Hi, I’m new. I used to injure myself and I talked to my best friend about it. She understood and supported me but she always told me it made her blame herself. So I promised to stop cause I didn’t want to do that to her. But I still think about doing it and want to alot. What if I wasn’t ready to stop doing it? I don’t know what to do.
It’s GOOD that you stopped and that you could stop!! Stopping SI is a decision, not a feeling. If you’ve made that decision, don’t go back on it! But just because you stopped, doesn’t mean that you don’t need help. Self-injury doesn’t solve anything, and if you were to go back to it, it would help nothing, it would just slowly take over your life. Even though you’re not actively SI’ing, I’d encourage you to get help or at least talk openly, on a regular basis, to someone you trust about how you feel & think.