Self Harm

Very well said.

Not sure what happens on A&E departments around the nation but I work on a respiratory and endocrinology ward and even there we come across self harm patients. We work to really good guidelines to refer all of these patients to the self harm team but short of frogmarching people to their follow up appointments there isn't much further we can go?

people deal with situations good & bad differently which is why some ppl self harm, some ppl are alcoholics, some ppl r smack addicts etc etc....there doesn't need to b a reason behind it just more of an understanding....ppl who don't do these self destructive & harmful things probs don't fully comprehend why these ppl do it but imo they should b willing to listen & talk with someone if they want to talk (with in reason tho, i wudn't sit in a room with a murdering alcoholic by myself!)

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This boy has been threw a lot trying to understand why i did it.

He used to say that he cant understand how i can hate myself so much when he loved me so much.

It was a lot about self hatred for me. But im learning to love myself.

I last cut about November 2003 after 4 years of self harming.

Its not easy for me to stay stopped. i still want to a lot but i manage not to.

If ne1 has ne questions abut it, i will b willing to answer as best as i can, as i say, was 4 years, nearly everyday. sumtimes just once, everynow and again id cut all over my body, 50-100 cuts.

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I have never cut myself and can't really get my head around why anyone would want to do that.

I have tried to overdose three times now and they were all very frightening experiences. You know things are fairly messed up when you go to that extreme. I'm a pretty level-headed guy, fairly intelligent, but sometimes something happens that pushes you that little bit further than you are able to deal with...

On the plus side, I woke up the next day after each time pretty glad I did wake up...and learned it takes a hell of a lot more pain killers to do away with yourself than you might think!

Thats alright then. Thank fuck for that Heather, i was starting to believe it wasn't cause there slightly mad. * phew *

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How true is that.

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awww you should love yourself everyone should, got all emotional reading that.

i dont completely understand why people jharm themselves but i can a little cause have had friends who did it or knew sumone.

glad your getting better chick

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i hope im getting better.

i take tablets every day. if i dont take them, i get worse (uve been on the recieving end of a 'bad day' yourself) but i have to haev missed them for a while to want to cut.

but im still very poorly, but its controlled.

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ahh chick im sorry to hear that you been throw this im sorry for me jokeing about doing it earlier in thread about tha licked thing. But hope you is ok

Thats half their problem thou they dont want to talk! Many of the times offering them to talk can resolve half the pain! However most of them will not talk thats why they turn to self harm. then they get the attention they want....they seek it that way imo!

so im an attention seeker then?


so y did no1 know about it for 2 years?

i want to help people understand, PM me with ne questions if you dont want to ask them on the board, i will help you understand this thing that frightens you.

I think until you go thru it, you couldnt possibly understand the reasoning.

you are completely wrong! its not about not wanting to talk its about feeling that they can't or noone will understand...much like most of the peeps who've replied to this thread!

Wowh never said it frightens me! Far from it! I know ppl that have done it and tried to help them!

I guess ppl are right in saying you dont understnad unless you have done it far enough!

IMO they are other ways to solve probelms(if its about probelms or what ever its bout) and ALL people know that! If thety dont well then...enough said!

It's really hard when you know someone who does this and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.

I used to think it was attention seeking...but it obviously runs a lot deeper than that. people should be better educated on how to spot the signs, as well as more help from the NHS, then self harmers would get the help they need