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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the hardest part.

deleted_user
deleted_user
is concealing your addiction, your cuts, your burns, your scars.
Jennheimrich
Jennheimrich
no... the hardest part is when others see them, and then you have to see the pain in their faces as you answer their "why"
deleted_user
deleted_user
^^ i agree with jenn.
deleted_user
deleted_user
well both of those things are very hard.

but i think the hardest part is your emotional pain.
the guilt you feel, the struggle between wanting the relief but hating yourself if you allow yourself to have it. and wanting to stop but you just cannot seem to
Jennheimrich
Jennheimrich
very true.
deleted_user
deleted_user
all the shit is hard.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel that the hardest things are trying to explain why, trying to avoid them been seen, and the emotional scars.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i think its that you know your hurting the ppl that love you because they feel bad because they cant seem to help you, and when you try and quit but always come back to it (well i do)
deleted_user
deleted_user
The hardest part... When people only see the pain in your cuts, not within your heart and soul...
deleted_user
deleted_user
the hardest part is when people see your scars and do nothing to help you.
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