[female, age 16, began to SI at age 9, high school student]

Yes. It took months to find a therapist who would take me. I was what they considered an "intensive case" that the average therapist didn't know how to handle/wasn't qualified to handle. It was really hard being told that. That you're too screwed up for a shrink. That there's no fixing you.

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[female, age 16, began to SI at age 9, high school student]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[male, age 22, began to SI at age 18]

The only one I went to didn't feel qualified to treat me after one visit.

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[male, age 22, began to SI at age 18]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 14, began to SI at age 11]

I have never done inpatient treatment, however I have been seeing a therapist and a psychiatrist for a year and a half. They have helped me in ways I can't express.

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[female, age 14, began to SI at age 11]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 28, began to SI at age 13]

I just started counseling and we briefly talked about SI. She seemed very understanding and she didn't put me down for it, but I don't think she knows a lot about the subject.

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[female, age 28, began to SI at age 13]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 28, began to SI at age 12]

I think SI is looked down upon by the psychiatric/psychological profession, since most of the professionals just don't know how to deal with us, and they'd rather not touch that subject. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it seems, IMHO.

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[female, age 28, began to SI at age 12]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 19, began to SI at age 17]

Yes, i was dropped by one therapist who told me she wasn't qualified to treat me cause she was just a trainee. And i had another one threaten to send me to the hospital if i cut one more time and tell me a bunch of crap which i later realized was his way of getting me to leave without telling me to (my hmo looks down on therapists who drop you - it makes them look inept).

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[female, age 19, began to SI at age 17]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 31, began to SI at age 13]

I ended up stopping seeing my therapist because of her problem with me and knowing I SI. She actually got to the point (before I finally realized that I ought to just do the kind thing for both of our sakes and just quit going) that she told me we couldn't discuss it at all because she didn't know how to help me with it and couldn't deal with it. But, and this seems quite funny, she still wanted me to feel free to report if I'd had any "problems" with it if I needed to. Oh yeah, that's going to happen after I've just heard something like that.

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[female, age 31, began to SI at age 13]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle