Still recruiting participants for study on self-harm

Hi there,

I know some members from this group have participated in our research, so I wanted to send along a quick update and to let you know that we are still recruiting participants for our research on self-harm.  The Characteristics Associated with Self-Injury Study began in March 2009. Since we began, over 350 people from 18 different countries have participated in this study. 83 people are currently participating in the longitudinal portion of the study, completing questionnaires every three months. This part will help us understand patterns of self-injury over time, as well as what motivates people to recover or stop from self-injuring. 

Below is some more information about the study. Please email us at perl@sfu.ca if you have any questions or if you are interested in participating!

Best wishes!
The Personality and Emotion Research Lab




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Hello again from the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)!

Would you like to help us understand how to help people who self-harm? We are currently recruiting participants for the second phase of our research on self-harm, and we want your help! Participating in the study takes 2 hours, and you will receive an online gift certificate worth $10 CAD for each time point you complete, plus a chance for a $25 bonus if you complete all the follow-ups for a total of $75.

If you are interested in participating, please email us at perl@sfu.ca. All your information will be kept confidential, and no identifying information is linked to your responses.


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THE DETAILS:

Background Information:

Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), a research team from Simon Fraser University in Canada, is conducting a study to learn more about the experiences of people who self-harm, and we want your help! We are interested in how emotions, life experiences, stress and coping styles affect self-harm. We hope that this research will help other people understand more about why people self-harm and what they can do to help.

What you can do:

If you want to participate in this study, you will fill out online questionnaires on self-harm, emotions, coping, symptoms, and life events. These questionnaires will take approximately 2 hour to complete. Later, you’ll have a chance to complete follow-up questionnaires over a 12 month period. Although the first session is long, the follow-up questionnaires are shorter, and usually take on 30 to 90 minutes to complete.

Who can participate:

We are looking for people who currently self-harm (whether you are trying to stop or not), AND those who have self-harmed in the past and quit.You must be at least 16 years old to participate.

What’s in it for you:

Participants who complete the questionnaires will receive a $10 (Canadian currency) gift certificate each time you complete the questionnaires (from amazon.com or PayPal). In addition, you will receive a $25 bonus if you complete all five follow-ups in the first year! Telling us about your experiences will give us important information on how self-harm changes over time, and could help develop and improve treatments for people who want to stop self-harming.

Important Information:

This study is the second phase of this line of research, and builds on the previous study. If you have already participated in our research (in a study called “Characteristics Associated with Self-Injury”), you are still eligible to complete this study.

Please contact us at perl@sfu.ca if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)
Simon Fraser University
Department of Psychology
RCB5246, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

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Help Us Understand Self-harm
 Hello again from the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)!

Would you like to help us understand how to help people who self-harm? We are currently recruiting participants for the second phase of our research on self-harm, and we want your help! We are looking for people who have self-injured, whether you are currently trying to stop or not, to complete questionnaires every 3 months for one year to understand patterns of self-harm over time. Participating in the study takes 2 hours, and you will receive an online gift certificate worth $5 CAD for each time point you complete, plus a chance for a $25 bonus if you complete all the follow-ups over one year for a total of $50.

If you are interested in participating, please email us at emotion@sfu.ca. All your information will be kept confidential, and no identifying information is linked to your responses.


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THE DETAILS:

Background Information:

Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), a research team from Simon Fraser University in Canada, is conducting a study to learn more about the experiences of people who self-harm, and we want your help! We are interested in how emotions, life experiences, stress and coping styles affect self-harm. We hope that this research will help other people understand more about why people self-harm and what they can do to help.

What you can do:

If you want to participate in this study, you will fill out online questionnaires on self-harm, emotions, coping, symptoms, and life events. These questionnaires will take approximately 2 hour to complete. Later, you’ll have a chance to complete follow-up questionnaires over a 12 month period. Although the first session is long, the follow-up questionnaires are shorter, and usually take on 30 to 90 minutes to complete.

Who can participate:

We are looking for people who currently self-harm (whether you are trying to stop or not), AND those who have self-harmed in the past and quit.You must be at least 16 years old to participate.

What’s in it for you:

Participants who complete the questionnaires will receive a $5 (Canadian currency) gift certificate each time you complete the questionnaires (from amazon.com or PayPal). In addition, you will receive a $25 bonus if you complete all five follow-ups in the first year! Telling us about your experiences will give us important information on how self-harm changes over time, and could help develop and improve treatments for people who want to stop self-harming.

Important Information:

This study is the second phase of this line of research, and builds on the previous study. If you have already participated in our research (in a study called “Characteristics Associated with Self-Injury”), you are still eligible to complete this study.

