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I thought SH was for crazy people....

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ruthmollymummy · 21/04/2008 13:19

...but I recently started really obsessing about it. The urge got so bad I tried it and my DH found out and took me to GP - who sent me to the hospital to be assessed there. I was told I could stay if I wanted but it was such a horrible place.

The thing is, I still consider myself a perfectly rational person. I understand that it is dangerous, I don't want to kill myself, but I got help because I know that looking after my DD is the most important thing and I need to be well enough to do that.

So I reckon this is more an out loud musing rather than a question. I had always thought SH was a bizarre thing to do but I think it is actually just a real way that people work out feelings and pain. though having said that I think I still definately needed and need help to not do it as it isnt the way to deal with things.

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GooseyLoosey · 21/04/2008 13:23

You're not nuts or crazy at all. I suffer terribly from health anxiety and would previously have said that only silly women with too much time on their hands suffered from it. Some times when I am at my most anxious, I do grip my arms so tight that my nails make me bleed. I am not mad, but I do suffer from a depressive illness for which I need help. You absolutely did the right thing and there is help to be had.

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