Self-Injury Awareness Month
People who self injure are not crazy, stupid or immature. They are people in need of help and understanding. There are reasons behind their behavior. Sometimes its to externalize unfathomable inner pain. Please pass this on to someone who may need help. Links provided. "Self-harm has been deemed a big cry for help by many people around the world. It is in a way, but in another way self-harm is a cry to ourselves. " FROM THIS SITE "Self-injury is a self-preservation technique for many cutters; the self-mutilation relieves anxiety and/or depersonalization symptoms which could lead to psychosis or suicide if not alleviated. Self-harm can be focusing, calming. It can give a person a feeling of control over their lives and their bodies which they have experienced no other way." "For many self-injurers, self-mutilation seems the only appropriate response to the state of the world and to how they're feeling about it and about themselves. Many s...