TV Interview on Wednesday

Tomorrow I will be going up to Denver to do an interview with 9News Denver on self injury. Prior to 2004 I self-injured off and on since I was a teenager. It's not something that is easy to talk about but I think it's well worth my time to go up there. If what I or any of the others doing this interview can help just one person then it's been well worth the time and effort. My therapist is driving me there and back for moral support. I really appreciate her doing that for me.


I did a radio interview the beginning of the fall on self injury and it went really well so they asked me to do the TV interview. When I was doing the radio piece I was asked if I self injure anymore and I said that I didn't. But I got to thinking about it and believe that I continued to do it by overeating and eating junk food and fast food. It was just another way to hurt myself. Now that I'm eating healthier and making better choices I can see that my weight problem wasn't this bad until after I stopped self injuring. So I think I just gave up one bad thing and traded it in for another. That's the case for me anyway.


So I'm really proud to be doing this interview knowing that I'm eating healthier and exercising to lose weight. I've lost 16.2 pounds so far and feel better than I ever have. I know it's going to take a long time to lose the weight but at least I've stopped the "self injury" part of things for good now.


I'll let you know how the taping goes tomorrow. It will be on 9News Denver. They are planning on a 3-4 minute piece which is long for the news. There will be a slightly longer version online also. I'll let you know when I find out what the link is to it.


I'm not as nervous as I thought I would be. Maybe the nerves will kick in tomorrow. Good thing is that they are taping it. It's not live. Whew! LOL Any flubs I make can be edited out. I guess I feel like I know the topic well enough being a survivor that I can speak intelligently on it. An author/professor/sociologist who did the radio interview with me will also be doing the TV interview so at least I'll "know" her. If you're a praying person, please pray that it goes well and that at least one person is helped by this interview. If you don't pray then please just send some positive thoughts my way. Thanks in advance.