I don't think the sections make much difference here, jo. It's OK to just post as usual. Blogs are family friendly like most of the rest of our forums. But that's the only restriction. If you want to write something that may upset. Then you could put *trigger warning* at the beginning of it. We use that a lot. So that people can choose whether or not they read on.

Hi Hartlepool_lad here, after posting the previous post I have been searching and searching for answers to my condition and what caused it, I am happy(?) to say that I have found one potential reason which on intensive research has been identified as victim of Narcissistic sociopathic abuse and have found resources that aim to guide you to a state of recovery and repair to your psyche' It is my intention to catalogue as many of these resources as I can and upon receiving the relevant permissions to make them available to other users of this site.

Until then, be strong you are not alone and help is out there.

I heard that can really cause damage because if you pop it too hard, it can break a vein, or something. Also, I don't want to start a new addiction. Thank you for your advice, though. I'll research that and see if it's true.

A friend of mine used to keep a rubber band around her wrist like a bracelet, and slap her wrist with it whenever she had the urge to self harm. Maybe try that?

i worried about the gay thing once. it was just one thing on a long list of things to worry about and eventually the next big worry came to mind.
i think it is important not to worry about what comes into your head as people are judged by their actions and not the thought police. if you jailed everyone that had a criminal thought then nobody would be left to feed the inmates. i am not saying your thoughts are criminal, what i am saying is that it is often necessary to have more than one view on things because the world we live in is not black and white. we need those things that often disturb us in order to make the best choices in life.