infection?

[scaredANDbroken]

well done, good luck let us know how appointment goes x

[ABsea]

Ugh im an idiot and didnt go.
the only person i really ever disappoint is myself

[amathus]

Ugh im an idiot and didnt go.
the only person i really ever disappoint is myself

Hi first of all you are not an idiot...it can be a scary experience going along to get treatment for self harm, it can create lots of different emotions inside you....

What put you off from going? What is it that makes you feel disappointed in yourself?

Were you going by yourself? If so, could you have taken anybody with you for support?

Other posters have mentioned getting infections dealt with as soon as you can...
you shouldn't really ignore this. Infections that are not dealt with promptly can
create all sorts of other problems....

Have another think about it, if you do think it's infected, go along for another appointment...
you could always go to A&E

Some signs of infection:




Signs Of Injury Infection



Anytime the skin is broken, there is a possibility that an infection will happen. Normally, the skin protects the body from allowing infectious organisms to enter. A cut in the skin, however, provides an opening through which infection-causing bacteria, viruses, and fungi can enter.

An infection may be localized, which means it develops only in one place on the body, or it may be systemic and spread throughout the body by the bloodstream.

A localized infection may cause one or more of the following symptoms in the area of the broken skin:

skin that is warm or hot
pain
a pus-like discharge
redness and
swelling
In addition, fever and chills may accompany a localized infection.

[amathus]

"it's upto you how you cope with your feelings"...quote by dysfunctional

Unfortunately, not being able to cope with feelings, is why some people feel the need to self harm in the first place....

[ABsea]

Ty qf,
I was going with my sis cause she needed to see the dr. But i just ended up taking her n didnt even go in
Im so mad at myself i feel like such a loser im 20,never had a real job, graduated late and have done nothing in the past 4years out of highschool...

And the worst part is that i have no "valid" excuse for my laziness other than im just LAZY

Aside from it all i dont think i have an infection atleast not anymore.. i put vinegar on it burned like hell but it was better than limping around

[scaredANDbroken]

Ty qf,
I was going with my sis cause she needed to see the dr. But i just ended up taking her n didnt even go in
Im so mad at myself i feel like such a loser im 20,never had a real job, graduated late and have done nothing in the past 4years out of highschool...

And the worst part is that i have no "valid" excuse for my laziness other than im just LAZY

Aside from it all i dont think i have an infection atleast not anymore.. i put vinegar on it burned like hell but it was better than limping around

Your not a loser absea, i know how u feel, i'm 21, I've never had courage to go to doctor, a friend dragged me there once n i sat and refused to talk, and i would never make it there again, it creates so many unwanted feelings, in flight or fight i flight.

How olds ur sis does she know about ur sh? ur not lazy ur ill, umm where did u hear about vingar, that may not have been the best of ideas :/ keep posting and feel free to pm absea xxx

[ABsea]

She's my bfs sis really but we just call eachother sisters (gets kinda awkward sometimes since i date her brother ahah)
N i think shes 21? The selfharm is a really weird thing for us to talk about.. i think she knows i do it but everyone knows she does/did it. What i never understood is her reason for it. Everytime she hurts herself shes high on drugs and says its because she was high.. so idk.
When were drunk we can talk about anything but afterwards i feel like i said too much.
When i was younger i got a really nasty infection on my finger and my mom forced me to dip it in vinegar.. hurt so much but the next day it was almost gone :/ i like to use natural ways to fix things idk why most meds freak me out

[scaredANDbroken]

ok fair enough hadnt heard of that, question is do you think it worked this time? hows your sh looking?

and ahh kk yer that makes sense! yes its alot easier to talk when drunk isn't it! n yer that is a hard one to work out, ppl will always have different reasons for doing and some which ovas will never understand i guess

how you doing at the moment?

[bebe]

You really need to get it seen to believe me if it is infected and you leave it you will eventually start feeling really poorly with a high temp, vomiting and spaced out and then you will have to go to see GP so Please go and get it sorted

[ABsea]

Tanks everyone, i am fine atm.
if it was ever infected its not anymore and is actually healing quite nicely.. will leave a nasty scar but it doesn't hurt anymore. I really dont know how it could've happened, like i said im pretty clean with the things i use.. guess i have to be even more careful :/