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I asked a question about self-harm yesterday.

I now think I understand the pattern as being about trying to stay in touch with reality - looking at the scars reminds me that i'm human, normal. Sometimes, I feel like i'm slipping out of the world. Like i'm a secret agent or a gangster or a superhero. I fall to the impression that I have super-human powers - that I could fight anyone who attacked me, that I could hack computers, do anything I want, that i'm something more than a 17 year old schoolgirl! At least once a week I enter a new 'phase' - i'm going to be a top fraudster, i'm going to be a policewoman, i'm going to be a nun, i'm going to be a waitress... it's mad.

I realise experimentation is normal for my age-group, career-wise etc, but does my theory have any validity? Can anyone shine a light?

Em
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2007-02-09 02:26:41 · 4 answers · asked by Pebbles 5 in Health Mental Health

4 answers

I didn't see your question on self-harm yesterday, but many young people that do it are doing it to make their emotional pain manifest itself physically, so it goes away faster. They feel the pain of the cutting they do, and it releases them from the emotional pain they can't deal with.

It sounds like your brain is running away on you. It flits from one idea to another, with it barely taking a time to finish one idea before it moves on to the next.

Seriously, talk to a professional about this. See your doctor or a guidance counselor and talk about how you feel and how your mind is working. They can get you in touch with a mental health professional who can see what the best path is for you, whether medication or simply talking.

Good luck to you.

2007-02-09 03:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by Garylian 6 · 0 0

Sometimes you do this as a reality check and not even notice that is why you do it, you need to mention this to your Dr. I kinda went through the same things and I would love to talk to you........I thought I would be lucky to live to be 25 I am now 36 almost 37 and I am grateful and i know there is a reason and I want to help people understand how precious life is! i have been thru so many terrible tragedies you will be amazed!

2007-02-09 10:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by Tigerluvr 6 · 0 0

Hi Em...sometimes i get to the point in my life where I hurt myself. A friend of mine, who is a genius, (really) told me the reason i do it is because i am the one controlling the pain i experience when i hurt myself instead of the pain coming from outside, unknown, strange origins.
It is about control of ones environment in a place where one feels out of control.
Keep learning and striving to understand. I've been going through it for years. Awful, terrible things happened to me as a kid that caused the pain i now experience, but i am doing my best to survive and choose life over wanting to kill myself< BTW, i think that you look like a very intelligent person and capable of great things. Don't give up on that... :)

2007-02-09 10:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by Sereny 3 · 0 0

sounds like you may experience a kind of ' psychosis' which means,' a loss of touch with reality'. you can experience psychosis as a symptom of many mental illnesses including severe depression, manic depression, schitzophrenia, etc. maybe go and discuss this with your doctor, (gp) or a referal to a consultant psychiatrist. i think you would benefit greatly from this and find the answers your looking for as to maybe whats going on for you. goodluck

2007-02-09 10:41:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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