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Why do I feel this way?

When you want support through something scary or rough, and help pulling yourself together and getting through, this is the place.
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We ask that users looking for general, ongoing emotional support post in this area of the boards, and that you use this space to both ask for, give and receive that support primarily from each other, rather than from our staff and volunteers. As a staff, we simply are often too overextended with all we need to do in running the organization and its services to do that for extended periods of time, and one of our main aims of our community at the boards has always been to facilitate peers to better be there for each other.

Users often report that they have no in-person peers they can talk to or seek support from: we want this to be a space for online peer support and somewhere everyone can get some practice asking for, getting and giving support so that doing it with people in your lives feels more doable.

Please remember that neither staff, volunteers nor your fellow users can provide or replace mental healthcare when that is something you need. Users struggling with issues like anxiety, depression, abuse or physical health issues are strongly encouraged to seek out qualified, in-person help with those issues in addition to peer or staff support.
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Unknown14
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Location: Uk

Why do I feel this way?

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A couple of years ago I used to self harm. I recently opened up about it to one of my very close friends, I have started to have the urge to self harm again and I've got no idea why?
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Unknown14
newbie
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:15 pm
Age: 21
Awesomeness Quotient: My eyes
Primary language: Engkish
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexual identity: I don't know
Location: Uk

Re: Why do I feel this way?

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Unknown14 wrote:A couple of years ago I used to self harm. I recently opened up about it to one of my very close friends, I have started to have the urge to self harm again and I've got no idea why?
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Karyn
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Re: Why do I feel this way?

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Unfortunately, mental health issues like this are outside the scope of what we do here. However, this piece has a list of resources (including some in the UK) that do provide mental health support and assistance: Anxiety and Other Mental Health Resources. I would strongly suggest that you use one of the phone helplines or other resources in that list. Seeking out in-person mental healthcare (like a therapist or counselor) if that's doable for you would also likely be a big help.
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