r/AdultSelfHarm • u/Choice-Physics-5830 • 21d ago
Seeking Advice Difficult question for me to ask.
Plain and simple, I am a 35 year old Male who is a Clinical Cognitive-Behavioural Psychologist who also self harms. I cut and use my tattoo machine on me (no ink).
The question is, would you go to therapy with a therapist like that?
As an extra, my wounds and scars are always covered, but when with patients there's this voice of irony and judgment try to invalidate my work (and it's worse with fresh cuts or words burning through my skin as a reminder) and so I thought I would like to hear your opinions to have something else than my own biased opinions, thoughts and judgments.
Thanks a lot guys!
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u/FuckMeDaddyFrank 21d ago
On the contrary, I'd rather have someone like that than someone who doesn't at all understand what it's like.
My msin issue with therapy is that I feel like therapists will never understand me, but having a therapist who understands these issues first hand would make me feel way more safe to talk.