i do and i'm looking for, well, i'm don't know what for. i want to stop and i'm going to ask mom about therapy. i don't know how to ask and she doesn't know i do. only my bf knows i do and he's encouraging me to ask b/c i've thought about suicide and he's out of ideas for helping me. i feel like i'm letting him down, i know that i am. i want to be okay again and be happy with him. i love him. what will happen when i tell a therapist this? i'm under 18...
2007-01-23 17:11:40 · 7 answers · asked by ...XXxxXX... 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
therapist may ask you questions to try to find out the root or the reason as to why you cut yourself. the is essential to help you cope with whatever is that's making you cut yourself. whether it be stress from school or some repressed feelings. the first step is admitting that you have a problem soplease go to your mom and tell her what you do. this the time when you grow up and face your demons. you'll get through this.
2007-01-23 17:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by azimahal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I want to say that I'm very proud of you for reaching out for help. It takes alot of courage and you are doing the right thing. If you are feeling suicidal right now, I think you need to call 911 right away. The main thing is to insure your safety.
If not, then the first plan of action is to tell your Mother what you have been doing. She can direct you from there. If she doesn't get you some professional help, then you need to find someone you trust, such as a teacher to help you find a therapist.
If you don't trust a teacher, you can call any hospital and someone there can and will direct you to the right person.
In the meantime, if you get the urge to cut yourself, I want you to try using ice water instead. Get some ice from your freezer, go into the bathroom where it is quiet and put it in the sink. Run som water in over it and then place your hand in up past your wrist. It won't take long until you begin to feel the stinging sensation. This will release the same endorphines in your brain that cutting does that gives you that "high" feeling your body craves.
If you are a cutter that feels you need to see the color red, (blood) food coloring may work and trick your brain.
You are special, loved and supported upon this journey of life. You can do this..... again, I'm proud of you. Please try the ice water. I've not cut in over three years now using this technique. The will to get well is half the battle won right there.
(((( warm and tender hugs sent from my spirit to yours)))
2007-01-24 01:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by mazewalker1963 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a cutter too and I told my doc today about it. It feels better knowing that someone in the professional realm knows what is going on because I have also been suicidal. Def get that therapy. Ya gotta help you out. Its good that you want to stop and if its hard and I know it has been for me its best to get professional help so you can be safe. Talk to your mom or whoever you can trust with this and can point you in the right direction.
2007-01-24 01:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
before you read this, do me one favor. take it from me, who had two close relatives a few years older than you are put bullets into their brains, when the world was at their feet: think. think that tomorrow will be different. it may not be better than today, but it will be different. i could be better than today, but it will be different. in its difference from today, you have the opportunity to discover something new. it will not necessarily get you all excited, but it could make you laugh. you need to see that tomorrow is another day, and you need to do anything to laugh more. else:
you may have bi polar disorder, probably class II. bi polar is what they used to call manic depressive. true mania is when you go way, way up, such as sometimes staying up all night cleaning the same staircase, over and over again, followed by the "down," where you sink so low you don't want to talk to anyone, even when you get sleep.
suicide thoughts come often to people that have bi polar disorder, especially class II, which is when you are not going way up then way down, but tend to stay down. i think that you should tell a therapist, in fact, i think you really should tell your own TRUSTED doctor that you wish for a referral to a psychiatrist. you need not say for what, but when you get to the psychiatrist, tell her what you feel. but if you do not feel like throwing yourself off a building, jumping off a bridge, smashing yourself in a car, cutting your wrists, or gobbling a load of pills, just say that the thought of suicide sometimes crosses your mind, then explain that.
gee, even at my age (and i am really pretty much happy in my lower 50s), occasionally the thought of how nice it might be if my life were just plain ended can cross my mind. but it doesn't too much, and i am sure i will do nothing to take my own life.
life is a great adventure. but you may need antidepressants so that you can get yourself out of the rut that brings these thoughts to you. so long as you follow your doctor's advice (and i mean that you take your medicine on time, per prescription, even if you feel you do not need it because you feel okay) and continue to see him/her, i think things may look better shortly.
don't give up. it is way too easy to give up. you will take a whole lot of people down with you too. don't you care about anyone other than yourself? so think of how much they love you. more people than you realize love you. and they want you to be happy. so do what it takes to get happier. tomorrow will be different: say that to yourself every time you think these morbid thoughts.
i wish you so much happiness, you just do not realize how much.
2007-01-24 01:31:33 · answer #4 · answered by Louiegirl_Chicago 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear, life is simple! Live it that way.
Let your problems fly free, and your loved ones always near by...don't pay too much attention to the negative. At least you have a boyfriend you love, some people out there are lonelier than that. At least you have a mother thats still in your life, some people are orphans and would die just to see theirs. Look at the bright side darling.
Here's a little song I wrote,
you might want to sing it note for note,
don't worry,Be happy,
In every life we have some troubles,
but when you worry you make it double,
SO DON'T WORRY!! BEE HAPPY!! =)
2007-01-24 01:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by *Beautiful Zephyr* 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just tell your mom you want to see a therapist. you don't have to be specific, just say "i feel stressed out and depressed and i need a therapist" and if you tell your therapist about cutting theres a chance he might send you to a hospital because your parents are unable to protect you from yourself. you might just wanna go to him and mention feelings of suicide but don't tell him you cut. and you know you have to stop cutting, just work on yourself, if you need meds, ask about anti depressents.
2007-01-24 01:20:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
see a doctor NOW!!! Read BIBLE; New Testament.
2007-01-24 01:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by David m 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