We are frequently asked the question: who self injures? Despite the media’s frequent portrayal of self-injury being something that predominantly affects teenage girls, at FirstSigns we know this is wholly inaccurate. FirstSigns itself was founded by Wedge – and he’s never going to be a teenage girl! Self-injury can affect anybody, at any time in their […]
After several months discussing our plans and ideas for a book for FirstSigns, the actual writing of it has finally arrived! This week Wedge and I will be working together and writing several thousand words a day, so that we can publish the book in time for SIAD 2010. As with many things it’s the […]
As of today, we are pleased to welcome two new message board mods to our Team. Sartor resartus and FReedomFRIES have joined our Moderating Team. Both sartor resartus and FreedomFRIES are long-standing, valuable members of FirstSigns; they are well liked and respected by members and mods alike, and it’s super to have them join our […]
As many of us know only too well, self-injury often leads to scars; a permanent reminder of our past distress and actions. How we feel about our scars is an individual thing, and there’s no right or wrong way to feel. Some people see them as a positive thing – a sign of survival – […]
We get our web address into Cosmo, and Jules gets quoted.
After six years blogging over at blogspot, we’ve now moved over to this shiny and exciting new blog. We’re so glad you’ve joined us and hope you enjoy the new look and feel, and great features. Don’t forget to choose your own ‘theme’ from the list (you can change it as often as you wish). […]
First of all, thank you to everyone who has contacted us to confirm they’ll be coming to our summer meet-up in Leeds on 11 July. If you haven’t already downloaded your invitation, please do so as it contains all the information you need. Our meet-ups are an important feature of FirstSigns, our members and our […]
I had planned today on blogging about what it’s like to attend a FirstSigns meet-up, but that will have to wait until tomorrow now as I’m too excited about my first training session! For some time now, Wedge and I have been working on our training package, and he’s been tutoring me on how to […]
A top magazine are currently researching a feature on self-injury in women in their 20s and 30s, and are looking for a woman aged 20-35 who either began self-injuring in that age group, or started younger and returned to self-injury when faced with the stresses of adult life. They are keen to bring the issue […]
After holding our Meet-ups in London and Birmingham last year, we have decided to travel further north this year in order to keep things fair for our members. Accordingly we will this year be holding our summer meet-up in Leeds on Saturday 11 July 2009 and hope to meet as many of you as possible […]
FirstSigns (aka LifeSIGNS) is 7 years old today! In 2002, Wedge founded our organisation after discovering that there was no helpful, relevant, UK based information online for people affected by self-injury. Over the last seven years we have been raising awareness about self-injury, and supporting people affected by self-injury in any way, both in the […]
I had my first Individual session today, new therapist, who had apparently read my file, not sure she had as for some reason she thought I had chronic back pain, but still, she was very upfront, very forthright, very nice and very pushy. Somehow I found myself promising to call her every day to try […]
