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.
Archive for category: Self-injury
Helping you with self-harm
Self-help and self-care can replace self-injury. Especially if we get a little extra support at tough times.
The 15 minute rule
Nobody else is involved, it's just you and your choice, your decision, your behaviour.
Self-injury labels: what do you want to be called?
The labels seems to focus on the behaviour, the harm, rather than the person in distress trying to cope.
Focus on what you *can* change
It's easy to get trapped in cyclical thinking - we have to change our thoughts.
New thoughts, new actions, new life
We hope you like our new motto for 2014, which is also the wording on this year’s wristbands. These few simple words are the key...
Buy next year’s long-sleeved tops now
It can be hard to find long-sleeved tops and light jumpers in the summer. If you believe it’s important to have a wardrobe that suits how you feel about showing or not showing scars on your arms then autumn is a good time to go shopping.
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.
Self-injury myths
Self-injury is a highly misunderstood ‘problem’; there are so many pre-conceived ideas and myths. At LifeSIGNS, as all of us have experience with SIy, we know what many of the myths and false assumptions are, and we want to make it clear that they are just that: myths.
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.
Hidden depths – Sarah’s real-life account of living with SI
Sarah got in touch with LifeSIGNS a few months ago with a link to a video to share her experiences with self-injury.
Our YouTube channel – May summary
In May, we published four brand new videos on our LifeSIGNS YouTube channel. A brief summary of each, along with the videos themselves as recorded by our YouTube Manager Emmie, are included in this article.