
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.

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When I started cutting it began as...I don't want to say a way to get attention but more as a cry for help I guess. I was so depressed and lonely I felt I had no other way to let people see how much I hurt. When I told my friends about it, well it started working. I learned quickly how to use my depression to manipulate. It didn't take them long for them to realise what I was doing and most of them pushed me away. The only problem is that I really did hurt and I really did love cutting, I just used it in ways I shouldn't have. Now years later I don't trust myself to open up to people or talk to them about anything personal. I still have so much pain and no one really knows. I want more than anything to have someone that will listen to me. How do I know if I'm just doing it to manipulate them into being a better friend or if I'm just trying to talk? Is there a difference??? There's this guy who I feel like I could talk to and I really want to. Of course I like him and want it to be more than just a friendship so I'm not sure if I just want to tell him my problems to get closer to him. I feel like I've become so screwed up I don't know how to make friends or start a relationship anymore. Are my intentions wrong if I want to open up to people just to get closer to them? I don't know if any of this makes sense but please I need help. I can't hold all this in anymore!!! I don't want to be alone anymore. Please help!!!

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well normally getting closer to people means trusting them... which means you have to open up to them. so i dont think there is anything wrong with you explaining yourself and the things in your life

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I definitly trust this guy and I really want to open up to him and get closer to him. I guess I just want that so much I'm afraid I'll be telling him stuff so he'll be worried about me and feel like he needs to be my friend.
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