Making this small to avoid triggering anyone by accident. It's about self-harm. You have been warned.
I self-harmed for the first time in 4 years today. I got totally stressed out about exams and life and whatnot and then saw something on tumblr which sort of triggered me, and usually I can deal with that kind of stuff but today it just snowballed and I ended up scratching a hole in my side. (don't ask me why scratching is my "preferred" method, I really don't know.) I talked to some friends about it and they were all perfect and supportive without being preachy, but I'm still incredibly frustrated and disappointed. I really thought I was past all of this but... apparently not. I've emailed the university counselling service to ask for an appointment because I didn't talk to anyone about this stuff the first time I went through it and it was *awful*, so hopefully talking about it with them as well as being open about it to my friends will help and fingers crossed I don't do it again. I've had it a few times recently where something's sent me off thinking about it but today's been the first time in 4 years that I actually did anything, which is really frustrating. And I know it's ridiculous but I feel like I let down the people I talked to when I was first triggered. I don't know. Got an exam in 5 hours, I am not ready for this...