Good Morning girl2
Welcome, and welcome in your time of such pain and when you are feeling so bad and so bad about yourself. I am so beyond proud of you for finding your way here, to reach out for support and to share how you are feeling.
I would really like to chat with you some more, to find out about you and how we can support you, what we can do to give you some comfort at this time.
I actually have started a thread and I will put the link here, it is a collection of people's suggestions and ways in which others cope in times when they are harming also. I hope that this is somewhat helpful, I am sure that alot of them you will have heard before but maybe you may find something new that might resonate with you and may help you, anything, anything is worth a try, here is the link:
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/suicidal-thoughts-and-self-harm/instead-of-harming-myself-i-now-(list-three-of-four-dot-points)
I have some thoughts on the scars and I would love to share them with you, but they are just my thoughts, the scars are not who you are, they are not a symbol of what you are about, what I think they are is a release in a time of utter and desperate pain, so you can look at it two ways I think, maybe these scars are like your reminder that you did make it through a painful time, like warriors in battle. That at a time when you felt so bad you managed in the best way that you could in that time.
I am so proud of you for reaching out here.
We are here for you, to share some of the pain and I hope that we can chat some more soon.
Huge hugs to you
Sarah xx
