should i tell my best friend i self harm?!
Question: Should i tell my best friend i self harm?
so i have been self harming for about 3 months or more, not sure and i really want to tell my best friend but her ex told her about a month ago that he self harms and she didn't take it too well (in that she got really upset)... i really need to tell someone (not my mum and dad) because i really need to basically. would it be harder or as hard as it was coming out as bi? i really want to tell her and say something like 'ya'know what? i self harm' (obvs not in that way)...
how would i do it like what would i say?
1 hour ago
Additional Details
when her ex told her she got abit upset that he couldn't tell her or trust her enough to tell her whilst they were going out. apparently he has been doing it nearly all his life and she got upset that he couldn't tell her.
54 minutes ago
what i'm thinking of telling her:
i really need to tell you something, this is harder to say than coming out and probaly will be the hardest thing to tell anybody about i will ever have to do. i am not copying anyone nor am i attention seeking. i know how you reacted with jake thats why im telling you and i cant keep it in any longer. it's been happening for about 3 months now and it is making me more down
Answers:
Ok obviously these other people have no idea what self harm is about. I would definitely tell her, i don't know how hard it is to come out, but i imagine that coming out about self harm is slightly easier. She may be upset but that's just because of what it is you are doing. And if you tell her then you have someone to talk to, and that might help you stop (if that's what you want to do) and even if you don't want to stop then it might just help you cope with life in a better way. So i definitely would tell her if i were you, i told a few of my friends over msn, and it upset a few of them but they have all been really nice about it and tried to help me cope, so it's a really good idea and very helpful.
Hope this helps good luck :)
Why would you hurt yourself, you should deffently just stop and then you wont have to tell anyone anything. If you tell her it will really just make her more upset, your going to be doing nobody a favour.
Just go up to her and cut off your left arm ... that should get the message through ... if it fails then cut the other one off ... oh wait
stop cutting yourself.
it's not cool.
it's emo, and weird