a teacher or counsler( that’s if your in school) I hope you talk to someone because like I learned there is a light at the end of a tunnel.
well done on going to the S.A.F.E program i tried talking to a counsler but thats how my mom found out and there is no teacher i can trust i dont believe ther is a light at the end of the tunnel
Self-injury will always be part of our lives, but it doesn’t have to CONTROL our lives forever… like it might be right now. The scars will fade, the memories will too, but the self-injury and the experiences we have gone through all help shape us.
We all come to different terms with our self-injury. Some of us stop, some of us slow down, some of don’t stop for years and years… but it all becomes part of our journey.
If you want to stop, then wanting to stop is the first step. It often takes help to stop though, which means allowing other people to help you. Don’t give up finding someone who can help and will help you – but remember you have to be open to suggestions and willing to work hard because self-injury isn’t as easy to get rid of as it was to start…