Please contact us at emotion@sfu.ca if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)
Simon Fraser University
Department of Psychology
RCB5246, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

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Volunteers Needed for a Research Study on Self Injury

 

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Please Help Researchers Understand Self-harm

 

 

Hello from the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)!

We're entering our last couple weeks of recruitment for our current study on self-harm.  A big thank you to those of you who have already participated in this research, your input and willingness to share your experiences with us is incredibly valuable!  To those who still want to participate, just send us an email at chapman_lab@sfu.ca.  You can find a bit more information about the study below.

Thanks again, and best wishes!

The Personality and Emotion Research Lab

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Would you like to help us understand how to help people who self-harm?

 

Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), a research team from Simon Fraser University in Canada, is conducting a study to learn more about the experiences of people who self-harm, and we want your help!  We are interested in how emotions, life experiences, stress and coping styles affect self-harm. We hope that this research will help other people understand more about why people self-harm and what they can do to help. 

 

What you can do: If you want to participate in this study, you will fill out online questionnaires on self-harm, emotions, coping, symptoms, and life events. These questionnaires will take approximately 2 hours to complete.  

 

Who can participate: We are looking for people who currently self-harm (whether you are trying to stop or not) AND those who have self-harmed in the past and quit.

 

What’s in it for you: Participants who complete the questionnaires will be paid $5 CAD (money transfers via PayPal). You can also choose to participate in our long-term study, where you will fill out a shorter version of the questionnaires every three months for two years. You will be paid $5 CAD each time you complete a set of questionnaires (about 30 min each), and you will get a $15 CAD bonus once you have completed all 9 sets for a total of $60 CAD. Telling us about your experiences will give us important information on how self-harm changes over time, and could help develop and improve treatments for people who want to stop self-harming.

 

Please contact us at perl@sfu.ca if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions.

 

Thank you,

 

Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)

Simon Fraser University

Department of Psychology
RCB5246, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

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Help Researchers Understand Self-harm

 

Hello again from the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)!

Would you like to help us understand how to help people who self-harm? We are currently recruiting participants for the second phase of our research on self-harm, and we want your help! Participating in the study takes only 90 minutes, and you will be entered into a draw to win one of five prizes of $150 CAD. If you are interested, please email us at chapman_lab@sfu.ca. All your information will be kept confidential, and no identifying information is linked to your responses.

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THE DETAILS:

Background Information: Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), a research team from Simon Fraser University in Canada, is conducting a study to learn more about the experiences of people who self-harm, and we want your help! We are interested in how emotions, life experiences, stress and coping styles affect self-harm. We hope that this research will help other people understand more about why people self-harm and what they can do to help.

What you can do: If you want to participate in this study, you will fill out online questionnaires on self-harm, emotions, coping, symptoms, and life events. These questionnaires will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Who can participate: We are looking for people who currently self-harm (whether you are trying to stop or not), AND those who have self-harmed in the past and quit.

What’s in it for you: Participants who complete the questionnaires will be entered in a draw to win one of five prizes of $150 CAD. Telling us about your experiences will give us important information on how self-harm changes over time, and could help develop and improve treatments for people who want to stop self-harming.

Important Information: This study is the second phase of this line of research, and builds on the previous study. If you have already participated in our research (in a study called “Characteristics Associated with Self-Injury”), you are still eligible to complete this study.


Please contact us at chapman_lab@sfu.ca if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)
Simon Fraser University
Department of Psychology
RCB5246, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

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Please Help Researchers Understand Self-harm
Hello again from the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)!

Would you like to help us understand how to help people who self-harm? We are currently recruiting participants for the second phase of our research on self-harm, and we want your help! Participating in the study takes only 90 minutes, and you will be entered into a draw to win one of five prizes of $150 CAD. If you are interested, please email us at chapman_lab@sfu.ca. All your information will be kept confidential, and no identifying information is linked to your responses.

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THE DETAILS:

Background Information: Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), a research team from Simon Fraser University in Canada, is conducting a study to learn more about the experiences of people who self-harm, and we want your help! We are interested in how emotions, life experiences, stress and coping styles affect self-harm. We hope that this research will help other people understand more about why people self-harm and what they can do to help.

What you can do: If you want to participate in this study, you will fill out online questionnaires on self-harm, emotions, coping, symptoms, and life events. These questionnaires will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Who can participate: We are looking for people who currently self-harm (whether you are trying to stop or not), AND those who have self-harmed in the past and quit.

