Youth Potential is a project with a purpose to support young people through their struggles with self-harm and other mental health struggles, and, also inspire them to discover and achieve their dreams.
I have two books available on Amazon (across different regions). My first book is "Self-harm to Self-harmony", which is my personal story of dealing with self-harm as a young person. My second book is "102 Distraction Techniques", which is a short and simple book with 102 suggestions for distracting yourself from your negative thoughts.
Instagram: @youth_potential (I use this regularly)
I am scared of getting better. I've been dealing with this overthinking of what I would do in the future, of what I can do for the future or of how I can stop losing my life that it almsot has become, my identify. If I get rid of it, I feel like I'll feel empty, that'll I'll feel emptier. That I'll feel like a part of me has been taken away and I dont want this to happen. If I'm honest it's almost like I dont wanna lose myself. I'm only 14 and I know that I have all the time of the world, but I just cannot seem to completely understand this fact.
Rang Samaritans......."all our volunteers are busy!!!....please try again laTER??" Rang "PIETA HOUSE"....PUT THROUGH TO A "THEERAPEST"......Explained how I was feeling...longg silences....."Are you still there??" ..... Qiuet yes!!... Continue to talk....then geet FU*ING CUT OFF!!!....i'M SORRY!!! Was I BORING YOU???!!!!
Each time I tried going out on SUPER hot days, especially at the beach my mom yelled at me for my scars and told me to “ put that shit away “ meaning to cover them up and I haven’t been able to show them since arghhhh I hope when I’m an adult I can find the confidence to start wearing short sleeves and shorts again Even tho this videos old I’m proud of you!! :)
This was a great video. Hung onto every word you said. I believe that before mental health became something mainstream, this is how people dealt with their issues. Sometimes they dealt really badly and other times they had good coping mechanisms. Everyone was expected to deal with their problems in this manner. Which is why probably they don't think too much about the ups and downs of life. The ups make them really happy and they store it in their minds as a memory, the downs make them really upset so having no other choice, they'd rush to solve the problem. This is how simple life was. Store happiness and solve sadness. I felt like Id been doing good progress over the past few weeks and it all came falling down yesterday. I spent time crying about it. And my thoughts of how I haven't recovered at all put a dent in me. But honestly, I am recovering, I am better than before. I'm dealing with my problems in a better way. I'm trying to store the happiness and I'm working on solving the sadness. And I'm finding better solutions and hacks every time. It does make me feel like running after an abstract idea of recovery is a waste of energy because the goals are different to the normal "healthy" people. We have to just shift our focus and solve the sadness as it comes 💖 THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I always wondered why am I not getting better. Even when I talk to my mom, I told her once that maybe I don't want to get better. But the truth is, I don't think I can get better. I have been trying for years now to get better but I keep falling into old destructive habits, self sabotage fuck ups. I'm in one huge fuck up right now. And I keep spiralling downwards. I recently began opening up about my struggles but I see its of no use. No one understands me. They just think I gotta do something that they recommend and that will solve my problems but then they give up when it doesn't work. I don't think I can get better. And I think that's the truth.
You keep repeating the word “scary” , I’m not scared , since when are emotions logical, I wouldn’t mind getting better , I just have no desire to change her whatsoever, I don’t find it scary, just a lot of work
So sorry for your loss. You do what you need to do to get yourself feeling better, grief is an individual thing. Take care. I also wanted to thank you for this content. It’s made me feel less alone with my diagnosis and addiction. Keep up the good fight. And congrats on the year clean.
I hope it gets better, please please stay living this life. Thankyou for so much, really you can’t understate the impact you have. So sorry for your loss 💕
My condolences. I also lost my last grandparent in winter this year. It felt like a new era, like i am no longer a grandchild. I stepped up a ladder in generation and as well as feeling really sad, it also feels odd and takes time to get emotionally used to...
I really appreciate this video, I feel like this isn't talked about enough. I know that seeing SH posted online was bad for my mental health, but it's hard for me not to blame myself for how that content affected me. Thanks for talking about this❤
This video is just scaring me not to do it but mentally I still feel the same if not worse because it's making me feel even more trapped, if I can't d!e because of the fear of the consequences but also can't ask for help because I fear the vulnerability and the pain I'll transfer onto who ever I confide in, what do I do? I feel utterly alone
Im thinking the difference between those that complete vs those who attempt but dont complete are those that complete genuinely want to die. The worst part about a serious attempt is the complete lack of emotion and almost mechanical nature of the act itself. Its almost like a brain sucking parasite is controlling your body while you just watch. Its terrifying in hindsight 😢
I just failed a few minutes ago-maybe 30 mins ago. My rope snapped. I’m not happy I’m not sad. I don’t care about anything. I can’t imagine being able to say “I’m glad I failed”. I am about a minute into this video I just wanted to share but I intend on watching the whole video. Edit: I just finished the vid. I am 16 and I still have to go to school tomorrow. Hopefully my rope marks on my neck won’t be visible. Nobody knows about my attempt and I doubt anyone will find out. People rarely find out things when I’m trying my best to hide them. I’ve done all my research on exactly how to attempt and lots of different methods and despite all that I put myself in a great amount of danger. Doesn’t make how much prep you do when you don’t even follow your god damn plans. Thanks for making this video man. I feel a little bit less alone in these moments. Waking up after I thought I never would is a weird experience.
Even if the following kills me. I love fast food. I will not eat healthier. I love being lazy. I will not work out. I love hating my self. I dont want to try to fix it. It takes too much effort. I think to my self daily that i want to kill my self but its too painful or id definitely be the type to survived a bullet to the head. Fml i wish i could just wash my brain
26 (almost 27) and started when I was 12. At 21, I thought that I was done with sh. I relapsed a few days ago and have been feeling so much shame over it. It makes me feel so immature and pathetic. This video/these comments make me feel so much better about dealing with these kinds of embarrassing struggles. I don’t feel so alone anymore. Thank you.
I've tried to heal before and it was working. But some stuff happened that broke my will to get better forever and now even if I try to get better I feel like all of it is fake. I keep seeing myself lower than even the people I love and I just can't believe I can do anything. It's so exhausting and tiring. I can't focus on anything and I constantly hate myself. Also whenever someone tries to help me I keep denying or resisting it because I just hate that I'm in this situation.
wake up people hearing voice is not what doctor told you , IT IS A DEMON voices. bow down to God ask Jesus to cast away the demon inside of you pray hard u will be set free within short period . that's my experience back 16 years ago
Thank you for this honest outlook. I’m sick of religious people spamming that the consequence is eternity in hell -or- not going to heaven, when the real consequence is surviving in a horrible state, deformed, permanently in pain, reliant on drs, ect and just living with more suffering than you already had, which was already enough to begin with
I’m having like withdrawal symptoms from sh. Whenever I go even two days without doing it I spiral down into this numb and suicidal pit where I go completely numb and it usually results in extremely deep cuts.
Could you do a video about the point of no return (the point where it gets extremely hard to recover on your own) with self harm? I relapsed recently and I have been really just trying to learn more and understand more because I don’t want to get to that point. Also thank you so much for your videos! I watched the overdose one the day I wanted to take my life and you stopped me and I really appreciate it 🫶
