The sad thing @Former-Member is that I self harmed between 1990-2002 ish ... seeing MH people all through that time .. but I was not able to vocalise that that is what was also happening ... there was a lot of other things going on.  The first time I mentioned my SH was to a chiropractor working on headaches ... that helped... around 2000 ...and he could see the torsion in my face and skull ... it also helped me that he called the house once to check I was ok.

Then I went through a period of trying to stop ... but had a huge flare up which meant the CAT team was called into me for the first time ... it was also the main last time I SH d... after that I decided to live separate under the one roof til I got myself mentally sorted and left in a year.  I still feel the urge from time to time.

I also disclosed to my osteopath who has been very helpful.

NOBODY in MH field has worked through things with me in a logical manner .. I have done it all myself.  I looked it up on the web and found out that it was not that unusual a form of SH ... more often associated with autism.

The lady psychologist who asks all her clients I only started seeing recently ... October 2015.

It was really due to being in psychological torment regarding whether I loved both my female children and what I was allowed to feel as affection ....  I was tied up in knots.

@CannonSalt  Thank you for raising topic .. Is your family more supportive of you now?  it sounds like a sensitive caring act for your father to help out.