I'm 17 and I used to cut myself.
My therapist at the time found out and told my mom to take me to the emergency room.
That was a horrible, horrible, experience.
Every staff member who I had to tell looked at me like I was completely looney, which didn't help how I was feeling.
Then, they put me in a little room in the 'mental ward' area (my room was next to a man who was tied down and screaming, even drugs didn't make him stop).
My mom and I were there from about 8:00 PM-1:00 AM.
I told them it was not a suicide attempt, it really wasn't.
They put down that it was anyway.
They were going to send me too a facility for four+ days, but I was crying so much that they let us leave.
That was a horrific experience....how do they think that keeping someone locked in a room with a camera would help?!

Anyway, I've recently started burning myself.
I'm terrified to tell anyone, because of the above experience, but I don't want to keep doing it; I need to express my feelings in a positive way.

So, to anyone who can relate, should I try to tell someone again?
I really don't know what to do....

Thanks for any advice.