Category: Self Harm

Trigger warning: discussion of self harm, scars, & feelings around them. I self harmed for several years. I started after my Dad’s death, a way to cope with the overwhelming emotions I guess. Even after I stopped a few years later, I would still fall back into that unhealthy coping mechanism in times of crisis. When everything got too much...

My lovely friend has brought to my attention that today is National Self Harm Awareness Day so I thought, what an excellent idea for a blog post. Self Harm is something that desperately needs to be brought to the nation’s attention because, in most cases, it is not “a cry for attention” or an attempted suicide, it is a way...