What’s in it for you: Participants who complete the questionnaires will be entered in a draw to win one of five prizes of $150 CAD. Telling us about your experiences will give us important information on how self-harm changes over time, and could help develop and improve treatments for people who want to stop self-harming.

Important Information: This study is the second phase of this line of research, and builds on the previous study. If you have already participated in our research (in a study called “Characteristics Associated with Self-Injury”), you are still eligible to complete this study.


Please contact us at chapman_lab@sfu.ca if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)
Simon Fraser University
Department of Psychology
RCB5246, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

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She wants to cut. First its just a small, un-noteworthy sniggle of a thought. But, oops, there it flashed momentarily through the spotlight on the stage of consiousness.

The audience has seen it before. In fact, its what they've been waiting for. They applaud wildly even though its already off stage and gone.

Its magical, the attraction..... the magnetic pull... there is no resisting.

The thought itself is innocent. It simply is, meaning no more harm or malice than a flower turning to seek the sun.

The audience too, is innocent. As they patiently and quietly waited through untold routine performances, politely clapping, sometimes even half entertained.

Until that brief momentary flash in the spotlight. Then its like a dying person crawling slowly out of a desert to find the coolest freshest purest water ever. And not only that but this water seems to be what she's been waiting for all her life.... Even before the desert.

And she has to drink it and splash it on her face and just jump in it and breathe it in...And fucking drown in it... And die and decompose and become part and one with it.

And still no one will understand just how much she loves it.

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So I'm not sure if I've even posted here since my introduction post forever ago. I'll make a long story short. I began self-harming in the eighth grade, without even really knowing that it was a problem. I never did anything more than scratch or bruise, but no one ever saw or questioned. I began cutting near the end of my junior year of high school, and by the grace of God and power of Christ, was able to stop cutting last March. It was a daily battle for a long time. I had to put everyday things like scissors into a safe so that I couldn't access them easily. I started Liberty University (the Christian University in Lynchburg, VA), and I've been challenged spiritually like you wouldn't believe. Over the past two semester, God has completely transformed me. I no longer struggle with the anger issues I did before, I'm stuck with this deep sense of peace/joy, even when I have my off days. And the most amazing thing - somewhere along the way, I stopped counting how many days it had been since I last cut. Until one day a reminder on my phone told me that it had been a year (I don't remember setting it, though, I must have). Anyway, all that to say that God is absolutely great and I cannot believe what He is able to do.

That being said, I am going through a semi-rough time right now. My parents aren't supporting some very godly decisions that I'm making, because to them, it doesn't make sense. I'm dealing the stress of finals. And I just got out of a semi-serious relationship that I really didn't want to end - but I knew it was for the best. Because I'm dealing with a lot at once (though, I know these problems are small), I'm being tempted to return to SI. I keep wanting to buy into the "one more time" lie. I'm relying on God daily and I know He can get me through this. It's just a matter of me letting him.

"God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide a way of escape also..." 1Cor. 10:13

I suppose I'm trying to encourage while also asking for some encouragement. If anyone would like to talk to me, feel free to add me on here. Don't take it personally if I don't respond right away, sometimes I forget to check this site.

One more thought: "Therefore we do not lose heart. For though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are acheiving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

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inquiry for the crowd
I read this in a random fourm earlier today, and I wanted to know what y'all thought about it.

What's usually the first thing a child says when caught stealing cookies before dinner? "Oh Mum please don't get MAD!" in a projected sense of immanent and deserved doom. There is no wrath in the mother, only disappointment for his spoiled dinner. But the child KNOWS he deserves punishment, and so sees wrath in the parent.

In the same way God seems an angry God, a wrathful God, to a sinner. Living in a manner contrary to Divine Will and contrary to the purpose of existence creates in the sinner a feeling of being opposed and frustrated. (What is the purpose of existence? To know, love and serve the Lord.

what's your take on this? especially in relation to self-injury, nudity, drugs, (unconventional) sex, and other things that are deemed "shameful".

Current Mood: curious

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Ok... just realsied I should maybe introduce myself a little! I just got a bit carried away with my point in the entry below.

Ok... I'm 18, live in Greater London, UK (though hopefully soon to move away to Uni come September!) and have self injured ever since puberty, when I was 12-13ish. I don't remember specificly the first time... because in the early days I didn't even register what I was doing WAS self injury. I just had such strong emotions, useually anger or hate, and would do 'tension relieving' things, for example tightening all my muscles up and digging my nails into my arms, which progressed to scratching, and eventually to cutting myself.
Unfortunately, It took a hold of me, and as life changed and 'stuff' hapenned, I became more and more dependant on that feeling of release.
I still need it now... although I'm trying to work to change that. As I write this, I am feeling particularly optimistic, though I'll admitt that it's become quite a rare feeling recently.

