Depressed all the time/self harming

Hi Im steph im new to this website. Im only 16 but i didn really wanna post this on the under 20s forum so i thought id post this up here

For the past 2-3 months iv become very depressed and sometimes it leads to self harm or wanting to kill myself. ( Iv got a knife n cut all my arms up, broke my rib, i pill my hair out i do such much and i need to sort it out.) But it repeats itself every 3-4 days, and its not very fair on my ex as im still seein him atm and he is thinking of getting back with me but im always so depressed but i love him so much i would wanna do this to him at all

But i dont know what to do. Anybody know any good techniques or something?

Iv Tried seein a counciler but it didn help at all and i really want to get it sorted

Please help me

Thankyou Steph x

Hi steph

I am new to this site as well and just came across your message and wanted to reply to you as nobody else has, yet.

I think it is great that you are asking for help and that you want to sort yourself out. You say that you have tried counselling but it didn't help. Were you referred to a counseller by your doctor? Have you spoken to your doctor? If not then I recommend that you do. Some practices have more than one GP available so may be if you feel you dont get on with a particular doc. you could ask to see another. Persevere... because some doctors are much more helpful than others.

Also, have you tried any medication? Just a thought.

Same with counsellors...may be you just didnt hit it off with the particular one you saw?

Hang in there, recognising your problem is half the battle I think... post again

xx destiny