Im reading Secret Scars (Turner) and Women who Hurt Themselves (Miller)
anyone heard if they are any good? im not too far into either. Ive read almost every other SI/cutting book there is!
Allie Rose "Stand in the rain, stand your ground, stand up when it's all crashing down, stand through the pain, you won't drown"
The Luckiest Girl In The World by Steven Levenkron.....his other books on this topic are probably good too, but I haven't gotten to them yet.....=)
I am not afraid to keep on living-I am not afraid to walk this world alone..Biting keeps your words at bay,tending to the sores that stay-happiness is just a gash away.When i open a familiar scar,pain goes shooting like a star-comfort hasn't failed to follow so far.And pens and penknives take the blame,crane my neck and scratch my name.-but the ugly marks are worth the momentary gain.When i drive a sharpened object in,choirs of angels seem to sing hymns of hate in memorandum
There's Blade Silver: color me scarred by Melody Carlson, and Tribes by Arthur Slade mentions it (though it's not totally focused on self-harm). And a non-fiction one called Cut: Mercy for Self-harm by Nancy Alcorn.
Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
i heard about that book, is it any good?
also girl, interrupted is apparently a good book (havn't read it yet)and also Echoes - by Heitzmann is about a girl who cut, very heavy reading though. otherwise i havnt heard about those other books, sorry.
and yes Blade Silver -colour me scarred is an excellent book!
somewhere in this darkness there's a light that I can't see, maybe it's too far away...
I own 'Cutting' by Steven Levenkron, 'Bodily Harm' by Karen Conterio and Wendy Lader and 'A Bright Red Scream' by Marilee Strong. I'm sure i had more but i can't find them.
These are all non-fiction and they're quite good. 'A Bright Red Scream' was my very first book on SH and i really anjoyed it.
Life breaks most of us in the end, but afterwards some of us are strong in the broken places
~ Ernest Hemingway
It is written by Victoria Letham. I liked the book, although the book started to get on my nerves from a certain point because of her moving away all the time.
There is a book called "Skin game" which is written by Caroline Kettlewell but I did not like it and honestly, I cannot remember anything of it.
I can't control my destiny.
I trust my soul. My only goal is just to be. (Rent)
I'm selfish, inpatient and a little insecure.
I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. (Marilyn Monroe)
Out of the dark by linda somethingorother and robin royston. That touches a lot on abuse but covers a fair bit of self harm as well.
I just read cutting it out by caolyn smith. But i wouldnt recomened tis book. It covers feelings of obession an the bond between client and therapist. But when it comes down to how she feels about self harm, the only real feelings described are the feelings that she does it because she wants the attention and to be looked after. Which to my mind gives off totally the wrong impression, espc seeing as its aimed at psychotherapists.
Skin Game was pretty good, told from a first person persective and how her SI developed and followed her through life. It's very triggering and descriptive but worth the read if you're safe. I read Blood Letting and Cut, I can't remember anything about Blood Letting though, so it wasn't that interesting apparently.
I read Cut, The luckiest girl in the world, Bloodletting and Skin game and I like all books except Skin game.
From similar threads here, I have gotten the impression that you can either like Bloodletting OR Skin game.
Here are some further books about SI.
A book I can highly recommend but well, it there is only a German version of it is called "Auf Stelzen gehen" which is written by Lena S..
It is her biography and she suffered from anorexia and she SIed, too.
(I met her this year and now, she has overcome her problems.)
Another book about bullying, SI and suicide is called Blue by Sue Mayfield (which was published as Drowning Anna in some countries) and I can recommend it, too.
The bullying stuff can be very triggering for some people (like me).
I've got some new books which are about SI, too, but I have not read them yet, so I cannot write if I like them or not.
- Sharp object by Gillian Flynn
- Angels fall from gasoline rainbows by C.J. Madsen (I guess, that it is very triggering because the text on the backside mentions SI (of a boy!) and s. abuse).
By the way, I am searching for a title of a book because I only know the German title of it and I want to read it in English (and not in German...translations s*cks).
It is written by Maureen Stewart and it is about a boy who SIs and who wants to commit suicide.
Perhaps someone knows the title of it...anyone?!
I can't control my destiny.
I trust my soul. My only goal is just to be. (Rent)
I'm selfish, inpatient and a little insecure.
I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. (Marilyn Monroe)
Another book which contains bits about SI is The tenth circle by Jodi Picoult which I have not read word by word yet (just overflowing).
The book might be very triggering because it is about r*p* and its aftermath.
I can't control my destiny.
I trust my soul. My only goal is just to be. (Rent)
I'm selfish, inpatient and a little insecure.
I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. (Marilyn Monroe)
