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An open mind and a little courage will show you that you have more choices than you want to admit.
An open mind and a little courage will show you that you have more choices than you want to admit.
A number of websites, prohects, resources and organisations are dedicated to serving and supporting young people with concerns around mental health and / or self-injury. ‘Young’ is a relative term of course, but in the UK, organisations often set the age limit at 25 years old. What does that say to ‘young adults’ who become ‘older adults’? What do all these resouces for younger people say to older adults, who may never have had support as a young adult or teenager? How do older people who turn to self-injury for the first time feel, and what are the differen issues they face?
Our Question and Answer book will tackle the most asked questions about self-injury. And we need yuour help to get it designed and published.
Charis wants everyone to know that making assumptions about people who self-injure is unhelpful. There is not a ‘typical profile’ for someone who relies on self-harm, although there are some drivers that you might recognise. Charis knows she had a privileged upbringing; and her story goes into the pressures behind many people’s self-injury.
Kat talks about her own self-injury, and how her personal decision to hide or show her scars changed over the years.
Wedge tells all about his style experiments, and defines the difference between ‘attention seeking’ and ‘in need of attention’.
Two TED talks with amazing messages.
Some people worry that they don’t hurt themselves ‘enough’ to deserve help.
It’s Blog Action Day, and Jules discusses the ‘power of we’ in contrast to when she was alone with her self-injury.
Today’s Blog Action Day, and so we’re all thinking about what it means to collaborate and work together for a cause.
Send us your stories about recovery and we’ll see if Bruice will publish them in his new book.
Wedge talks about relapsing back into self-injury. Listen to the 4 min audio.
