‘Love it!’ Magazine

I’ve just responded to a journalist who is writing an SI feature for ‘Love it!’ magazine that will probably be published next week.

I answered her questions in good deal of details, but of course I don’t know how much of the email interview they will choose to use, but it will be great to see the LifeSIGNS web address published in a popular women’s mag I guess.

They also hope to interview a teenage girl about her experiences of SI, and so I’m hoping one of our members will respond via the Message Board (email me for more details! Wedge@lifesigns.org.uk )



The Economist Magazine

Phew, I’ve also responded to a journalist for the Economist Magazine today; the media are really going crazy over the latest book that has been published after a Bath / Oxford / Samaritans investigation found that “1 in 10 school-girls have self-injured”.  Of course, most journalists have failed to note that the “1 in 10” statistic includes school-girls who have hurt themselves deliberately only once.

Here at LifeSIGNS, we’re very aware that some people hurt themselves frequently, and in fact, rely on SI as a way of coping.

The thing is, these statistics that get thrown about are all very interesting, and important in many ways, but they don’t address the emotional distress of an individual. Stats help the Government and the NHS take SI seriously, but we already know that SI is a serious matter don’t we?

Did you hear Sarah on BBC Radio Essex the other day? She did grand!