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I'm new here. Sorry to dive into the deep end straight away but I'm having a shit of a night. I can't sleep and having increasingly strong SI thoughts. I used to self harm pretty severely 10 years ago and hadn't done it till a few months ago and now it's just becoming a stronger and stronger thought. I'm scared that if I cave into it, I'll end up back in the horrible cycle of self harm. but right now I'm not sure what else to do. I'm really anxious and unsettled. I have PTSD and nights are often hard but this is a particularly bad one. Just feeling quite alone and thought that maybe sending these thoughts out into the cyber world might help. I know that it won't fix anything but at least writing has taken my mind off self harming for a few minutes.
I was waiting for a call back from another helpline who finally called and it was helpful chatting to them. My original post was deleted and I can't find it to edit it to get it back. Doesn't matter now. Feeling a little more in control and just have to keep things chugging along till bed time and hopefully sleep this crap away.
In response to: Struggling
outlanderSenior Contributor
Re: Struggling
Thats ok as long as your going abit better now Thats what matters @embers🙂
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