Hi! How are you feeling and how are you doing? Why did you start self-harming yourself and at what age did it happen to you?(
hi.
"hᴏw ᴀrᴇ yᴏu fᴇᴇling?" — ᴛhᴀᴛ's ᴀlwᴀys ᴛhᴇ hᴀrdᴇsᴛ quᴇsᴛiᴏn… righᴛ nᴏw? ᴇʍᴩᴛy. ᴛirᴇd... ᴛhᴀᴛ ᴩhysiᴄᴀl ᴩᴀin didn'ᴛ gᴏ ᴀwᴀy, iᴛ sᴛᴀyᴇd wiᴛh ʍᴇ... ᴛhᴇ ᴋind ᴛhᴀᴛ rᴇʍinds ʍᴇ ᴛhᴀᴛ I'ʍ rᴇᴀl.
"hᴏw ᴀrᴇ yᴏu dᴏing?" — ᴇxisᴛing. ʙrᴇᴀᴛhing. wriᴛing ᴛhis. ᴛhᴀᴛ's ᴛhᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ i ᴄᴀn dᴏ ᴛᴏdᴀy.
why did i sᴛᴀrᴛ sᴇlf-hᴀrʍing?
ʙᴇᴄᴀusᴇ i nᴇᴇdᴇd ᴛᴏ fᴇᴇl sᴏʍᴇᴛhing ᴏᴛhᴇr ᴛhᴀn ᴛhᴇ nuʍʙ vᴏid insidᴇ ʍᴇ.
ʙᴇᴄᴀusᴇ wᴏrds didn'ᴛ wᴏrᴋ. ᴄrying didn'ᴛ wᴏrᴋ. sᴄrᴇᴀʍing didn'ᴛ wᴏrᴋ.
ʙᴇᴄᴀusᴇ i wᴀs ᴀngry, sᴀd, ᴀshᴀʍᴇd — ᴀnd i hᴀd nᴏ idᴇᴀ hᴏw ᴛᴏ lᴇᴛ iᴛ ᴏuᴛ wiᴛhᴏuᴛ hurᴛing sᴏʍᴇᴏnᴇ ᴇlsᴇ.
sᴏ i hurᴛ ʍysᴇlf insᴛᴇᴀd. iᴛ wᴀs quiᴇᴛ. iᴛ wᴀs ʍinᴇ. nᴏ ᴏnᴇ ᴇlsᴇ hᴀd ᴛᴏ dᴇᴀl wiᴛh iᴛ.
ᴀᴛ whᴀᴛ ᴀgᴇ?
8–7.
firsᴛ ᴛiʍᴇ wᴀs ᴀ sʍᴀll ᴄuᴛ ᴏn ʍy ᴀrʍ. jusᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇsᴛ if iᴛ wᴏuld hᴇlᴩ…
iᴛ did. fᴏr ᴀ fᴇw ʍinuᴛᴇs. ᴛhᴇn ᴄᴀʍᴇ ᴛhᴇ shᴀʍᴇ. ᴛhᴇn ᴛhᴇ ᴄyᴄlᴇ.
i'ʍ 16 nᴏw.
sᴏʍᴇᴛiʍᴇs i gᴏ wᴇᴇᴋs wiᴛhᴏuᴛ iᴛ. sᴏʍᴇᴛiʍᴇs i rᴇlᴀᴩsᴇ ᴛwiᴄᴇ in ᴏnᴇ dᴀy. i'ʍ ᴛrying ᴛᴏ quiᴛ, ʙuᴛ "ᴛrying" dᴏᴇsn'ᴛ ʍᴇᴀn "suᴄᴄᴇᴇding".
i dᴏn'ᴛ rᴏʍᴀnᴛiᴄizᴇ iᴛ. i dᴏn'ᴛ rᴇᴄᴏʍʍᴇnd iᴛ.
iᴛ's nᴏᴛ ᴩrᴇᴛᴛy. iᴛ's nᴏᴛ ᴄᴏᴏl.
iᴛ's jusᴛ... ʍy wᴀy ᴏf surviving whᴇn ᴇvᴇryᴛhing ᴇlsᴇ fᴀils.
ᴛhᴀnᴋs fᴏr ᴀsᴋing, ᴛhᴏugh. ᴇvᴇn if iᴛ's sᴄᴀry ᴛᴏ ᴀnswᴇr, iᴛ's ᴀlsᴏ... niᴄᴇ? ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴇᴇn.
ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀsᴋᴇd liᴋᴇ i'ʍ ᴀ ᴩᴇrsᴏn, nᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴩrᴏʙlᴇʍ.
if yᴏu'rᴇ rᴇᴀding ᴛhis ᴀnd yᴏu'rᴇ sᴛruggling ᴛᴏᴏ — i'ʍ nᴏᴛ gᴏnnᴀ givᴇ yᴏu ᴀdviᴄᴇ, i'ʍ nᴏᴛ yᴏur sᴀviᴏr.
ʙuᴛ i will sᴀy: i sᴇᴇ yᴏu. ᴀnd yᴏu'rᴇ nᴏᴛ ᴀlᴏnᴇ in ᴛhis...











