advice on talking about self harm to doctor Anonymous 131488
hello, i wanted to make a post on here asking anyone’s experience talking to a doctor about their self harm.. im 20 and wanting to look for treatment and i bite myself extremely hard and have been for months. i just am scared and feeling anxious it will mess things up for me in the future, are there any nonas that can give advice to a super anxious girl please
Anonymous 131490
why do you bite yourself?
Anonymous 131491
I'm 20 and also used to self-harm, I can also get quite anxious. You should try some fidgetting toys or trying to release that anxious energy on something else. Exercise, art, writing, music. It will be hard at first and you'll have to force yourself to not self-harm. The more you practice eventually you'll condition your brain to express it in whatever other way you choose and it'll get easier.
I don't recommend talking about doctors on self-harm unless you're 100% sure you cannot control yourself. They could send you to a mental ward if they consider you a threat to yourself, and that place is more often than not a worse experience. Cheers nona, good luck
