Edyta is looking into self-injury as part of her research into ‘hope and hopelessness’ for her doctoral level studies at City University London. Edyta is looking for people to interview about their lives and reliance upon self-injury. Naturally, interviews will be treated strictly confidentially and participant’s identities will be protected. If you’d be willing to […]
Quick news: Jenny and Dorothy, of Mind, did a fantastic job of talking in detail around the subject of self-harm this morning on BBC Radio Shropshire. Jim Hawkins was kind enough to invite our Wedge on to the show as well, via phone. Here are the links you need to listen in: Jim Hawkin’s self-injury […]
A film called ‘Coping’ will be aired on BBC 2, this Thursday 17 March at 04:30 – 05:00am. That’s half past four in the morning, as it’s aimed at schools (who record it for later lessons). It might be available on iPlayer soon after. This series offers case studies of problems relevant to young people; […]
Nicky Callaby’s exhibition in London runs from the 17th to the 27th of March, from 1pm to 6pm. Nicky’s textiles and glass work elegantly tackle the subject of self-injury, and so it’s a very emotional exhibition. The Brick Lane Gallery 196 Brick Lane London E1 6SA The Brick Lane Gallery – The Annexe 93-95 Sclater […]
Most organisations don’t release their web stats or member numbers. We think that the continual growth of numbers speaks for itself, and demonstrates why self-injury is a topic that must be discussed and out in the open. Oh, just a note about our Message Board members – the number hovers around 400, because that seems […]
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Towards the end of 2010 I learnt about the inaugural World Book Night. Only individuals could apply to become book givers, so I applied personally and on my application I said that if selected I would donate the books to FirstSigns for distribution to our members. Happily we were selected. I chose ‘New Selected Poems’ […]
After months of hard work and preparation, Self-injury Awareness Day (SIAD) is here at last. SIAD is an annual international event to raise awareness about the difficult subject of self-injury, and although at FirstSigns we do just that every single day of the year, the 1st March is of course special to us. What people […]
These comments are from real people, but we don’t publish surnames at FirstSigns – never have, never will. Some people talk about self-injury so make sure you’re in a good place before reading these comments. Don’t let yourself be triggered.
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Here is a selection of comments from people; we don’t use surnames at FirstSigns, and of course some people talk about self-injury below, so make sure you’re in a good frame of mind before reading these comments.
