How to stop self harm?
Not sure how to start... I'm a survivor of a child abuse. Not like violent or sexual, just mentally. I was a first child, and a daughter. Not a son. That's the reason i was invisible and slave to take care of my family. Hard to feel to be alive and have a reason to be able to be in this world.
So I hurt myself to see blood and feel pain.
Don't know how to stop. More than 40years, there is no hope. No one never be willing be my side.
@helpfulPenguin63 I am here in you need anything
@helpfulPenguin63 I am sorry you feel this way still after all these years. Childhood trauma is so hard to overcome. I feel that about not being wanted, as my mother also abandoned me when I was younger and then proceeded to have new children. What helps me is knowing that I am now in charge of my life and the choices I make. I am here as a sh survivor if you need someone.
@helpfulPenguin63
40 years of self harm don’t mean it’s hopeless, don’t mean it’s inevitable. It just means you were mostly fine with it and didn’t make strong intention to stop it. The positive side of habits - they make you fed up, one day you wake up and say - “I think I got enough, don’t see any point of doing it anymore”. Maybe the day you read this message is exactly that day 😉