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How To Treat Mental Health Issues Long After Facing Child Sexual Abuse?

So I have a number of mental health problems including BPD, and most of them stem from sexual abuse i suffered from as a child from my grandfather. I ve recently started to realise that I m curious what it would be like to slice or bite threw someone s skin, make them bleed. I get an urge when I see bare skin to want to know how it feels to slice open someone else s bare skin. I don t want to do it, I just can t help but suffer from clear visuals of how it would feel. As in i can actually visualise what it would be like and then get an inch for it. And I think due to my long history of cutting myself which I get great satisfaction out of, that that s where the urge stems from. But I m scared of mentioning this to anyone, because I could be seen as a threat to others in some people s eyes.
Tue, 10 Jan 2017
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Hi,

It seems that you suffered a lot during your childhood, such an emotional pain that you try to hide by physical pain. The good news is that one of the very effective therapy would be DBT. Try to meet the mental health service as soon as possible and they will arrange that for you.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Walid Hassan
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How To Treat Mental Health Issues Long After Facing Child Sexual Abuse?

Hi, It seems that you suffered a lot during your childhood, such an emotional pain that you try to hide by physical pain. The good news is that one of the very effective therapy would be DBT. Try to meet the mental health service as soon as possible and they will arrange that for you. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Walid Hassan