Self-Injury Support Group
Whether you or someone you know or love struggles with self-injury, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, meet others going through the same, and get advice on how to stop. Working together, we can help find alternative coping skills to reduce the urge to self-harm.
Hi there, i am 21 married to my highschool sweetheart and pregnant. We had tried and tried for months with no luck and just when we gave up, we were blessed with a child :-). but now i worry that when dorctors see scars on my body cause you know they ll see me in all my glory when i deliver that they are going to want to report child services on me and what kind of parent i am? that is the most stressful thought i am having through out this pregnancy, i will not be able to have my mother in the room just my husband and the dr. i have no idea what to do i did plan on covering them with a tattoo before the pregnancy but i gotta put that off for a while :). then another fear is that my daughter/son are gonna pick up on why mommy wares pants in the summer time or why there are lines across her arms. i cant lie forever, but i am mostly ashamed of myself for this disease.
If they're old, if anyone asks you can tell them it's something you used to struggle with and now you're better.
If they're new and your still cutting, you need to work on yourself and learn to love yourself to be the best parent you can be to your precious little one. Kids pick up on and copy self-hatred like nobody's business. I did. If you'd like help for free, id suggest a twelve step program. There are online and phone meetings for self injurers, even if there aren't any real life meetings in your area. The 12 staps saved my life.
Best wishes to you and your budding family