My Christian faith, I believe, has played an enourmous part in the progress I have made so far in attempting stopping, which is why I've come here! As I've come to believe and accept the faith (I've been brought up in a vaguely Christian background, but only came to fully accept the faith this summer!), it's helped me to sort out a lot of the issues that have caused me to harm, attempting to tackle the root of the problem, instead of just trying to 'distract' myself from the harming, which would only leave me without for the short term.

I fear I'm still very far away from ever stopping completely, but feel the fact that I can write about myself here and now, very reassuring. Before now I've been very closed, but I hope being part of this community will provide a good opportunity for me to express myself in my new-found willingness to be more open!

Wow... this is longer then I meant it to be but I got quite into it! It's actually very thereputic x x

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Verses of HOPE!!

Hi, :)

I've been watching this journal for quite some time now, but have only just joined!

I supose I'm aprehensive about speaking about my feelings... even with the degree of annomity a journal allows.

Anyway, I felt I just had to join in order to try to help people, like myself, who struggle with self injury, and try to fit that together with their christian beliefs/ upbringing/ ideas.

I feel I  just have to share some of the amazing passages I heard in church mere hours ago, (the seromn was entitled 'life in the spirit'), that spoke to me so vividly, and, for now at least, are giving me HOPE in certain areas of my life.

I will publish some highlights but the passages are majorly abridged, just to give you an idea so PLEASE look this up, now, or when you're feeling especially down!

Romans 7: 14-17
We know that the law is spiritual, but I am not spiritual since sin rules over me as if I were its slave.  I do not understand the things I do. I do not do what I want to do, and I do the things I hate...* but I am not really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that does them.
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In my mind I am happy with God's law, but I see another law working in my body, which makes war against the law my body accepts. The other law orking in my body is the law of sin, and it makes me it's prisoner.

Something I've been struggling with is issues of self worth. When I self injure I feel guilty and ashamed, and I turn away from God. 'How can he ever love or show mercy to me, when I hate and hurt his own creation?', my mind tells me.
What these passages address is that the self injury or the 'sin', is seperate from the person who God see's us as, who he created us to be. God LOVES us, despite our sin. Romans 8 goes on to encoarage this:

Romans 8: 1-4
So now, those who are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty. Through Jesus Christ the law of the Spirit that brings life made me free from the law that brings sin and death... God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life others use for sin. By sending his Son to be an offering to pay for sin, God used a human life to destroy sin... Now we do not live following our sinful selves, but we live by following the Spirit.
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For you are not ruled by your sinful selves, but by the Spirit, if that spirit of God lives in you.

Ok, wow... God loves us sooo much that he doesn't even want us to feel guilty over our sin! Just think, for a seccond how encoaraging this is! Think of the sacrfice God has made so that we sinners are not condemned, or 'judged guilty'. As long as we allow the Spirit (God's holy Spirit)  to live in us (or in other words, accept Christ into our lives), we are free, in God's eyes, of self injury!!

To me these are some of the most refreshing thoughts I've had in a while. I know that now I have evidence and understanding that God will not condemn me for my self injury, I will feel more able to turn to him when I get urges, because I know he sees ME, and not the sin that is on my mind.

Feeling able to turn to God with self injury, I believe, will make a huge difference in my life, and I hope and pray that it will in all of yours, too!



* The '...' indicates where I have left parts out in trying to get a precise point across!
  Again, I stress that you look these chapters up yourself, for the full picture! I used the New Century Version, if you're interested.

Current Mood: hopeful

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curious survey
do you notice a loss of Faith as you Cut,
or do you Cut because you're having a loss of Faith?

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       I'm brand new. =] Ummm... my name's Heather. I've SI'ed going on 5 years and my faith has been since I can remember. I think that I really need to get right with God, and I think that this is just the place to help me get there. I am trying to quit of course.  
       I think that if I can focus on Him more and rely on HIm then I'll be so much better off. Anyways I'm trying to keep this as short as possible. Be safe.  

Current Mood: hopeful

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The long road ahead
Hi guys,
I've been here on and off for the past few years, and have been pretty good the past 2 years or so. Lately, my life has taken on some new stresses (death of my grandfather, issues with my meds, finishing up grad school) and I'm finding myself with the same old urges again.

