I want your opinion..

[Brandysgirl]

My aunt Lee is very important to me and has helped me through a lot with my depression, anxiety, and just everything that I have been through. We talk about anything and everything but I know that she is dealing with a lot of stress because my cousin is in the hospital and that cousins mom just died 3 weeks ago suddenly from a heart attack. Lee has been through more than anything I could even imagine because of how the government was when she was growing up in korea. But all of that has never stopped her from being here for me and I know she needs to know about me cutting again because i feel guilty for not telling her the last time I saw her and I am going to spend the weekend with her. Do yall think I should tell her or not?

[brokenlight]

Only you know what to do.

Follow your intuition.

Also, sitting alone with these types of thoughts and actions is scary & excruciating... if you have someone you trust to talk to, try and go for it.

[snow_queen]

Oh my gosh these exact same thoughts were going through my head just a few weeks ago! In my case, my best friend who’s helped me through so many of my struggles was having a rough time due to life events and I knew I needed to tell her I had hurt myself again, but I didn’t want to scare her/put more stress on her. What I ended up doing was talking to a mutual friend. It was really helpful in kind of thinking rationally about the whole situation and she also asked me to promise to not hurt myself for a week. I kept the promise and maybe a week after that (when her life had sort of settled down) I told the first friend.

So of course you’re the only one who knows what’s right for you, but if there’s anyone else you could talk to first, I might recommend that.

Also, I’m so sorry you’re going through this, but I just wanted to let you know how validating it is to look at these posts and see that I’m not alone in what I’m dealing with. GOOD LUCK