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 write this with a single purpose, one not seeking judgement or ridicule, to express what I know to be the blunt truth. I am a terrible father.
I inherited my father's temper, one of the worst things I could have taken away from him. He was a terrible father as well. Some reasons the same and others different.
My son is three and he acts like a normal, although hyper, three year-old. He is rather aggressive and becoming quite defiant. Without going into unimportant detail, he strikes my temper to a boiling point. And I need to mutilate myself to relief the pressure. I see only red that takes hours to dissipate... and desperately require a blood release.
I wish not to hear feedback of how my son is behaving normally or anything of such nature. I am aware. This is my statement to strangers that I must cut to co-exist with my family.
I inherited my father's temper, one of the worst things I could have taken away from him. He was a terrible father as well. Some reasons the same and others different.
My son is three and he acts like a normal, although hyper, three year-old. He is rather aggressive and becoming quite defiant. Without going into unimportant detail, he strikes my temper to a boiling point. And I need to mutilate myself to relief the pressure. I see only red that takes hours to dissipate... and desperately require a blood release.
I wish not to hear feedback of how my son is behaving normally or anything of such nature. I am aware. This is my statement to strangers that I must cut to co-exist with my family.
Are you seeing a Pdoc (psychiatrist) to help you with your anger issues, self injury and other emotional issues? They can be of great help, they can teach you coping skills to work through these problems.
Take care,
Kat
you may consider using the word "unhealthy" instead...i would suggest that you are not responsible for this condition only responsible for the healing.
cutting is one strategy, just not a healthy one. In the same way, heroin works great for anxiety, just not the best medication.
You are not alone, my own father was a rager...and i have a side (introject) that rages.
i also use unhealthy coping strategies and am seeking help. i could have used a therapist beginning at age 5