Xmas is a hard time for some
This is a hard time of year for many people. Families are not always great. Lonliness is a killer.
This is a hard time of year for many people. Families are not always great. Lonliness is a killer.
The Victoria Derbyshire show on BBC2 will feature a short film about camouflaging self-injury scars with special make-up.
Would you like to do the voice for an animated film? Share your story.
Have you moved away from self-injury? Do you want to hide your scars sometimes?
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] This is Ben’s story; it’s written by Ben, and we’re grateful to him for sharing his past pains and on-going struggle. Ben talks about drugs, cutting, and boderline personality disorder. My drug use and self-injury were interconnected. But the drug use was a different way of achieving the same goal which was to […]
“we found that CBT-based psychological therapy may have led to a small-to-modest reduction in the number of patients repeating self-harm behaviours.”
Physical scars cannot and do not show how much pain or suffering a person has experienced.
More great photos from Self-Injury Awareness Day – the Alderbrook School theatre troupe with our wristbands.
The students were well prepared for Self-Injury Awareness Day with our wristbands :) Great photos!
Researchers at Glasgow and Stirling University are developing a questionnaire to measure thoughts about suicide and non-suicidal self-injury. Understanding these thoughts may help to develop more effective treatments and improve quality of life. If you’re an adult (18+ years) and have had thoughts about suicide or if you have self-injured, you’re invited to take this […]
Have you received excellent attention, guidance, and actual treatment from your GP, counsellor, or mental health team? Have you had any less than good experiences? Share your experience in this quick survey, from the charity that looks into the quality of care across the UK. The charity, NCEPOD, are surveying young people (11 to 15 […]
LifeSIGNS has supported SIAD for like 16 or 17 years – since before we were even called LifeSIGNS! Self-Injury Awareness Day (1st March) is a global movement to raise awareness and reduce stigma. Many people who hurt themselves find it easier to talk about self-injury around this time as there’s no need to share personal […]