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Archive for category: Personal

23.112020February 11, 2021
A transgender person’s experience of self-injury

A transgender person’s experience of self-injury

By GuestIn Guest, Personal, Self-injuryTags discrimination, dysmophia, Manchester, trans, transgender

Ben explains how he relied on self-injury to cope as they realised they needed to transition, and then experienced difficulties in accessing medical resources

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02.122017January 14, 2018
Death gets attention, self-injury is dismissed

Death gets attention, self-injury is dismissed

By JulesIn Personal, Self-injury, The MediaTags suicide

Why does death, and suicide, get such hysterical attention, yet self-injury and the struggle to cope and survive get dismissed?

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11.062017August 26, 2017
Depression is a dark iron cage

Depression is a dark iron cage

By GuestIn Guest, PersonalTags anxiety, depression, work

How it feels to be chronically depressed - a personal experience.

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25.072016July 25, 2016
Drugs and self-injury – Ben’s on-going recovery

Drugs and self-injury – Ben’s on-going recovery

By GuestIn Guest, Personal, Recovery, Self-injuryTags BPD, drugs, guest, male, men, self-harm
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27.022015February 22, 2015
Stupid things people say about your mental health

Stupid things people say about your mental health

By GuestIn Guest, PersonalTags mental health, talking

Lindsay shares the worst things to say to people with mental ill-health - and offers guidance on to talk to people compassionately.

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09.022015February 6, 2015
Emma’s story: Taking control

Emma’s story: Taking control

By GuestIn Guest, Personal, Recovery, Self-injury

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.

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22.102013May 11, 2015
The first time

The first time

By GuestIn Guest, Personal, Self-injuryTags BPD, depression, dutch, help, nederlands, netherlands, self-harm, self-injury

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.

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04.092013May 11, 2015
Grief and self-injury – the loss of a dear pet

Grief and self-injury – the loss of a dear pet

By LaurenIn Personal, Self-injury, UncategorizedTags grief, personal, pet, pets

Lauren shares her personal views and experiences.

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08.072013May 11, 2015
Hidden depths – Sarah’s real-life account of living with SI

Hidden depths – Sarah’s real-life account of living with SI

By Previous MemberIn Personal, Self-injuryTags real-life, self-injury

Sarah got in touch with LifeSIGNS a few months ago with a link to a video to share her experiences with self-injury.

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20.052013May 11, 2015

Living with depression

By JulesIn PersonalTags depression

One of our Directors, Jules, talks about her experiences with depression, and explores the connection she's identified between her depression and self-injury.

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06.052013May 11, 2015
My story with SI – by Laura

My story with SI – by Laura

By Previous MemberIn Personal, Self-injuryTags personal, self-injury

I'm Laura, and in March I joined the LifeSIGNS team as Blog Manager. My story with self-injury started ten years ago in a fairly 'unusual' way - I broke down in public. In this blog article I chose to introduce myself to you through sharing my story with SI.

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08.042013May 11, 2015
Life’s hardships and the terror of falling further

Life’s hardships and the terror of falling further

By Previous MemberIn Personal, Self-injuryTags coping, emotion, real-life

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.

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07.032013May 11, 2015

Depression, from family, through studies – by Steven

By GuestIn Guest, Personal, RecoveryTags depression, male, man, men

Steven worked through his depression only after realising he needed help and support.

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06.032013May 11, 2015
Tell Someone Month

Tell Someone Month

By Previous MemberIn Health & Happiness, Our Website and the Web, Personal, Raising AwarenessTags Health & Happiness, Raising Awareness, real-life, recovery, self-injury, tell someone month

March is 'Tell Someone 'Month' and we want to support you as you seek real-life help and spport.

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20.022013May 11, 2015
My scars – by Kaveeta

My scars – by Kaveeta

By GuestIn Guest, Personal, Recovery, Self-injuryTags guest, scars

In this guest article, Kaveeta shares her personal thoughts on her scars, and discarding the long-sleeved tops.

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