cathylynn wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
I really don't like being treated like a child. Yes, I self-harm, but no, I don't need absolutely everything even remotely sharp in the house to be hidden from me (plus I'm not stupid - you leave a case I've never seen before sitting next to the kitchen counter, I know that's where you put them, I could get them if I wanted to), and I am still perfectly capable of handling my own medications. My parents know just how much of an extreme rule-follower I am - they should know there's no way I'd take more of a medication than prescribed. I've never even given that the slightest consideration. Nor have I ever considered using scissors to self-harm, yet they insist on taking those away from me, despite the fact that I've told them that it never even really occurred to me to use them like that. I get that they're doing it out of concern, but this isn't some new revelation to them - they've known for a while that I self-harm. And it's even less of a new thing to me - I know myself, I know what I can and can't be trusted with, and I'm not actively suicidal, so I can also be trusted to be honest about it. And no, I'm not being treated like a child because I've been acting like a child - most children wouldn't deliberately hurt themselves, the supervision would be to prevent them from doing it accidentally.
Whew - it feels good to have a little vent every now and then.
you express your feelings and opinion well here - yes, venting is great and i'm glad you're not suicidal now. can you let your parents know some of this? would they be open to positive change in your relationship?
I've complained to them about the inconvenience of having things like my medications and scissors kept away from me and explained to them that the thought to misuse these items had never even crossed my mind before they mentioned possibly restricting my access to them, but they probably figure it's better to be safe than sorry. Actually my relationship with my parents is pretty good overall, I'd say. I think they just don't really know how to handle this situation any more than I do, and they're trying to do the best they can. I vent sometimes, but I don't actually bear any ill feelings toward my parents - just sometimes specific things they do (but not in this case, this is frustrating but I think I understand). Probably it seems like I have a much worse relationship with my parents than I actually do because it's mostly the negative stuff I put here, since the positive stuff is perfectly fine to express in person
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"