a little behind but need to say this

[Guest guest]

i am sorry i am so far behind, i am in school for special trauma

training and am exhausted lately but i really feel the need to say

this.

i am sorry the topic of suicide upsets people. yes, we should not

discuss it like it is an option but as a support group we should be

open to hear people who are brave enough to say they feel this way

and are looking for help.

i spent most of my childhood cutting myself and overdosing and not

telling anyone when i did it becouse it was such a hush hush topic.

it is important that people can turn to us in this group and say

that they are feeling that way BEFORE they act on it, not after.

how bad would you feel if you heard that someone acted on an impulse

becouse they felt they had nowhere to turn, not even thier support

group???

growing up i had friends that killed themselves and friends that

were killed, it leaves a big wake of pain behind them.

i now, deal with dpression(which is a symptom of fms) and the

impulses to cut myself every day. my left arm is very scared up

becouse of it. but it was becouse i was able to get to a support

group that allowed me to talk about it and allowed to to explore

what the deeper feelings were and move past them that i was able to

grow up and get married and have kids, hold a job, and be a some

what normal adult.

so if anyone needs someone to talk to to who has been there, even

lived through attempts and am grateful for everyday then please feel

free to email me personally and i am more then willing to discuss

this topic.

it is not only important to be able to discuss it with people who

are looking for help, it is important for people to see that even

when you are at your lowest and do things like that, you can move on

and you can have a meaningful productive life.

i am hopeing to start a small group here in my town due to the

number of teenagers who think " cutting " is cool.

i spent from age 7 till i was 18 doing it, somtimes 3 or 4 times a

day. no one saw it. it was not for attention.

and it is a growing trend among teens these days.

please, this is a support group.

don't start putting limits on what can be talked about.

then others might start to withdraw instead of feeling they can

truely open up and talk about WHATEVER they are feeling.

Karin

luvablekarinva@...

p.s.- this was not to step on anytoes, please don't take it that way