Like millions of people, Tamela suffers from a secret compulsion to self-mutilate, cutting herself and smearing the blood over her body. And, like an estimated half of those who cut themselves, Tamela was molested as a child. Though her parents sought help for her when she was younger, it was not enough, and she continued to suffer psychological trauma, seeking release in her dangerous addiction.
Tamela, in trying to explain why she would harm herself, said, "Sometimes I don't even feel. I'll cut myself just so I can be, like, am I alive? I don't feel anything. I'm not happy. I'm not sad. I feel nothing. I like to see something that's pure become corrupted and then just see the blood staining it, especially if it's my own blood. I'm just thinking about the blood and how good I'm going to feel afterwards."
This became such a problem that family and friends, with help from Candy Flannigan of A&E's Intervention, confronted Tamela about her dangerous behavior.
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