Self-poisoning
Sonia takes too many tablets, as she explains in this article, and refers to this behaviour as self-poisoning.
Sonia takes too many tablets, as she explains in this article, and refers to this behaviour as self-poisoning.
Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day. It’s time to start preoperly talking, says Kerry. Here’s how.
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] This is Ben’s story; it’s written by Ben, and we’re grateful to him for sharing his past pains and on-going struggle. Ben talks about drugs, cutting, and boderline personality disorder. My drug use and self-injury were interconnected. But the drug use was a different way of achieving the same goal which was to […]
An article by Rosie. Wouldn’t we all prefer a world where nobody has to worry about how they’re feeling and how we are treated because of our feelings? Sometimes dealing with mental conditions can be difficult when trying to do it alone, nobody has to be alone, there are people who care! Self-injury can be […]
In this guest article, Kaveeta shares her personal thoughts on her scars, and discarding the long-sleeved tops.
Kaveeta shares her personal story of pain and recovery, and wants you to know how important self-expression is.
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.
A personal experience of this year’s LifeSIGNS meet-up by one of our members.
My name is Andy and I have just completed an in-depth project exploring 26 adults’ personal experiences of using self-injury from childhood, throughout adolescence and into adulthood. The women and men who took part were aged between their late 20s and early 50s. What follows is a very brief outline of several of the main […]
Agape_Eternal shares their personal story of self-injury and recover with us. We love guest posts! Mild trigger warning for self-injury memories.