Thinking back, I thought I’d been self harming for a year now but really? I’ve been doing it for almost 3. I was just thinking about everything and I remember in 6th grade I used to line my arms in rubber bands and just flick them until my wrists were bloodshot red. Then in 7th grade I finally got over that and tried cutting but swore I’d never do it again. Then I developed Trichotillomania (pulling out my own hair) and that got to an extreme enough point that I had to cut my hair short enough where I couldn’t see it unless I looked in the mirror. I still have […]
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MY STORY
By Kelli Pedrick-Karlton
Written in 2009, a little over a year after my Dads suicide…
Late one January morning in 2008, I fell asleep on the sofa, something I rarely did and haven’t done since. The kids were all over me and the house as I slept, but I managed to get a good nap in. I was awaken to my house phone ringing, then my cell phone ringing, again the house, again the cell. I thought it was my younger sister wanting me to cut my nephews hair. I […]