Dear S.A.F.E. readers:
I, on several occasions, have posted or replied to some comments and posts left by other users, leaving my email behind in case you/they wanted to talk. I just wanted to say that by talking to you, if you are one of the ones I spoke with, I hope you have had some form of relief of encouragment and some hope instilled in you. I also wanted to say thank you; every time one of you emailed me you kept me here, and you kept the pain away (if only for a short time). If only to respond to your emails and help you along and help you with your own struggle. Every time I receive an email from someone on this site looking for help, encouragement, or just someone to talk with who wont judge, you have helped me in more ways than I can express. Thank you.
Hope is real .Help is real. Recovery is possible. I think we’re all looking for recovery.
For everyone out there thinking of the alternative… Please don’t. Seek somene to talk to. Stay here with us, we’re all supporting one another here. Things DO get better, and recovery DOES happen. It may not happen as soon as we want it to, but it does come along. We can all help one another through love and support, and we can all learn from one another. Each one of us is here because we have a story to share.
Hold strong, and support one another.
I wish I had the capability to contain the courage to stay clean. I’m still looking for a reason to never hurt again. It’s so hard, and what’s so eh, is that I don’t really have that bad of a story that led me to self-injure. I barely have a story at all, I just fell into it because I wanted to fit in and not let my friends who were hurting to feel alone. Ever since then, four years ago, I’m the only one I personally know who’s still struggling.
I’m in a similar situation as you symbah. I fell into it because of a stupid guy that I don’t even care about anymore. Now, every one of my friends either has, or currently do injure. Thing is, I deal with their problems before I deal with my own. It’s easier, isn’t it? I haven’t cried in months. Not since my best friend tried to kill herself. I don’t know what to do. I keep injuring and its gotten to a point where I have no one to turn to because everyone’s given up on me. My own mother even has… I need a friend. Someone who I can be there for, and who’s gonna be there for me. Someone who won’t give up on me…. :/