I'm Cara, and I'm 23 in a few weeks. I live in SE Australia, near Melbourne.
I've had depression since I was 12, been a cutter since I was 15 and last suicide attempt 3 years, 1 month and 24 days ago. Yay! Haha My mother thinks my depression is Cyclothemia...or type 2 bipolar. My moods change minute-hourly-daily and it's not 'oh i'm sad'. One minute I'll be happy as Larry and the next I'll be crying and scratching at my arms.
I've had three break downs already and trying to control my 'issues' without meds...and I'm getting there. I hate meds. Evil disgusting shyte.
I was really under control until recently when I had work experience (damn jobless self!) A wanker there gave me a box cutter...so my mind had a field day with that! But he didn't know my past...but it was still horrible.
I haven't cut for about two months, but my goodness I've been tempted. I basically don't want my boyfriend to see...and my favourite places are my arms and when you're getting hot in a heater-powered loungeroom the sleeves are bound to be rolled up...I think it's the one bad thing about being with someone. So I scratch my arms instead. It feels just as good, but the redness doesn't last long enough for him to see.
I read your post with great interest. I am also an edam fan.
I get told all the time I both look and sound like Celine Dion, though this is often followed with a barrage of squishy fruit.
Im Barry,
Been self harming for about 3 days now. I have been diagnosed with multiple traumatic bi-polar nostril dysmorphia syndrome since i was 48. Im 17 now. I guess that qualifies me as a mini vet or something as i once helped a sparrow with a sore knee when i was 12.
I collect spoons in my spare time and like to stick them to cuckoo clocks. I like to collect dead beavers too and stuff them and sell them at weekends.
My favorite colour is orange and my favorite cheese is Edam. I have four posters of Celine Dion over my bed and one day im going to marry her and stuff her beaver for a wedding present!
Im lookin to make friends on the site and perhaps swap hair and toe nail clippings on MSN.
Please feel free to PM me any time.
Thanks
Barry
Haha Barry, do you want to be my new friend, I buried a moth 10 years ago and a dead frog, I think that makes me a vet, actually that could make me an undertaker I'm not sure.
Well, my names Leigh but for some reason I want to call myself leigh bee at the moment (thats one of my many nicknames) I've been on RYL for many years but now my hair is starting to grey and I've come of age plus two years..so that would be 20 and yesterday I got told Post in vets. so here I am.
So as you can see my intrests are, burying dead things haha (i was 10 back in the day) music, anything related to NY, photography and general madness. I also like sport (trampolining/running are things I do but i also like tennis, football, F1 etc.)my main ambition in life is to make a trampolining RYL meet.
I'll look forward to getting to know more of you.
Life can be beautiful if you let it.
Step back, breathe and take it in
~Phoenix~ is my Little Sister of Awesomeness and Self-Delusion :P Bitter Angel is my Mitten Animad is my Top Trump All Im Living For - Is my beautiful and special daughter who isnt called Kim but will moan if i dont add her :P
I am Samantha. I am 18 years old in New York, USA. I go to college and stuff so I am really horrible about posting at all but I am trying to make more of a concious effort.
"You don't have to justify everything. Being pissed off is just absolutely okay." -Tori Amos-
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to my loneliness." -Maya Angelou-
"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. I make mistakes, I screw up, but I learn. I don't blame others for my problems. I stand on my own. And you'll see. I'm going to make something of myself." -David Pelzer-
Hi I'm Katrina but everyone calls me Kat. I am 22 and from Melbourne Australia. I am on ryl most days, Haven't been on vets much, but you all seem like a friendly bunch of people so i wouldn't mind getting to know you guys. Umm don't know what else to say but if you wanna know anything else about me just PM me.
Take care
kat xxx
"Recovery is something that you have to work
on every single day and it's
something that doesn't
get a day off."
My name is Mark, I'm 25 years old. I live in California, USA, work in the medical field and also as a tutor for medical terminology, at a community college, and I'm new here.
