Originally Posted by
forgotten_angel
im doing an essay/presenation on the prejudices/sterotypes assosiated with SI
any personal expirences/why people started etc/help of any kind would be great ?
Stereotypes are the same as people said though i mostly got 'goth' like it was a derisive term.
I have a couple of personal experiences, most of the time when people seen my scars they ignored it like it wasn't there, or stared and asked other people what had happened to me. There was one time I was outside a concert and a girl seen my scars and she ran down to me to show me hers, but in a way that she was proud of them, it actually scared me a bit because some people with me didn't know that i had caused the scars myself. Also a good experience to share with you was when I was in the psych ward and it was boiling hot there but i wouldn't take my cardigan off lol, well the girls i made friends with figured out what i was hiding and they didnt say 2 bad words they made me feel comfortable just accepting who i was, eventually they asked me questions about it and i think that was good cause they just wanted to understand.
My family, when they first found out decided it was a phase i was going through and shouting at me to stop would make it so.
It's hard to say why i started I dont think I really thought about it, it just happened. I was such a quiet child and didn't like to bother other people with my problems, this was my way of dealing. Sometimes it got to the point where i believed i deserved it.
Hope this helps you somewhat
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