I started self harming when I was 24/25 which is over 10 years ago. I sort of remember telling my gp I had cut myself for the first time. It's a bit hazy. I don't think he was too panicked about it but I ended up with a referral to psych.
Oh how little we all knew then how it would escalate and become a humongous issue for me.
I've met all sorts of different attitudes to self harm as an adult, one of the most hurtful was being cut off by a so called friend after she saw the scars on my arms (I was admittedly wearing a short sleeve top, but I don't think I was in any way flaunting my s/harm).
My experience regarding professionals attitudes to my self harm has fortunately been mostly ok and I don't think I have ever been told that it is something that only teenagers do.
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