I’ve always wondered: what happens if your family finds out you’re a cutter? Do you go to a temporary “rehab” program or mental hospital? Is there protocol? Do you HAVE to go somewhere? What happens?
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I’m sure it depends on your family and how much they react…. The few people in my family who have found out about it sort of pretend it doesn’t exist so nothing bad happened to me when that happened…. But I could probably guess that some families would overreact and many things would happen…. I wouldn’t recommend telling them about it unless you are actually ready to possibly be forced to try to quit…. Good luck though, with whatever you decide to do.
I’m not planning on telling anyone. I was just wondering. And I’m sure my family would probably overreact and be angry-and then never act the same towards me-which is why I can’t tell them. On a different note, I don’t understand why I’m not addicted to cutting like all other cutters are. I can go a week without cutting. So I can go without cutting because sometimes I’m too depressed to cut etc. I’m just more depressed when I don’t cut. Any thoughts about why I’m not addicted to it? Do I need to cut deeper? I’ve tried but I can’t get more blood no matter what I do.
Ummmm I wouldn’t aim to become addicted to it if I were you…. Addiction really sucks it seems…. I also didn’t really get that addicted to it, which is mostly down to my personality probably (I don’t seem to get addictions easily) Really ideally you probably don’t want to be cutting yourself at all…. but it’s bad that the only times you don’t are when you’re too depressed to be able to 🙁 So back onto why you may not be addicted…. Maybe you are like me and also don’t develop addiction very easily? Or maybe you just haven’t been doing it enough to get addicted? Or perhaps it’s just not a thing you’ll get addicted to? It’s not easy to really know, there are probably a lot of things that play into that…. Still please don’t try to make it into an addiction, that wouldn’t help with anything…. Like if it’s not an addiction at least any cutting you do would be truly your choice and not down to horrible compulsion and necessity…. I would prefer that you stop cutting, but if you do please don’t feel too bad about it….
I’m sure your family wouldn’t really be angry, like I can’t say that with certainty since I do not know them, but if they do care about you at all (which I’m hoping that they do) they would probably be concerned…. Which may come across as anger but it really wouldn’t be…. But yeah they probably would never act towards you in the same way…. Which could be a good or bad thing, that just depends…. Only you can really take a proper guess as to how they would react….
Well think your family woud try to get you some help
that is usually what happens.
My parents have had me hospitalized a bunch of times..
its not fun but it does save lives