Survivors

[FixAHeart]

Im 16, i have been suicidal since i was 8 cutting since i was 11 and bulimic since i was 14. I just want to know if there is anyone out there older than me that has over come all of these things and is doing okay. Has a strong family a good job, the ability to smile without feeling like you don't deserve it? I don't know anyone over 18 that has gone threw this and has built a good life for them self with the scars still there.
Im worried ill never get better because i don't know anyone that has, or anyone with kids that has faced these issues. How am i supposed to have kids one day and explain this to them. How could a guy want to marry me with scares all over my body.
Anyone a survivor and not still in recovery?

[antage]

I'm 17, doing A levels and now on route to be an accountant. For years I was self harming.. I had a 4 year relationship that ended, mum forced me to have an abortion and just got raped (fml much)

I tried to kill myself, I cut a big line down my forearm and 3 lines across and cut my neck.. I also stabbed myself about a centimetre from my femoral artery (in my leg)

My mum heard myself scream and she ran upstairs to find me blue and not breathing, she said when I was at hospital I lost so much blood that my heart stopped and had to be brought back to life, I lost a 3rf of my blood. That was a year ago, since then I'm on medication for my heart and I have to get it scanned and all that shit.

But since then, I thought that what's the point? :S I still cut but not that bad.. Never again, as I said previously I'm now doing A levels and on route to a good job.. Hope this "enspires" you in a way.. /: just think as long as your life isn't as bad as mine, you should be okay. :L

Byeeeeeeeee. :) :L

[Carly011]

Hello! i am 19 years old, i wouldn't say i am fully recovered yet, but i am on my way. I have finally realized that my family is amazing and that i deserve to be happy! I still cut frequently, but i am try to quit. I have finally(very recently) figured out cutting isnt worth it and that i deserve not to have that pain! Some time it takes A LOT to realize it, but it does happen! To me it took my aunts and cousins literally turning on me and telling me i was sick in the head for me to say you know? i am NOT sick in the head, and i WILL get better. I am in college, i have 1 amazing friend, i am excited about my future, i have a great therapist, a great family. I CAN do this. Its hard but i can do it.

AND SO CAN YOU!!!! Its really hard, dont get me wrong. It is sooooooo hard, but you can do it. Its a lot of work, but it can be done!