****Trigger Warning**** Hello, My name is Allison and I have been dealing with self harming since I was seven. I would scratch and bite myself because of, what I now know to be, anxiety depression and self loathing. I eventually escalated to cutting in seventh grade. I started cutting because of the feelings of despair, self loathing, depression, and anxiety. I felt like I didn’t deserve the perfect unscathed skin on my arms. I felt like the only way to stop the mental pain was to produce physical pain, once scratching and biting stopped working cutting was just a natural step up in my warped opinion. I still want to cut, I still get the burning tingly feeling in my arms when I get overwhelmed. Thank you for reading.
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It's hard especial when people don't understand I have visual scars from cutting I fight so hard every day not to cut and still can't stop the urge to want to just cut but I know I have to be strong and think positive knowing that it only helps for a while and then it's back to your depressive state I tell my self every day ALL IS WELL ONlLY GOOD WILL COME I AM SAFE.
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