Originally Posted by
Heidi Tiger
But then again with the covering up things being tipsharing, being "found out" about self-injury before a person is ready to seek help is surely a bad thing as it's adding an extra stressor to their lives and in some cases may even mean they cannot self-injure and are left with no coping mechanism to deal with their feelings.
As much as I'd encourage everyone to be open and honest and seek help in recovery the fact is it takes most people a fair old while before they reach that point and I believe people can't be forced into recovery, that's far more likely to make them dig their heels in and try and oppose it than when the decision comes from themselves and is their choice.