Monday, March 1 - Self Injury Awareness Day

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From here:

What is self injury? Self-injury is the active choice to physically harm oneself, without intent of suicide. Self-injury is the act of cutting, hitting, punching, stabbing, biting, poking. It’s the act of pulling out hair or nails, of sometimes even removing a limb.

Self-injury is a coping mechanism. The short answer is that it’s a way to make the internal pain into external pain. The short answer doesn’t even begin to cover it. But it’s not a cry for help, and it’s not a sign that the person is crazy. It’s just a coping mechanism.

I’ve been injuring myself since I was 14 - five years. I don’t say this for pity, or as a cry for help, but so you know where I’m coming from when I say how important it is to spread awareness. SI thrives on shame, on silence and secrecy. To fight this, we need to inform people what self-injury is, why it happens, and what they can do about it. Please help me do this by spreading this link or this link around. Thank-you.

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I would also be willing to answer any questions people might have about self-injury?

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OK, bumping this up one more time for the day itself, and then I’ll give up.

[yoyo3500]

Um. Does it hurt?

Did you bump in order to feel the pain of bumping?