Hey, I am new. I am only a young teenager, but hear me out. Ever since I was about 8 years of age, my life has gone down hill. It seems like I’ve lost all feeling now. I’ve turned to self harm. I suffer from a manipulative father and a mother that is never satisfied and continuously verbally abuses me. My fathers girlfriend even more so, and her daughter came after me once with a bat, and never got in trouble. There is so much more. I go to a therapist. I have only seen him twice, and the last time was about two months ago. It seems no one really tries to help me, and my friends really don’t listen. I feel so trapped. Help? Anyone? …please?
Do your parents or counselor know about the self harm?
If your parents don’t know, ask to meet with your counselor, as a family. Or if that’s not possible, with just your father or mother. Tell the counselor that you want to tell your parents about the self harm, have a quick talk with him before your parent(s) come in if you like. If they already know, have a group session with your family anyways. It can help family to understand what your going through, and they can give you some support.
Well, that is more difficult than it seems. My mom is often unpredictable, and probably claim I was doing it just to hurt her. She always yells now a days. My father and I don’t keep contact as well as I’d like, so he has no idea I’m even seeing a councilor. My therapist knows, but for some odd reason he told me not to tell my mom. I think he said it would stress her out :/ good news is that my whole family (besides my dad) are all going to see the therapist. I’m not sure what that would do though. It seems to get worse everyday. I just want to run and hide sometimes haha. Thank you for the suggestions though, they could help.