
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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I have some pretty bad scars on my left arm. They aren't from a suicide attempt. They are from being bi-polar and having a manic episode where I didn't sleep for 8 days, during which I decided I needed to hurt and water trees with my blood. I've since delt with the bi-polar problem; it's been three years. But I wish the scars weren't there, a lot. I think a lost a job today after my interviewer saw it. I just wish people wouldn't use a few scars to define my character or abilities. Anyone else have trouble with this?
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