Hi Alex.
I hope you can find some hope in the fact that you actually want to turn this around no matter how cruel the voices are and how pointless it all may feel right now.
I can see you're swedish. I'm in Denmark and i Think maybe we're both at the same kind of place self harm wise. The psychiatric system in my city has pretty much given up on me due to the self harm aspect that has been going on for so long. As they discharged me they could only advice me to seek out some help at the local centre that deals with substance abuse. I tried approaching them but sadly, they did not want to take on someone who is dependent on self harm as they did not have the neccessary expertise.
But, i am hoping maybe things Will be different in Sweden….??? Your first point of entrance back into the system is probably your doctor. Maybe he/she can say whether the next step Will be the mental health team or somewhere else. And if the mental health team feel they cannot help then i urge you to try what i did and approach the local substance abuse team.
Self harm is both a coping mechanism and an addiction. It makes no sense only treating one aspect of it but since nobody has really Connected the two treatment wise it is quite difficult finding a place that can help you on both of those paths.
I am hoping there would be at least someone close to youwho would try to help. There are people out there who can make a difference. But there's a lot of people out there too who doesn't have the faintest idea on how to help…..
You’re welcome to pm me if you want to talk about anything. I saw you have a breaking Benjamin lyric in your signature, i am a huge fan of them myself. Sorry, i tend to waffle. Anyways i hope you Will keep speaking here if it helps. Sometimes there's a bit of comfort in knowing that you're not alone.
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