Has your T ever asked outright if you ever self-harmed or asked how you cope when you are feeling anxious or depressed? My T asked me outright, and I just nodded and said I use some negative coping mechanisms. She already knew about the drinking, and she asked if there were other things I was doing, and I nodded silently. She started off with "Do you shoot heroin?" Which made me laugh bc it was summer and I was wearing short sleeves and I think it was obvious I didn't, but she was like "I thought I'd get the big ones out of the way." She went down a list of usual self-harm methods, but didn't quite get what I did, so I eventually wrote it down, though it took a long time.

After the first time, it got easier to talk about: