Self-Injury: Coming Out

Telling friends, families, and loved ones about your self injury.

link: http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html

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[roscothehorse]

Hey xsullengirlx, I think you are a very inteligent, insightful young lady and would love to talk to you further on this mater. I'm a youth worker in London and I come across this often. If you are interested or think you may be able to help and disscus your issues on a broader scale then I would like to be able to converse with you more on this..

[notme2468]

then they're not real friends

[DottedShoe]

helped alot x

[EvilKittyCat113]

I watched this in 2009 and, for weeks i was thinking if i should tell my family or a friend or if i should tell anyone..and i watched this again a few weeks later and some other of ur videos and decided to tell someone about what i was doing. Thankyou...if i never came across this video back then i wouldnt of ever told :)

[LoserJinxedAndJaded]

I've been a self injurer since I was eight (right after my sister passed away), and I just recently told my mother. 13 years later. None of my friends know, none of my family know. So, you're wrong there. You can hide this aspect of your life.

Oh! I just recently told my mother, and she... well... she made fun of me for it. It was quite devastating, actually. She still makes cracks about it. Though it no longer bothers me, actually. I'm stronger than that now. :-]

[LoserJinxedAndJaded]

I've been a self injurer since I was eight (right after my sister passed away), and I just recently told my mother. 13 years later. None of my friends know, none of my family know. So, you're wrong there. You can hide this aspect of your life.

Oh! I just recently told my mother, and she... well... she made fun of me for it. It was quite devastating, actually. She still makes cracks about it. Though it no longer bothers me, actually. I'm stronger than that now. :-]

[TonjeMariEngen]

I actually was "caught" being depressed before anyone knew I hurt myself. I'm pretty open about it, I'm not afraid of showing my scars at all, and I've only had ONE really bad reaction. NOTE: this person was a narcissist and these people can be bad company for some, like me, for instance, and when I realized this friendship was bad, she started using my cutting against me, making me look like a deranged emo. SO: you're right: be careful who you tell <3

[mathisawesome314]

...you're really lucky. i came out to my parents about cutting, and they literally sent me to the mental hospital for a month...and so im just not going to ever tell anyone ever again, but your videos, they just make me feel a lot better thank you very much, you've done a lot for me

[XxXsweetsiveyxXx]

I hate having to hide the fact that I self injure but my mum and my family would freak if they knew. I am glad I watched this video o now realise that I can tell people I just have to be careful who knows. And I wondered of I wanted to raise awareness of self injury what could I do. Xxxx

[luv4alwayz]

im afraid though :'(

i have some cuts on my arm and im really not sure how to stop people from noticing it. im in highschool and it's for this reason that im even more resistant to telling people about this little problem. high school kids are very judgemental and ignorant to videos like this. im so afraid they will judge me and wont understand if i tell them that preaching doesnt help.

[butternutscotch]

I'm so afraid, I have to tell. My family will see because I have to go to prom and I can't hide it. They'll want to see me in my dress without the jacket over it. It is known, but not spoken. They don't know how bad it is on my upper arms. I think they believe it is just a few marks here and there. I know if I told, they'd belittle me and put me to shame. I'm so afraid. It is rediculous, I've been doing this for almost a decade and I hate having to hide this.