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Hi, I'm sorry about your fear. I started cutting when I was 13 years old and then stopped for a very long time and have had a couple of relapses. The past 4 months has been the worst self harm I've done to myself. It is addicting. And I even understand what you mean by wanting to be in that head spa...

I attempted suicide again on Saturday. And I don't know why. I was doing better, I hadn't had any suicidal thoughts or feelings for about 3 weeks. I did get really drunk, but I can't even remember when my brain went from being ok to it telling me to kill myself. I feel so ashamed and so shitty, how ...

Thank you so much for the advice ithinkiamtherefore!

Hi Nate, Do you currently see a counselor? Having the urge to hurt others must really feel scary. Just because you have this urge doesn't mean you need to kill yourself, there is help out there. If you don't have health insurance or can't afford mental health care, there are usually non-profit organ...

I have close to zero motivation. I'm in my last year of my Ph.D program and am supposed to be working on my dissertation. I spent a whole semester (last Fall semester) making absolutely zero progress. I find myself just sitting here, not even willing to open up the Word document that contains the dr...