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Self Harmer
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Hey. Recently i've been getting really low and i was diagnosed with an eating disorder a few months back. I've been cutting myself for a while and at first i just cut my wrists. Now its moved onto my whole arms and ive got a couple of bad scars. I cant tell my friends forever that 'my cat attacked me'. My best mate thinks ive stopped. I cant talk to anyone about it but some of my friends see my cuts but dont realise and go 'ohh how did u do that? have u been at it with the razor?' and i just wanna yell 'yeh i have!' but i cant. Just wondered if anyone can help me out or is/has been in my situation. Sorry for being so morbid.
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Are you currently receiving help for your eating problems? This should be brought up with someone, you can stop doing it with some support.
On a somewhat related insensitive note - the scars left are not pretty. The longer it goes on the harder it can be to stop and the more regrets about it you may have when you are older.
S/I is a coping mechanism (so say the dramatics) and you need to learn new ways to deal with your problem - and you can.
Swallow your pride/fear/cat excuses and talk to someone, please.
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I know it's difficult to talk to friends or family about something like this, but you may find it easier to cope with if it is all out in the open. You will then have to be honest with yourself about why you do it, and it will give you the opportunity to talk through the reasons with people you know well.
Don't forget your GP, who may want to refer you to a specialist counsellor to help you discuss things.
For now, try and distract yourself when you feel so upset you want to cut. try and do something else like have a relxing bath or punch pillows or something like that to release your hurt without wanting to harm yourself.
Like everyone else has said you're not alone, we all care enough to talk to you. But you really need to see someone professional, and Anti-Depressants are only a short term cure. Talking the step to help yourself is the hardest thing, but once youv'e done this everything else will seem easy.
Good luck and I truely hope you sort this out, from the bottom of my heart
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thanks for all your encouragement it means a lot to me. sponge xxx
also since i was little if i thought about anything i would worry (well, kinda worry) about whatever i thought about even if it was perfectly good etc...got worse and just after my 17th birthday i couldnt leave the house, eat, sleep, think...messed up my life bad now because of it...slicin myself etc and i was finally listened to by my mum and she took me to a few doctor people who give me meds for some kinda harsh anxiety...they work ok but i cant be on pills the rest of my life so i stopped and now its getting worse rather than toughening my mind up.
i think that although someone can go as far as to kill you, we are our own deadliest enemy coz we fuck ourselves up with our minds if we want and we dont need poles and gangs to do ourselves in
~dappa