We need to be resilient, not strong
Wedge, LifeSIGNS’ Founding Director, looks at the idea of humans being resilient, as opposed to ‘strong’.
Wedge, LifeSIGNS’ Founding Director, looks at the idea of humans being resilient, as opposed to ‘strong’.
We recently received an email from Trisha, who works with people in her community. During the course of her work, she carried out a photo shoot and felt that LifeSIGNS may be interested in hearing about ‘Kitten’, a model with personal experience of self-injury, who chose to use her modeling opportunity to raise awareness and support for SI.
This article, submitted by experienced contributor Charis, looks at the implications that ‘no harm contracts’ – agreements to not self-injure – can have on those who use self-injury as a coping mechanism.
Life is hard. The difference between people is in how they each cope with what life throws their way, and for some people, self-injury has become their release – or in some cases, distraction – from the overwhelming pressure of it all. In this article, Jennifer kindly shares her story with LifeSIGNS.
In this article, contributed by Adam, the occurrence of SI and emotional distress among men is explored.
