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Dear Cathys, has your partner said that he doesn't love you anymore? Has the self harming caused issues between you and him? Or is the relationship on the rocks. Reason why I ask these questions is because my partner of 23 years has asked me to marry her on several occasions but for me marriage...

So you get lost in your own mind and find yourself drifting away. Are they dark thoughts? or just simply your not there?

Today has been a testing day, the urge to create deep wounds is almost unbearable. The voices seams louder then normal and the anxiety has reached its boiling point. I tried make today normal for the sake of my family but found myself either looking at the ground or staring into the blue sky. I...

WOW that is very nicely put and will stick with me forever

Yes now is the time to stand on my own two feet, obviously with the help of family to lean of when I need them. The fight will go on

Well my OCD is very similar. With the shopping it is all planned out before I leave and the family no longer comes with me lol. We have to leave at the right time and the trip should take x amount of time. If it doesn't then I start to get stressed and become very nervous as if I'm losing...

I am grateful for my son who saved me I am grateful to have found this site I am grateful to still have some fight in me I am grateful to simply be me, even tho it's pretty messed up right now :tup:

Thank you FireSign8, I had not thought about it in such a way. As for my friend what she meant is, see the journey ahead to where I want to be but step by step I will have achieved my goal. And once that goal has been achieved then look ahead again for the next. I have not let other dictate my...

How bad is your OCD?

Wow Brenda my heart bleeds for you and the situation you are currently experiencing. OK as for the family thing, just because they are family it doesn't give them the right to walk all over you. The reason they do that is because you let them, it sounds like you have very low self esteem and...

I become speechless all the time cause it means I have to face the demons I have inside. But once that demon is out then it cannot go back in and that's the way I think about it. Get it out and it never comes back, this is how we heal our broken selves

That is such a nice thing to say Tornadic, at this moment hugs is what I need. You see it is nearly 1am in the morning and I can not sleep. I haven't had a decent sleep in weeks. I run everyday with my dogs and workout most nights but it's not the same energy being release. I suffer from PTSD...

I have recently been diagnosed with OCD and have been taking Diazepam, but the issue is that it makes me groggy and yet to help me sleep. So I now take a combo with Sertraline but only to have the same effect. Sometimes I stay up all night only to sleep maybe an hour the next morning before...

I am from a country called New Zealand and have moved to Australia eight years ago. I have friends but none that will understand what it is to self harm. Most people I talk to about it in passing conversations just say "then don't do it" but they don't realize why I do it. I think only those...

Your reaching out to your therapist is not uncommon as I was speaking with mine last night. I am going through a real rough patch at the moment and she often calls to make sure I'm OK. So I wouldn't stress to much as I am sure you are not the only one to have texted your therapist while...

It has been nearly twenty years from when I last did any self harm but over the past two weeks it has become a real challenge. Over the weekend I stood looking at the butchers knives for what seamed hours, remembering the relief the pain gave me. Sure it does fix the issues I need to deal with...

Sad state of affairs Brenda, the first thing I would do is change the locks on the doors and maybe get yourself a dog. When will this all end no one but yourself knows. Your house should be your safe haven and if it is not then I suggest you move if that is possible. I see you are from Australia...

lol there's love in the most weirdest of all places. If you ever need to talk I'm an night ow hoot hoot

Hi Anne, when dealing with abuse you should never have to face it alone even if those faces that are there to help are blank. I am only new here like yourself but I do feel the love

Hi Oriss, I have read your story and I must say it is one of interest but don't get me wrong I am no prev. Maybe as a child you were violated and in your own mind made this as a fantasy. Such a wonderful fantasy that now you crave sex more then the average female. As for not finding me...

All I can say is wow Sherry, thank you for sharing your story

I use to wear my scares loud and proud as a younger man growing up in a harsh environment. But have now covered most of them with tattoos. I think you shouldn't be ashamed of what you have done. Self harming is a way of relief and better then taking your life. So wear em "LOUD N PROUD"

Well my first attempt at this was somewhat incorrect as I had explained my life more as a story. The real fact is that I have been suffering from PTSD, OCD and depression for almost a year, and have only been diagnosed with the illnesses a few days ago. So slowly, bit by bit I was feeling like...

May I ask what you are dealing with?

Evening Charleh, It will be my first day back at work after a two week breakdown and I have only scratched the surface of my PTSD. I have drugs but they make my drowsy and my position in the company is one of importance. So my train of thought is to go for a walk or workout before work and not...