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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..)

No...I wasn't refused treatment...I started going to therapy at the end of february. My therapist has completely downplayed my si though and anytime i mention it she says how it's just a symptom of my depression...It pisses me off...it's something that affects me everyday. So obviously it's something I feel like I should say something about. But she pushes it aside like it's nothing

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'.