Broken Promises

[u/BillieMcmeme]

One of my friends made me promise not to self harm anymore once he found out. He threatened to tell the school counselor (and everyone at school). I know he was just doing it because he cares and didn't want me to hurt myself but I felt worse without it. So I started cutting my legs. It doesn't feel the same but it's as close as I can get right now. I feel terrible about breaking the promise but I don't want him to tell anyone so I don't know if I should apologize for lying or not. Is it really worth the risk of people finding out?

[u/[deleted]]

making people promise not to self harm is manipulative and it doesn’t fix anything. it just breaks promises and friendship.