I've never tried to injuring myself on purpose... so I can't say much about it...
Actually I can't imagine to hurt myself physically, simply I love life far to much... maybe, cause once I have crossed the border already (accidentally) and was close enough a few times to jump over again ( accidentally)...
I found my path, talking and writing about my probs was what helped me as well as music and dancing... being creative, active, etc... It helped me to face and live with the past, cause it will never be forgotten...
Actually, thinking of my past, I really wonder what it is, that makes people hurting themselves, is the prob/ depression that bad, that you can't find another way? Are you heavy addicted to SI and other things? I try to understand what makes you doing it... cause once I have been to a point of wishing to be dead ( but I'd like to say that I was not, not in anyway suicidal) ... but then I've noticed it's not the way to go...
Just thinking of my little sis, she is the most egoistic person I know of, drowning in self-pity and very suicidal...
Will she ever notices how much she hurts our mom, her dad and our siblings... She can be nice, but usually it's calculated.
Still I cared for her, but at the moment she got me to a point where I start to care less...
I think there is a path for every prob, no matter what...
With every second, with every breath you take, with every emotion you're going through, life is worth living...