I'm 17 and in college.
When I was in high school, I had a moderate problem with self-harm but never received any professional help for it. I once tried to talk to my mum about it, but she said I was just attention-seeking and to solve my own problems. It culminated about a year ago with me slashing myself across the face with a needle, leaving a still-visible scar on my cheek. I told my parents I’d fallen on a pair of scissors, and while they must have both doubted it, neither of them said anything.
I got with a guy 6 months ago, and we went out until yesterday, when we broke up once and for all. A few weeks back I scrammed him on the arm because he did something I really wasn't okay with (no explanation needed) and he told me he'd spent hours picking at the wound to make it bleed so he could remember me. It just brought back all my own memories, and about a week ago I found myself harming myself minorly on the forearm, again with a needle.
2006-09-29
12:34:16
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Pebbles
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