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.
Hi I am 17 and my name is Hannah my mom just passed away in April. I was so close to her, she was the only person who I could really talk to about my cutting. She spent 5 weeks in the hospital, I did not cut for this point in time because I thought she was going to come home. Shes gone and she left me with a father who really doesn't want me a sister who has her own life to live. I am alone and terrified of my future. Suicide is popping into my head very frequently, and my cutting has become worse but it doesn't help right now because I have absolutely nothing good to cut with. My life seems worthless now, pointless, and stupid. Now that my mom is gone what kind of a future do I have to look forward to? What is there to live for? How do I cope with the loss of my mother? How do I keep going on with my life knowing there will not be any joy in it?
i was very close to my grandmother. she was a nurse. she always used to take me to the hospital and i'd get to talk to all the nurses there when i was younger. she died when i was 8. the lessons she instilled in me pushed me to join the army as a medic. and now that i'm in college, i'll be going into medical research. yes. there are times it still hurts. but i know i'm doing something she would be proud of.
find that "something" for you. you can do this. and if need be, see a counselor. there are a lot of counselors out there specifically designed for the grieving process. they can help you with it. just something to think about :)