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.
I am currently finding things a little hard to cope with again and feeling like i am starting to loose again with self harm. I have found myself on two occasions wanting to cut myself but have resisted but have found myself peeling skin on my arm to the point of having a patch of about 8 cm, It doesn't bleed but hurts a bit. My boyfriend who has harmed himself in the past, when i told him, said it wasn't self harm as it didn't bleed. I don't know if it would be classed as self harm or not and im feeling a bit panicky about it as i haven't done self harm for 18 months now after harming for around 3 years.
Loosing my job and being made redundant almost two months ago has really been a major thing affecting me and i feel i have no one i can turn to in my family, the only person i feel i can turn to is my boyfriend, things are great with us but i don't want to add things to his growing problems and depression with fully telling him how i am feeling. I feel as though i have failed myself by having no job and that i cant really see that far into the future anymore. I feel like i am letting myself down and the feelings are growing stronger slowly to harm myself.
Loosing my job and being made redundant almost two months ago has really been a major thing affecting me and i feel i have no one i can turn to in my family, the only person i feel i can turn to is my boyfriend, things are great with us but i don't want to add things to his growing problems and depression with fully telling him how i am feeling. I feel as though i have failed myself by having no job and that i cant really see that far into the future anymore. I feel like i am letting myself down and the feelings are growing stronger slowly to harm myself.
I understand how loosing a job makes you more depressed. That happened to me, thankfully I'm at least finally starting a new job tomorrow. You will find another job. Unfortunately it just takes time and everything is so unpredictable. :(
It's a nervous habit that almost everyone in the whole world does.
There is a HUGE difference between cutting, burning, etc and biting your nails.