Self Injury: Write an Email Volunteer

 Disclaimer

Self-help is useful, but it is not a substitute for professional assistance. Emotional and behavioral problems can be debilitating and dangerous. Please seek professional help: 

if you have thoughts of killing yourself or harming others;
if you feel depressed, anxious, guilty or down on yourself frequently; if you are abusing substances; if your performance or interpersonal relationships are impaired.

"Our purpose is to give information.. We can not, and are not, assuming the role of your physician or therapist in any of our replies. 

We also do not know your other medical problems and psychiatric diagnoses, which usually have a dramatic effect on medication (and other treatment) recommendations. You must make a medical and treatment plan with your physician and therapist(s).

Feel free to write any of the volunteers below.

1) I am a recent college graduate. During my last three years at school I worked as an RA and one of my jobs was presenting information on RA-related topics. During my research of self-injury (for statistics, etc.) I came across the mental health today site. I found the information I needed and was impressed by the layout of the page. 
I was diagnosed with depression at 17 and began self-injuring at 18. Though it�s been over a year w/o a relapse, self-injury is still a subject that I am emotionally invested in. As an RA I worked with many people who were having problems. Now that that is over, I would love to still be able to help other people. I am quite knowledgeable in the area of self-injury and have a solid background in depression and SI. I am empathetic, attentive, and people I�ve worked with have found me to be pretty insightful.
[email protected] 

2) My name is Thomas, I recently got out of the US Coast Guard do to medical related issues. I was in basic training for 3 months and now I have a lot of options in front of me as far as what I want to do in my life. Right now I am deciding what I really want to do with my life. Before I joined the CG I was helping others online. It was hard for me to leave them all when I went to basic, but if it wasn't for me leaving I wouldn't of known how much I have really helped some of them. Because I have helped so many people online I'm thinking of taking up psychology as a career. I feel that by volunteering I will be able to get a better idea of what it's like to be a psychologist and really see what I am capable of doing.

For my hobbies I enjoy chatting online, programming and repairing computers, and watching anime. I also enjoy learning new things. I guess you can say I'm one of those people who are never happy unless they are doing something to better them selves in some way.

I don't drink and I never smoked before in my life. I have though talked to many people who smoke a lot but I am not as experienced with drinking. I am always willing to take the time to listen to people and I've been told many of times that one thing people always liked about me was that I was always able to find the good in people no matter how bad they may seem. I take pride in my ability to understand someone to the level were I can truly understand there pain and truly help them work it out together. I also still talk to many of the people I have helped online. Most of which are my closest friends and I often come to them at times as well.

So if you feel like emailing me don't hesitate!

[email protected]

3)  Hello, My name is ReaJeania, I am suffering from depression, panic attacks and self harm tendencies. I have been married for 10 years. I have no children. Just my pets. I have been recovering from the depression, panic attacks and self harm now for 1 yr. I feel it would be a honor to be able to help someone else through the road to recovery. Thank you ReaJeania
My email address is [email protected]