I’m still having a hard time with family. My mother thinks I SI only for attention, but I dont want to put attention on myself. I dont want to be reconized as a freak. She doesnt understand, she doesnt know what its like to SI and how I feel. SI makes me feel better. I rather feel pain physically rather than inside.
How should I explain this to my mother..
It feels like she doesnt care about me.
I think you are brave for telling your mother, first off. I can’t do that. Maybe your mother just is processing it as a teenager thing. Maybe she doesn’t understand what you feel. The action is what you’re telling her about but it’s the feelings that make you self injure.