Have you been hospitalized for SI? Did it help?
Quote added in last update (22 September 98)
No. I was hospitalized for suicide,
though. I didn't attempt it, though they thought I was because I ran
away and said I didn't want to live with my family! I hate that place
I still have nightmares about it and I am terrified of going back I
hyperventilate at the thought of the hospital. [female, age 17, 2
years SIB, taking HS and college classes]
Yes, [for] cutting and all it did was
make it worse b/c no one knows what the hell they're doing. We
self-cutters are on a different level; we are real, not fake, and we
go to extremes to feel real. Other people just don't have the guts to
[understand] because they are weak and stupid, very stupid [. . .] You
can change your stupidity; it's just most people are too lazy. I think
I suffer from non-understanding and if people would listen to people
all of these disorders would be eliminated. Talking and understanding
is the only way, not meds or ignorant doctors, nurses or therapists.
Was I abused? Yes, severely as some might say, [but] I feel like
well, it just never is gonna go away in my head. I just guess I will
work on it, all of it, in due time. [female, age 24, 5 years SIB,
three years of college]
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