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March 1 is self-harm awareness day. Wear Orange!Links to information: [link]
I am always here for anyone who needs to talk. Send me a note if you want my msn/cell number/some other third thing.
**Sometimes it is obvious. And that's no less legitimate.
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sure. I ask politely for something to be tagged mature and I get bitched at for it, but no I'm the bitch.
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i love people like you. you're so....entertaining. you truely think you're not at fault at all, put yourself in my position and read what you wrote to me and then tell me there wasnt any attitude there.
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i never said i didn't have an attitude. I just believe i have all rights to have an attitude when people like you tell me the kind of stuff you told me.
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fair point, but you were the one that made it in to an aurgument where it could have ended with one, politely worded reply. just has this reply would suggest that i purpously insulted you, where in reality nothing i said was phrased to or intended to be insulting. im sorry if you took it as insulting, that was not my intention, nor was it my fault that you were insulted by my comment. let things go with a smile and nothing will bother you
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Wow, this image is so powerful!
I self harmed from the age of 7 up till only recently, 7 long years and I've managed to kick it
Not only is it not where you'd think to look, but also with stuff people don't expect. When I first started I used to bite myself and dig my nails into myself because I was often severly depressed and pain seemed to be the only release. I also used to purpously anger the school bully, knowing that he'd punch me or pull my hair out. I don't know if that counts...
When I turned 11 I started using razorblades to cut my legs. I only cut my wrists once because it was the winter and I knew I would be wearing long- sleeved tops.
I've only recently managed to stop but sometimes I'll gouge out sections of skin with my nails when I'm stressed without being conciously aware of it (I've cut my nails down to stop that) I've also once managed to rub my skin off with a tennis racket (I still have no idea how that happened)
I found that the butterfly project and glowsticks helped me stop, along with the support of my girl friend.
Good luck to all others who are trying to stop! ^_^
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I'm glad you're doing well 
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you snap them so they glow when you feel like self harming and you aren't allowed to self harm until they stop glowing
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hey, that's a good idea! I'm gonna try that.
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Hope it works! Good luck!
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So true, and marvelously delivered. It's nice of you to offer help that way
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wow it looks just like it from farther away
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this is an amazing message and so true i love the fact u are offering help for people . i have been thru hard times in my life sometimes even now have breakdowns. and not one person was/is helping me and i needed someone like u
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Such a scary thought, that even your best friend may cut but you might not even know it. I always make sure to give all my friends a million hugs and tell them I love them every day <3
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An interesting think to say ..I cut and my best friend had no idea!! At all! Thats very lovely of you to do that for your friends though.
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It's so sad when friends don't realize it
But thanks ^^ I don't want anyone to end up mentally scarred thinking they are unloved.
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Yes I don't blame her or anything, actually I preferred that she didn't know. But then she found out one day because I got ratted out. And yes thats so lovely of you, thank you for doing that.
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I love the way you pass that message. We all have our times where we are down and tired from headbutting with life, but the easiest way out is not always the best one. What I like about this is the feel that I get from this photo. I feel that it is not so much about the cutting itself rather than the fact that we should pay more attention and listen more to our friends and people who are close to us. I recently watched this awful yet heartbreaking video about suicide victims who were jumping off a bridge in the USA. This bridge was a major one therefore there were people there at all times. However none of them paid attention to the poor guys. It seemed only the security camera that was taping them cared... It made me sick to the core how people would let a person jump and then stay to watch as if it were nothing but a great spectacle... So this post kind of makes me feel that there is still hope for all the sad and lonely people out there who seem to think that self-harm is their only option.
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Was it the documentary The Bridge?
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yeah I think, i didn't really catch the title as I watched it on Tumblr
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I've seen that, it's so sad.
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it is. It also made me feel ashsmed of my race
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beware of that one friend who always smiles. Who know what she hides when we are not around.
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Haha. Very lovely. It took me aback a while ago when I found out people did it on parts other than the wrists. I understand why people do this though. Perfectly.
I've been in treatment places for bi-polar and met other kids with some *cough* worse issues than me and one girl's arms I saw were not pretty. Makes me sad. Thankyou for bringing awareness to people!
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i have to admit, with suffering from depression i try my best to not to do this - at times i have failed. The fact you are spreading awareness of this is amazing and very admirable. This pic is very emotional, startling and just what is needed to raise more awareness
i have a few skeletons in my closet i wish i never had. The bullying through school i could handle, the verbal and mental abuse from my grandfather from being 9 until....well it still happens is something i struggle a lot with.
Add that to the domestic abuse i was subjected to by my ex for 8 months before i left him - which was followed by death threats. End of the day, you name it, he did it.
i do struggle to cope...but i'm a better listener and supporter to others than i am myself. which i have never really understood.
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i couldn't help but noticed the emoticon you used... The way I see things you have nothing to be ashamed of. You are only human after all, as cliched as this sounds. You are allowed to be weak, but as you said yourself we have to cope with the situation to the best of our abilities.
I'm a better listener and advice giver to others as well. My life is pretty messed up too and I think listen better because this way you get to ignore your issues for a while and help someone else in a way that you cannot help yourself - in other words you feel useful. Like your making a difference. I wish there were more people like you.
Keep on fighting and don't give up.
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Thank you
Its like i find it so easy to get wrapped up in everyone elses' issues or problems i forget about my own issues, which keeps my mind occupied and its almost -like you said - feel like i'm making a difference and feel like i'm making something of myself. i have noticed that if i don't have something to try help others with, i stew on things.
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what the fuck is the world coming to...The adults are ruining the world while their teenagers and kids are sitting in their basements cutting themselves. Where did we go so wrong as a species?
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I think the picture is very impressive, because I can actually relate to that girl a bit. I donΒ΄t cut myself, although I harm myself. I donΒ΄t know, I donΒ΄t want people from my class or my parents to know IΒ΄m not well. So basically, I scratch or bite myself in stressful situations to get some relief and not be noticed, mostly during P.E. lessons. I claim to have forgotten something, and then IΒ΄ve got some minutes for my own purposes when IΒ΄m in the locker rooms. I normally donΒ΄t leave scars, but the pain helps a bit. And usually, I also prefer thighs or upper arms, because nobody can see it there.
This is basically why I find this piece of art very impressive. One doesnΒ΄t have to cut his/her wrists, because thereΒ΄s so much more skin that can be hurt without anyone even noticing it... which, of course, can also lead to excessive cutting, but that aside. I love that photo.
And I canΒ΄t wait to see more art of you.
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I always thought about doing this but I'm scared to get hurt, so I don't. Then I realize just how selfish I am. I have friends, I have a roof over my head and I have food to eat, so shouldn't that be enough?
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we, humans, are a greedy, selfish race in general so you can't really help it sometimes...
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I didn't know that Self-harm day existed!!
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This is incredible! If you don't mind I would love to share this on Facebook (only with your permission of course).
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Sure thing.
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this... really makes me want to cry... to me this is a gorgeous way of getting across awareness to self harm.
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Beautiful photo; powerful.
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When I cut, I make sure it's hidden...
No one ever knows unless I show or tell them, which of course I don't! Then I'll get locked up...again lol
And I'm not one to brag about hurting myself. Rarely do I speak of it unless it's somehow conveniently on topic, such as now...
I've had many close friends try to help me stop or just stop thinking about it...
But I think about that more than anything...
Anyway, not trying to draw attention to myself, I like how you kinda drew little "cuts" on the clothing and whatnot..
Like how the signs of harm are more hidden...
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