georgiamay
February 17th, 2011, 10:43 AM
So last night I was having a "chat" with my parents about some shit I'm not going to bother going into, and my self harm came up. My dad asked me if I was still doing it. Every inch of me was screaming at me to just lie and say I haven't done it since last time they found out, but I knew he'd check me if I said I hadn't. So I said, "yeah."
I was expecting them to freak out, and demand to see them. But I just said, "look, I'm in therapy now, I don't really want to talk about it," and they were ok with it. My step mum even asked me if I had a clean blade, whether I washed it, and whether I wanted her to get me some disinfectant. I have to say, I was shocked.
It wasn't all good though. A few minutes later my step mum said, "if I was stuck up in that room as long as you are I'd be slitting my wrists too." I got angry at that, I just wanted to scream, "No, I've never cut my wrists, ever, only my legs and arms, stop stereotyping." Instead I just ignored it.
After that, she said, "You're turning into a typical chliche teenager! You're always in your room, and you self harm!" Yes nicola, because it's such a typical thing for a teenager to do isn't it?
I'm not sure why I'm posting this tbh... Just thought I'd say, parents aren't that bad. They might not understand, but after my therapist told them not to get involved with my self harm and stuff, they've stayed out of it.
I was expecting them to freak out, and demand to see them. But I just said, "look, I'm in therapy now, I don't really want to talk about it," and they were ok with it. My step mum even asked me if I had a clean blade, whether I washed it, and whether I wanted her to get me some disinfectant. I have to say, I was shocked.
It wasn't all good though. A few minutes later my step mum said, "if I was stuck up in that room as long as you are I'd be slitting my wrists too." I got angry at that, I just wanted to scream, "No, I've never cut my wrists, ever, only my legs and arms, stop stereotyping." Instead I just ignored it.
After that, she said, "You're turning into a typical chliche teenager! You're always in your room, and you self harm!" Yes nicola, because it's such a typical thing for a teenager to do isn't it?
I'm not sure why I'm posting this tbh... Just thought I'd say, parents aren't that bad. They might not understand, but after my therapist told them not to get involved with my self harm and stuff, they've stayed out of it.