Facts about Self-Harm

• Self-harm is not attention seeking behaviour. Most people keep their self-harm secret.
• Self-harm can be a sign to others of the pain and hurt someone may be feeling inside.
• Self-harm is often a way of coping with life or unbearable feelings and experiences.
• People who self-harm are not a danger to others.
• People who self-harm do not necessarily have mental health problems or need professional help.
• There may be many different reasons why people self-harm and these can be very individual to a person.

 

"Some people cry to get things out of their system but that doesn't seem to be enough for me"

Stevie - age 15

"With cutting, it makes me feel better for a while"

Tracey - age 24

"I soon realised and accepted that my daughter's need to harm was as simple as needing to go to the loo, she just had to do it"

Mother of a teenager

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