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.
Jessielull
So 2 weeks ago I almost did it, my wrist were covered in blood and I had a bottle of pills in my hand. I was sitting on my bathroom floor in the dark when my mom walked in and found me. She started asking me all kinds if questions and was bawling her eyes out. She walked out and left the door open to make a call, I was completely motionless, I sat in the same position for about 20 minutes while she sat beside me waiting for me to move or talk. I didn't know what happened its like I had no control of it, I just got up and walked outside. I don't know where I was going to go but I just kept walking. I was halfway down the street when my aunts came and helped my mom stop me. They rushed me to the hospital and still I never talked. Nurses and social workers kept asking me questions and I never said anything. I spent the night at the hospital and when I woke up the next day they told me they were taking me to a mental hospital. I didn't put up a fight, I barely even talked to anyone. I didn't talk to anyone when I got there until it was "quiet time" and i met my room mate. We got along great, pretty much everyone did, it was like we all understood each other. I still didnt feel like I was myself though, it just all felt like a bad dream. I spent 4 days there, my first day I didnt get visitors because my mom had just dropped me off. The 2nd day my mom and my younger cousin came to visit, it was nice, I was talking to people again and i didnt cry when they left..... but the 3rd day. My older cousin came to visit because i had asked my mom the day before that i wanted to see him. Now he's my favorite person in the whole world, and he's always been there, last year i told him i wanted to commit suicide and we had a long talk about why it would be a horrible idea. I had promised him I would never do it because I know I'm too weak to try and because he told me I wasn't allowed to leave him alone like that. That day when he came to see me, I was so happy because i would see him, but when we sat down and i saw the look of hurt on his face i broke. I didnt even cry when i saw my own mother, but when i saw him it hurt so bad. I started apologizing and crying and begging him to forgive me. He couldnt even look me in the eyes. He just kept looking around the room, never making eye contact with me. After awhile we just started having "normal" conversation and then it was time to say goodbye. I thought I had already gotten out all my tears but I hugged him and I couldnt let go, i broke again and just held on to him. He left and i went into the group room where everyone else was watching a movie, I tried talking to them and joking around but i kept thinking of my cousin and it made me want to cry. So i went to my room and cried and no one ever noticed. I hated where i was and that i put myself there. I swore i would never give them a reason to send me back, but everyday i look at my wrist and i feel like i need to cut again. Its only been 2 weeks but it feels like forever. Every night i dream that im back at that horrible place and i see my cousins hurt face. I dont want to see him like that again, but everyday its like a struggle and i cant stand it. i just dont know what to do anymore. i dont want to go back...
thanks for reading and sorry for how long it is, i just really needed to let this out.
thanks for reading and sorry for how long it is, i just really needed to let this out.
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As for wanting to cut, I have that feeling sometimes too when I see the scars and think of how much I hate myself for doing that. But your right that place sucks and no one wants to go back, and you dont have to. Talk and vent to people get your feelings out, also find something that you enjoy and do it when you feel you need to harm and detract yourself from it. Make plans to meet with friends to go do something or your cousin maybe just to hang out, anything that keeps you from harming. Take steps forward not backward you will be better off not harming again. If you need to go speak to a mental health nurse then you need to having the feeling and talking about why and asking for advise on how to keep yourself safe is better then not and ending right back into the hospital.
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