how did they find out?
My parents found out about 6 months ago, apparently my sleeves rolled up as I was sleeping and she saw my scars.
what was there reaction then?
My mom started crying, shouting and then cried a bit more, then the questions began, oh god the questions. My dad just stayed on the sofa and didn't look or say anything to me.
what are there feelings about it now?
I couldn't really talk to them about it, to this day I still tear up if they mention anything about it, I promised my mom i'd stop but that didn't happen, I used to feel guilty about continuing to SI but now I don't.
how did them knowing effect you?
Well they took me to see my GP who then referred me to a CPN who then referred me to a counsellor, I didn't want to see anyone and as my parents thought my SI had stopped, they told me I didn't have to see anyone if I didn't want to. Then 3 months later things got particularly bad as I was constanly crying in college becasue I couldn't cope with my parents knowing and because none of my friends knew I couldn't exactly tell them, I decided after a long month to tell my tutor who got me into counselling. My parents don't know I have a counsellor.
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