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rockabye baby
March 13th, 2010, 08:07 AM
Okay so I’m just going to ramble on here but I really hope this helps. When I was thirteen I started self harming myself, I know it’s not long ago since I was thirteen but it’s been a year and just over a month since I started, I still am self harming at the moment, it’s like my security blanket. When ever anything in my life turned out bad I would go into my bedroom or bathroom and get either a razor blade or I would use my nails to scratch my wrists. I don’t go to that extreme anymore I usually use rubber bands or my nails still, I wish I didn’t but I fell into the pattern of it, it has become like any everyday thing for me.
My mum found me around a month ago unconscious on the bathroom floor with a razor blade in my hand, and blood running down my wrists and neck, I had tried to kill myself, I knew what I was doing, I was having a mental break down, everything in my life I felt was going wrong and I wanted to kill myself to fix it, but I promise you trying to kill yourself isn’t big or fun. It hurts you physically and emotionally and it also effects everybody else in your life. Things in my life that I felt were going wrong were that a boy I really like and still do, told me he loved me, later on he then said that he didn’t want to risk our friendship and moved onto another girl, I cried myself most nights after that, and resulted to more dangerous self harming. Now I am recovering from that and he has recently told me that he made a stupid mistake for what he did and I believe him and were working on creating a relationship together.
I don’t know why I’m writing this blog, I just feel that if my story of what happened to me can help someone then I should, because I know how everyone who self harms feel, it’s the worst feeling in the world and after a while you become dependant on it. It starts off as maybe a couple of times a month to once or more times a day. I really hope that people who read this will see what self harming can do, and how badly it can affect your life, and others. I have lost my friend to self harming and an over dose of antibiotics. I miss him like hell and I wish he didn’t do what he did, and I had to watch him die in his final hours, the pain on his face was unbearable, in his final hours he didn’t want to go through the pain he did, and he wished he didn’t self harm in the first place but he did.
So I really hope this helps someone because I don’t want anyone to go through the same thing I did or my friend.
And remember that everybody deserves to life and is worth it no matter what anybody else says.
If anyone needs to talk you can always talk to me, I’m always here to listen and give help to people who need it, no matter how much they think it’s pathetic.

Kaya
March 14th, 2010, 07:37 PM
that was really good

Fiction
March 15th, 2010, 12:08 PM
I know what you mean about the progression. I started with fairly small scratches with blunt scissors and i would go through a phase of doing that for a few days. I then weht on to drinking alcohol and taking pills occasionally. While like this i would throw myself against things, and try to hurt myself as much as i could. Now, i burn myself most days and its only getting worse. I know its easier to give up now, before it gets even more serious but now i've started, its so hard to stop :/

kidkizzet
March 15th, 2010, 01:12 PM
I know what you mean about the progression. I started with fairly small scratches with blunt scissors and i would go through a phase of doing that for a few days. I then weht on to drinking alcohol and taking pills occasionally. While like this i would throw myself against things, and try to hurt myself as much as i could. Now, i burn myself most days and its only getting worse. I know its easier to give up now, before it gets even more serious but now i've started, its so hard to stop :/

kitty i know its so hard to stop, im trying to and i believe you can. i know its an addiction that is hard to stop and i think ive been lucky, im trying to stop before things get too bad. i believe that if you can find even one reason not to harm yourself, then you should attempt to stop just for one reason. you should stop for yourself, im trying to stop but i cant stop for myself but ive got another reason. i hope you can find the strength to stop, i think i have and ive slipped up a few times and i think everyone does but if you try your hardest to stop now, then it will be for the best.
PM me if you ever need to talk.

Asylum
March 16th, 2010, 12:35 PM
Kitty i want to thank you for sharing your story... i know it's really hard to share what you've been through... like kidkizzet said it's hard to stop, no one here i think needs me to explain that feeling of the urge... however.. there is a light at the end of the tunnel... there is an end to this all.... its getting help... i know it's hard... whatever the reason is, perhaps parents don't knwo or parents are really mean about it, think of the light at the end of the tunnel... think of the days in the future taht you won't have the urge... you won't cut, and the only marks on your body are faded scars. think of thos days! it may seem far away, or impossible, but you can get there. all you need to do is get some help. i know i'm a hypocrite here i am telling people get help! when i have only been a few days SI free... however... i plan on getting help when i'm away from my family... it's a long story, and i'd rather focus on whats going on with you, since it is yoru post. you can always PM me, anytime.. and i am very sorry tohear about your friend... *hugs*

georgiamay
March 17th, 2010, 02:01 PM
i know exactly what you mean. thank you for posting your story :)

like kitty said, i know what you mean about it getting worse. i started with broken glass and scratching my arm, then i was cutting with really weird things, that made it harder to draw blood, but it made it hurt more... and i tried other ways of hurting myself, so it was easier to explain away.
but i know it is possible to stop. i did :) i know i had a relapse a few weeks ago, but i wont do it again. i mean, sure when i'm in textiles and i'm having a bad day i do tend to look at the sharp un-pickers and think of the damage i could do with them, but i never pick them up, and they never go anywhere near my arm. the thing that stops me is my parents. they were a contributing factor of why i started in the first place yeah, but when they found out, they were really hurt. i dont want to put them through that again, so i dont do it.

i guess what i'm trying to say, is when you feel like you really have to hurt yourself, think about what it would be like if you didn't even feel the need anymore, the urges fade with time. Think about how it would feel to not have to hide anymore. i know it is possible to stop, its hard, but its possible. Whatever it takes, just think of something that will make you NOT want to hurt yourself.

if any of you ever need to talk, or just vent to someone, feel free to PM me :)