I need to talk to someone who self injures?
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Self injurers in my experience (I was one) tend to fall into two categories...those that injure themselves to get rid of emotional pain and those who injure themselves to feel. I personally fall into the first category...to the average individual, this sort of behavior sounds sick and twisted...and I guess it is...but to us ut makes perfect sense. For me, I was in so much emotional pain...I hurt inside and I kept things bottled up and had a lack of proper coping skills. The only way i could figure out how to relieve that emotional pain was through cutting. When one cuts, the physical pain feels so much better because we arent thinking about the emotions we feel. We have something physical to focus on. It seemed to relieve my stress when I was focused on the physical pain. Even when I was doing it I made an effort to stop...I had my friends hide all my sharp objects over at their houses. I remember one night my pain got so bad though that after I couldnt find anything sharp in the house, I had the bright idea of taking a disposable razor and breaking it to the point that I could get the blade out of there. That didnt work...thats why no one took it from me I guess... so I took and bent the blade to where it was sticking out just enough for me to cut with and I sliced up my forearm. Then I cleaned it out with an alcohol pad and took almost 900 milligrams of Seroquel (an antipsychotic). I just wanted to stop feeling the emotional pain. Send me an email (boredcrazy21224@yahoo.com) or send me an im (boredcrazy21224) and I will tell you much more, I just dont want to write it all down here. Ask me anything you want to know.
I eventually stopped, thank God.
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