This is what I did.
Write a letter to yourself explaining the way you feel. I feel like writing to yourself is easier than writing to someone else because you already know what you are telling yourself and don’t have to worry about what you think about yourself, if that makes any sense at all. Tell yourself in the letter every feeling you associate with your pain. Explain why cutting feels like it helps. Explain the things in your life that trigger the cutting. Explain why you want to stop cutting yourself. When you feel like you have put as much information to paint a picture of your situation, keep the letter and hide it. That is the easy part. The harder part is giving that letter to someone you trust. It is hard but not as hard as having to face them and explain to their face everything you want to tell them, I feel. You don’t have to give anyone the letter, if you don’t like, but In my case, it was nice to have it for when I summoned up the courage to tell someone, I just handed them the letter, told them to read it later.
The first person is the hardest, but all you have to do is let one person know you want help and it is easier from there.
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I’m not exactly sure.. I wish I knew.. so I could tell people that I need help with my depression
This is what I did.
Write a letter to yourself explaining the way you feel. I feel like writing to yourself is easier than writing to someone else because you already know what you are telling yourself and don’t have to worry about what you think about yourself, if that makes any sense at all. Tell yourself in the letter every feeling you associate with your pain. Explain why cutting feels like it helps. Explain the things in your life that trigger the cutting. Explain why you want to stop cutting yourself. When you feel like you have put as much information to paint a picture of your situation, keep the letter and hide it. That is the easy part. The harder part is giving that letter to someone you trust. It is hard but not as hard as having to face them and explain to their face everything you want to tell them, I feel. You don’t have to give anyone the letter, if you don’t like, but In my case, it was nice to have it for when I summoned up the courage to tell someone, I just handed them the letter, told them to read it later.
The first person is the hardest, but all you have to do is let one person know you want help and it is easier from there.