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Self-poisoning
Sonia takes too many tablets, as she explains in this article, and refers to this behaviour as self-poisoning.
Self-Injury Awareness Day – let’s check in with our friends
Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day. It's time to start preoperly talking, says Kerry. Here's how.
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.
I didn’t choose self-injury, not really…
Naëlle explains how self-injury can feel like no choice at all, and that choosing to move away from self-injury is hard and worthwhile.
Stupid things people say about your mental health
Lindsay shares the worst things to say to people with mental ill-health - and offers guidance on to talk to people compassionately.
Self-injury… a call for patience
Kyla, studying at Cardiff University, talks about how people can feel when they discover someone they're close to hurts themself. How can people support friends who self-injure?
Emma’s story: Taking control
Emma resorted to self-injury when here relationship with her father got worse and worse. Struggling to feel worthy, Emma worked hard to gain her confidence and happiness.
The first time
Aurelia, writing from The Netherlands, talks about how she started to hurt herself, and the progress she's made and how she now helps others.
The recovery journey
Recovery is a process we have to be involved in. Here, regular contributor Charis shares her experiences with being on the road to recovery.
Self-injury and self image
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.
No harm ‘contracts’
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.
The ‘weakness’ of men
In this article, contributed by Adam, the occurrence of SI and emotional distress among men is explored.
SI and the question of copy-cat behaviour
In this guest article, Charis considers one of the common myths around self-injury: whether SI can be considered 'copy-cat' behaviour.
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