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SueLaBear

504d

I'm new here and I want to be able to find support and give it. right now I have been struggling with something I said to my doctor when I was fifteen years old. I was seeing my pediatrician with my mom and my doctor starts doing the usual mental health exam. he starts asking if I've ever thought about doing self harm. I said yes. then he asks if I've ever done that. I watching my mom out of the corner of my eye, said no. I flat out lied to my doctor. At that point in time I had been self harming for over six months. I was scared and didn't want to admit the truth. My mom knew about my ED was mad with me about. So when the appointment is done, we get into the car where my dad is waiting and my mom tells him about the appointment. Dad asks if I say no about the self harm. I told him I said know. dad then says, "you know how we'd feel about it, right?" I say they'd be sad when my mom says they'd be mad with me. My mom had anorexia in highschool which I didn't find out till after she found out about my ED. It confuses me because I thought my mom should be more understanding than angry with me. Granted I'm more than likely not seeing from a parents perspective. But why did my friends all have parents that understood and weren't angry with them when mine would be? I'm actually over two years clean on self harm. But I've never told anyone except my friends. I've told every adult I know I've never hurt myself. Yet I clearly have. I bear scars on my skin from my own doing. And while I'm proud of how far I've come, my question is, has anyone else done this? Has anyone else lied about something as major as this? Should I have said something that day and risked my parents anger?

    • SourLemons

      504d

      hi OP, i hope you find some supportive people here. i struggled with depression and self harm for the better part of a decade now. i hid it from my parents for many years, and never really tried to get outside medical help until recently. i understand feeling the need to hide what you're going through from people who you're afraid might not be so supportive. i dealt with that for a long time. whether you decide to open up to your parents or not might take you some time to answer given their response to your situation. i'd ask them why they would be so angry with you struggling, and whether they'd be supportive at all. if you guys have a good relationship i think it's worth asking and within your right to know. if you don't feel comfortable talking to them, which i totally get, please at least find a community outside of family who can be a support system for you. rooting for you ♡

    • Gwen71

      504d

      Hello and welcome. I have lied about having depression and anxiety to people(doctors,etc) but then I thought, why lie about it when they are here to help me.

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