Had you told me at age 13 I would spend years battling a serious self-harm problem, I would have been utterly baffled. There’s a lot about cutting that I still don’t understand, even having spent years of my life with this symptom.
And that’s the thing: cutting is confusing. It’s confusing and scary to my friends and relatives, it’s hard to explain, and it’s often a big challenge even for me to try to understand what is happening in my very own head.
My urges to hurt myself stem from so many things, such as repressed and inexpressible anger, helplessness or a need to feel in control.
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