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Re: Self harm and confidentiality in counselling -
December 2nd 2017, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BusyGirl1995
Well this depends on whether or not using the pin across your wrist is out of boredom or to feel something because you are feeling so much pain on the inside that you need an external pain on the outside.
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Self harm can be done for a number of reasons. Some people do it because of a lot of internal pain because it gives them a way to express that. However, some people, will have times when they will do it out of boredom. There were a few times when I would self harm out of boredom and it still counted as self harm.
OP, I think that you have been provided with a lot of positive suggestions. I definitely think that you should consider talking to the counselor about how confidentiality works. I know, my therapist never really talked to my parents about my self harm but that was because they were already aware of it. They just were not aware that it was as bad as it was. Talking to the counselor is the best way to get an answer and figure out how to best go about getting help.
I understand that you are worried about your parents finding out but you might need to let them in on what is going on so that you can get the proper help for the self harm.
I hope that this helped and if you need anything feel free to message me.
Best regards.
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