I was self-harming and decided to kill myself when I was 17. I am so grateful for every person who helped me get betterI was 17 when I decided to kill myself. There wasn’t really one stand-alone event that made me want to. I was in the grip of a serious mental illness which led me to self-harm,at first superficially but by that point seriously. It got so injurious I would need stitches in A&E.
I’ll never forget the faces of my parents every time I had to declare them I needed to fade to hospital. I know now they were frightened and desperately wanted me to cease, but at the time it felt like they were angry with me and it just widened the chasm between us. I felt humiliated booking in at reception. When they asked me how the injury happened, or I had to say I did it myself” and I wanted to hang my head in shame.
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Source: theguardian.com