Has your T ever asked to see your S/H?

My regular therapist has asked to see my arms, but not my legs. I had to show the ER doc and the psychiatrist when I was in the hospital. Now in my IOP my group leader asked to see my arms in the beginning and everytime I report SI. They want to see so they know how deep they are and if you need medical care.

Neither of my Ts asked to see them but I volunteered after a long time in therapy to show them. I have a group T and a one on one T.
My group T asked me if he could touch my scars, I said yes. It was amazing. Something I've always been so ashamed about. It was a very positive experience for me.

** Smartass mode warning.....

Maybe I will have to start cutting my ***..... so if she wants to see my SH again - I will gladly show her!

Yes, last session I told her i was cutting, she asked to see, I said yes, cause I know she won't report me for that and what not. I don't see a problem with letting her see my wounds if she really wishes to. Part of it is I want to see someone give a **** about them and me.

Yup.... she said I had to "own it"... I said no the first couple times, but then I had a scare and felt I needed to show her

Yup, it made me feel weird, though. Especially since my mom was there.

I never thought about it. No one ever asked to see my scars.

She always wants to see them. I assumed that was normal, but maybe it isn't. Anyway, I thought she probably wanted to see that they were healing well. I find it strange or odd or something that medical personnel, nurses, doctors, physical therapists, are very freaked out by the sight of them. I was having a mammogram and a shoulder of my gown fell down, revealing a rather large and ugly keloid scar that was SI, and she rushed to cover it up again. I was thinking, well, jeez, here you are, looking at my boob, for goodness sake. How much more intimate can we get? No one ever seems to connect the overwhelming mental pain that accompanies the act of self injury.

I've been away from my PHP for over a week due to health reasons and right now, the impulse is pretty strong. I was forced to sign one of those stupid 'no harm' contracts about two weeks ago.

I know I'm probably going to cut, but I know if I go back, and they find out what I did, I'm in deep *****.

The first professional that ever said something to me was a psych nurse when I was hospitalized. This was in February of this year. I ended up in the psych-med unit and they put medication on the cut's twice a day. The first time she did it she said 'I know Reesecups didn't deserve this'. It really touched me.

My outside T understands it. Would never hospitalize me for it so I can tell her. But about 2 weeks ago, my Case Manager threatened to make me lift up my shirt. I've taken some medication to calm me down, I'm waiting for it to kick in.

My current therapist has never asked me. Past ones have, but I declined their requests. It's none of their business.

I honestly think the only reason why my Case Manager threatened me is that she is uneducated that SI does not always equal SUI! She's still an intern and probably doesn't have a lot of experience.

I really don't think she can hospitalize me for it afterward unless I was SUI. I think it would be up to my pdoc there and I don't think he would do it. He didn't the last time with a former Case Manager!