[Silent_Screams]

1. Male/Female Female
2. How old were you when you started to Self Injure? 13-14
3. How do you SI? Cut
4. Do you try to hide it? How? Yes, wear long sleeves
5. Why do you SI? What do you get out of it? To punish myself for being a faiulure, relieve stress, guilt, anger etc...
6. Have you ever told anyone that you SI? If yes, who did you tell and how did they react? How did you tell them? Yes, i've just recently come out infront of my Perfroming arts class...I asked my teacher if i could spend 10 minutes at the end of lesson to speak 2 them about my S/I so it wouldn't b as much of a shock when and IF i finally come to class with short sleeves.
7. Did you ever seek professional help for SI? If yes, did it help you? Yer kinda and NO! i felt guitly for wasting peoples time!!!
8. Did you ever want to seek help but didn’t? If yes why didn’t you? I feel at the current moment i need help, but i'm affraid i will be made to go hospital, also i don't believe i deserve peoples time and attnetion.
9. Have you ever been diagnosed with a psych disorder? If yes, which one? Do you think there is a connection between the disorder and your SI? I have A LOT of anger mostly towards myself, i suffer with depression and started S/H to deal with my issues around food.
10. Have you ever SI with the intent of suicide? No
11. If you have been to the hospital for SI, how did the staff treat you? Stiched me up and sent me home...OH and informed the school *grrrr*
12. Did you ever want to quit SI? Please explain both yes and no answers. If you did decide to try to quit about how long after you started to SI did you decide you wanted to quit? What did you try to do to quit? What helped and what did not? I've been self harming for just over 5 years now, there have plenty been times when i've tried to stop but i often tend to relaps. I stopped S/H when i joined college and lasted for just over a year...Because of my scars i feel that this has jeopardised my chances of becoming a professional dancer and this has resulted in me S/H again...i am currently trying 2 quit and have spoken to teachers and councesllors in seek of help
13. Do you think SI should be categorized as disorder in itself? No i feel it's a way of coping, dealing with issues and underlining problems
14. Did your SI injury get worse with time or did it stay about the same? Worse
15. If you could find healthier ways that would give you the same effects of SI, would you stop SIing and replace it with the healthier alternative? I doubt it
16. Did you ever regret SI? i regret it nearly every day of my life, i feel it has jeopardised my future, job chances, relationships etc... but at the same time in ways i believe it has helped my to grow. meh
17. Do you think the awareness of SI effects peoples willing/unwillingness to ‘come out’? Maybe for some... but i feel S/I is often very personal and is a secretive act.
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19. State any additional comments or if you feel you want to say something that wasn’t addressed in this questionnaire.