I have a history of SI that was more on than off between the ages of 10-22, and also anorexia nervosa, PTSD, bipolar disorder... yeah I'm kinda screwed up in a lot of different ways, although I consider myself to have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body; the only thing I still have occasional trouble with is my eating disorder, although I've been able to maintain a healthy weight for the past 2 years. Also, I have Tourette's syndrome, which is a general medical condition that causes me to twitch, grunt, and click my tongue involuntarily, which has really influenced my other problems cuz it caused me to be bullied a lot in school and kind of exacerbated my feelings that I had no control over my own body.
But like I said, I'm more or less recovered from all that stuff. Now my life basically revolves around recovery, with school and work thrown in just for fun. I'm here on RYL mainly because 1) I get pretty bored over the summer when I'm not in school, 2) I like to keep contact with how things used to be, cuz it reminds me why I'm in recovery, and 3) if I can be a good support group person for anyone here that would be a really cool thing.
~mark
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Hmm I geuss Id be a "Mini-Vet" then, Im 17 and well I came here cause I geuss I feel out of place every where else. I geuss Ive grown up alot in the last year. Im curently enrolled in the fall semester at a community college and Im majoring in fire technology. Im recovered for self-harm completly in the last year and I am on the right path. Im happy and I love life, so I geuss that why I desided to stick my nose into the vets corner, cause like I said I feel out of place anywhere else.
hi all, i'm sev. Living in Durham at the moment, i'm a serial house mover it seems. Suffered with depression since i was 12, which got diagnosed as Borederine with bi polar traits just before my 25th. Self harmer since 14 and OCD.. Been in recovery 8 months now, but stressd and here to gossip and stave off a relapse.
I'm Jess,
19yrs but 20 on 7th August.
From Hampshire, grotty little dive called Aldershot.
Getting married in 364 days.
Oh yeah, and I'm nice, (most of the time)
I'm fallen aka Tracy and i'm 28 years old...feel so old saying that!!!
I live in west yorkshire and work as a nursery nurse...i have depression due to childhood abuse and i have been self harming on and off for about 10 years now but now receiving much needed help finally!
Don't know what else to say so maybe see you all around
Hello, I am Brandon, was on here a great bit back in 03 to 05. Then fell off the planet and concentrated on finding my smile. Now I check back in time to time to see old friends. I have found that my old friends seem to have left mostly. But there are still people on here who do not care for my presence, so I try to keep it limited so as not to offend. I had some success with a play I wrote about self harm. I posted it in here and now I am able to write for a living.
Hi, I am charcoalchild, as the name suggests.
I am female aged 25, just joined in July.. have frequented on mh sites for the last three years but the site i used to go to kinda lost its touch when a mini-war broke out against certain members.
I am dx major depression with psychosis and suicidal tendancies, been sh for 13 years, been depressed same amount of time - but who cares whats in a label, right?
Im kinda hurt and broken.. and just about unfixable.. but i am a good listener if you wanna PM me to chat or vent. I promise I'll reply.
My name is CJ, i am 28 and live in Colorado, USA. I have been an SIer for 14 years (so half my life), and am still trying to quit completely.
I've been around for all three versions of RYL, but don't spend a whole lot of time here as I have very limited access to the internet, but if I am around, I am always happy to chat!
Welcome to everyone! Its lovely to see you all. We welcome everyone, so feel free to post whenever :) Oh, and Cat (justmyownself) you're 19, so you're therefore a Vet, and not a mini vet!!
HI! It has been about a year since I've visited ryl and I just re-registered. Quite a few changes around here eh? I'm 23 which makes me a vet automatically I believe, and I've been SIing for about 8 years. I'm in college right now and live in Ontario Canada.
Hiya everyone, I'm Chrissy. I'm 39, and I have a 16 yr old son. I've been a drug user up until year and three months ago (yay for me). I've been SIing for a while now and would like to stop.
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