I've been turned away by many therapists as well as psychiatrists. They've told me I'm hopeless. They've told me that I don't belong outside of an institution.

Luckily right now I have a wonderfull therapist and I'm doing better then I've done in a long time. I think that it is really sad that there are so many proffesionals out there that are unwilling to help people who self-inujre. I also understand that many therapists simply do not have the training or experience necessary to treat self injurers, in which case they should be responsible and refer those they cannot help to someone who can (rather then categorize them as hopeless etc..)

The therapist I see now hasn't refused to treat me because of SI, however, she gives me these looks whenever I used to bring up suicidal feelings or what I felt like when I used to SI. So I stopped bringing it up because I hated the way she looked at me, but she always said to call if I ever felt like cutting or suicidal...

I'm not comfortable with the idea of calling her when I get back, if she gives me strange looks when I talk about it when I'm 'okay'.

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.