Skip navigation links
Discussion Main Page
Family Help
Relationships
Feelings
Suicide
Abuse
Bullying
School
Drugs and Alcohol
Modify settings and columns


Edited: 3/31/2010 11:38 AM by
How To Tell Mom That I Cut
i want help with the voices. when i think about it, i dont want to stop cutting. that might sound bad... but its helped me cope for years and i dont want to give it up. but hiding it is hard. im afraid to talk to my mom about these things because i never tell her things like this. never anything this personal. because of that i dont know how shell react. thinking about her feelings of if shell be mad or upset kind of over-powers the help i need. i havent been telling her because i dont want her upset. i dont want her to think shes a bad parent. if my psychiatrist helps me tell her ill make sure to say that with it. but im so afraid. ive even had friends tell me to open up more to my mom. she isnt open with me though. so, i dont know how to start the opening up.
i dont know how to open up to her--i cant get myself over her feelings so i cant tell her--i dont want to  stop cutting even though i know i should.?
Edited: 3/31/2010 11:39 AM by
Your situation is one that is certainly in need of attention.  A psychiatrist is not typically a prefessional that one can receive counseling from.  They are typically one who identifies your diagnosis and perscribes medication.  They are given information by counselors or therapists who work more frequently with clients.  They monitor your medication and your progress or lack there of it.

Do you have someone like a counselor or therapist that you can talk with and process issues of concern with? 

Your comment about not wanting to stop cutting is a very typical feeling expressed by those who cut to relieve emotional pain.  They state that it is scary to think they would be faced with that pain or frustration and not to be able to relieve it with cutting.

What a therapist or counselor can help you do is to eventually replace that "unhealthy" coping skill with a healthier one.  They can also assist you in dealing with the voices that you are hearing.

We strengthen our communication with one another by sharing small things on a regular basis and engaging in the give and take of conversation.
 
Take care,
Nikki, Counselor