i just gotta say that i’m sooo sorry about the post i wrote a while ago. a lot of you are saying that i was bragging… why would i brag about injuring? yeah… I’ve been doing it for a long time and i do hate it… my friends and i hardly talk anymore because of it. I’ve been trying to stop for the longest time and i’ve been without it for about two weeks, yeah… not the biggest accomplishment but it’s good right? well, i just wanted to say i’m sorry. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I OFFENDED YOU!
It’s totally understandable. I’m pretty sure we know what you meant, I know I did. So dont beat yourself up about it. It’s ok. Thanks for apologizing though.
One of the nicest things about coming here to the SAFE Blog is that we don’t have to talk about what we do or how we do it because it is just “understood”.
You have to more than hate hurting yourself, you have to want to love yourself instead. Self-injury hurts others too.
Recovery is very hard! Girl, I’m in it and I am fighting for my life right now. Self-injury will kill me if let it and I don’t want that anymore.
You have to reach out and let other people help you – parents, teachers, medical professionals. Stop while you still can. You don’t need to let this drag into adulthood. I’m 26 and struggling for my life right now because self-injury is taking it away from me. I starting hurting myself before there was much public awareness or knowledge about it — I didn’t even know there was a “label” for my behaviors for years after I started.
You honestly have to want recovery more than self-injury wants you.