But this time around, since I don't see cutting as a "feasible" or "satisfying" option (I have a great job that I love that I don't want to jeopardize with scars), I've turned to things like throwing objects, kicking walls (I accidentally kicked a hole in one last week), and other self-harm urges that aren't cutting (like head-banging, choking, etc.) Has this happened to anyone else? Where the urge to cut eventually morphs into something else?

But at least my faith is still strong, in any case :)

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New here
Well I am sort of new here and this is my first post here for sure.  I want to state that first I am a Christian and struggle with the urges and with the actual acts of cutting.  Now on to a question that I have.  Recently I have been seeing people say that cutting is a sin.  Never really thinking that my cutting might be a sin I was wondering what your opinions were on that subject.  

I know that cutting is probably not the best way for me to cope with some of my problems.  That I know.  And I am trying to quit.  Even recently have gone to therapy with cutting being a part of my sessions.  I know why I cut sometimes but other times I do not know why.  But either way was just wanting other opinions on if cutting was a sin or not.

Thanks and I look forward to being more a part of this community in the future.  

I also hope this is the right forum for this question.  If it isn't this please ignore this post. 

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Hi everyone. I'm new to the community (brand new, just joined, lol) but I was so happy to find this community! I didn't think one like this existed. I do not cut anymore, well it's been about two months, but sometimes I still struggle with the urges, and it's just nice to know that somebody can relate. I used to belong to self injury communities, but found they were too triggering, but I thought since this is a Christian SI community it might be different? I hope so.

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Invitation to take part in an online research questionnaire
Invitation to take part in an online research questionnaire

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babble
I'm losing my Faith.
because I can't see things getting any Better.

maybe it's because I don't Trust Him like I used to.

I only go to Him when things go well. I thank Him. but when things start falling apart, I don't talk to Him. not in the fact that I blame Him, but I was never good at depending on others.

I don't even know why I'm posting this?

maybe because I just feel that awful right now.

I've become everything I said I wouldn't. I've so much of myself.

I was supposed to die before age eighteen.
but in just a few months, I'm turning twenty-two.

and everyone tells me not to worry, because life hasn't even begun for me.

they don't realise that that's part of the problem.....

Current Mood: hopeless

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New Kid in Town
Today I decided to see if there was an active Christian self-injury community here on live journal, and I stumbled across this. Although it isn't that active, I still thought it was nice.

I'm Erin, and I'm 15 and a half years old, and I am a sophomore in high school.

I first self-inured when I was in the sixth grade. I met a few girls who did it, so my burning curiosity drove me to try it out. I did it for a while, but over the summer I quit because it was too difficult to cover up in the Arizona heat I live in.

In seventh grade, after confessing to the school social worker that I was molested by a family member all my life, I became incredibly broken. The depression reminded me of the cutting that I had once heard about and done, so I did it again. I did it frequently.

During this time, my mother also began making me go to church on Sunday's and youth services on Wednesday. I despised her for it, and I hated going.

In eighth grade, the troubles continued, although thankfully, not to the horrific extent that they had been. I was still self-injuring, although not as frequent. This was partly due to me picking up some anorexic tendencies. One thing was also different, and it was that I had begun to know who Jesus was. I accepted Him into my life at the end of seventh grade. I was falling more in love with him as that school year went by.

I last cut on May 22, 2006. One of the last days of eighth grade. I've had only one or two close calls where I have wanted badly to give in. That summer I also forgave the man who had molested me for all those years..

Freshman year I really became on fire for God, and His transformation in my life showed abundantly. I went back to see a teacher from my middle school once, and ran into the counselor who I had visited so many times. Her jaw nearly went to the floor when she saw me. I dug up her email address, and I told her how funny it was when she couldn't at all take her eyes off of me. She replied saying that she noticed that I could look her in the eye, which I had never done before, and that there was also a light in them that she had never seen.

This year, the fire that was lit in me is becoming stronger, bigger, and brighter continuously. I feel called into the ministry field, and I've taken plenty of first steps by praying over people - including a teacher.

So I've decided to join this community to perhaps be an encouragement. I'll try my best.

That was far longer than I imagined, so don't feel bad if you didn't read it all, or just skimmed. :)

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just another night

there were three main things by which I [used to] define myself:

1. my Faith
2. my family
3. my grades/school

the above are listed in the order by which I've lost them:

1. senior year of high school (early 2004)
2. within the past year
3. this semester

what do you do when you've lost everything by which you justified waking up each morning?

red_like_me suggested to me a new prayer. I'll try it tonight. but I have no little Hope at this point, that I wonder if it's even worth it....

Current Mood: depressed

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