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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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this is so true
great message
i have to deal with this from a few of my close friends
its good to know someone cares
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I'm still...commiting self harm. I did it today even. I can't stop i don't know why. But tomorrow...maybe things will change.
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its ok
addictions and shit are hard to stop
it takes time
you cant just expect to stop immediately
but im sure everything will turn out alright
just keep hoping
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ΛΞΩ β’ββ₯ ΖΈΜ΅Μ‘ΣΜ΅Μ¨ΜΖ· β₯ββ’Ω ΞΛ Tommorow <3 the world comes a bit closer and a little 14 year old girl like me who had been a cutter for 4 years has some hope
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This is such a powerful image.
I self-harmed for over 9 years. It was an outlet for my psychological and mental distress and a way of dealing with all the abuse that happened to me and living in foster homes and my anxiety and Borderline Personality.
I did self-harm on my arms, but more on my legs because I didn't want people to see them. I felt it made me weak and I would always wear long sleeves and jeans. I didn't want anyone to see what I did to myself.
I stopped cutting myself with the help of my husband. It took alot of strength to stop something that had been my way of coping for 9 years, but we did it together. I am left with hundreds of scars, all over my body. Many are very deep - just like the mental scars that I am also left with. My husband says that he finds my scars sexy - not because they were produced through hurting myself, but because the scars mean that I have stopped and show strength and courage. I'd never thought about it like that before, and I guess they do.
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Yes hi. I don't know you, and you sure as hell don't know me. But I just wanted to say that this picture made me incredibly angry. Self-harm AWARENESS?? Are you f-ing kidding me?! How much more aware do self-mutilaters be of the horrible act that they do?! This is super triggering, and very stupid! You should think twice before you make something stupid like this.
- Yes I self harm, so don't come bitchin' to me that I don't know what it's like.
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awareness for people that dont understand what its about. its marker on there shirt and pants. its not that triggering really -rollseyes-
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And that's just your opinion. Also, it's not only this picture, it's the ten of thousands of other pictures I saw come by at several websites with people wrists, freshly cut, or healing with an "Inspirational" note attached. Now tell me, how is that NOT triggering?! I'm not saying that this picture in particular is triggering. I think the whole idea of every goddamn topic nowadays needs to have a awareness day. It's not necessary.
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if you get triggered dont look up key words like that.
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I didn't. It friggin' appears on my dash like that.
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The goal isn't to make self-harmers aware of their actions, it's to make them aware that there are alternatives and help avaliable, and also to make people who don't self-harm aware that it goes on. When the public is more informed, people can be more ready to help people they know who self-harm and it can also relieve some of the stigma around it which causes stress.
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Also, (I don't know if it exists) compare these awarenesses: anorexia vs breastcancer.
Breastcancer is something you get without doing it yourself. It comes unexpected. You don't need a mental illness of getting that.
Yeah, let's make an awareness for anorexic people to let them know that we care. It's just shoving the facts onto their faces and everybody elses.
Just like self harm.
Someone with breastcancer who gets confronted with breastcancer awareness, well.. I don't think the cancer leads it's own life progressing because it knows about a breastcancer awareness day.
You see the difference?
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You can get anorexia without doing it yourself, actually. And I wouldn't say that I brought my self-harm on myself - I have a chemical problem in my brain and I had an atypical reaction to a drug which caused me to self-harm and consider suicide.
While raising awareness IS about letting people with these conditions know we care, it's also about making people more well-informed about the issue so that they can recognize the signs and symptoms, know how to get help or help others, and be cautious about jokes they might make about it. It's also about reducing social stigmas which lead people to keep their issues to themselves.
Just like breast cancer awareness may lead women or men to get checked for breast cancer, mental illness awareness can lead people to get help or help others.
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So pictures of cutting and all sorts of media do not trigger you? at all? I find the internet a good place of finding help. I have considered suicide. I tried triggering myself, by typing suicide on google. I wound up on a help page. (It's probably the first page you get when you get the results) I truly believe that people who have these kind of issues always have a voice inside of their head saying, Hey, I want out! help me!
I find it a good cause to inform people, society, about these sort of topics, but I also know it just wont work. Good intentions just wont work. You have to do it yourself.
And the anorexia story, at some point in these people's lives something pulled the switch in their heads saying "hey! look you at yourself! is this really who you want to be?" and that started to develop.
Breastcancer just doesn't work that way.
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I didn't say that. But raising awareness doesn't have to be through spreading pictures of cutting. It can simply be posting a link to information about it to your facebook, or wearing orange.
Actually, you CAN get anorexia completely unintentionally. After a certain point of starvation, body dysmorphia can occur and so one can become anorexic simply because they don't have enough food.
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Those are examples of a minority of people who have anorexia today. Anyway, it's not the way of how to raise it, it's the raising alone that makes me want to cry my fucking eyes out. Of what kind of people we are dealing with these days, and that standards have changed big time.
I found it to be sad how teenagers of this generation act and what they believe in. They're all idiots and nobody tells them how it should be. It makes me wonder about the future.. the chaos it will bring.
Anyhow, I'm done for the day.. going to my bed. And just one more thing, I don't know how these deviantart features work, but I must say, I've been checking out your work, and it looks very nice, but they should be having a warning lable of some sort. (If you know what I mean).
peace out.
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Ok, well the first mistake of making that clear, is that you didn't make it clear in the first place. Now I know that you probably didn't create this, weird ass, awareness day.. but when I see a picture like this, or any picture saying anything about a day like this, it doesn't make me think about "ahh, well let's google that day, get confirmation how people, and strangers will be there for me and that the world needs to stop being so ignorant and that they have to be informed" No. It makes me think about self mutilation.
I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at the people who were thinking about this, but weren't really thinking about this. Even if they had the best of best intentions, they were fucking idiots.
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I didn't know there was a self harm awareness day. I will of course wear orange to try show the world that what me and people like me go through exsists. Some people are just oblivious to self harm. Even my closest friend didn't take me seriously when I confided in her, seeking comfort.
Very deeply stirring photo, I love it<3
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oh yes...that reminds me of my worse past...i cutted my whole body..even the face to cut the pain out of my soul...many problems...so much pain....yeah i know that all and the scars are a quiet scream..but most of the ppl cant hear this...cause they dont know what real pain is...just ppl who have the same feelings and the same problems can understand...and today my body is full with scars and i remember of the time...but now i think..yes i get it...and now i feel much better...but its still not good enough to forget...so for all of the ppl...dont look away...
good job~
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Who cares about their reasons for cutting? Everybody is different, so making a statement such as 'people have it worse' is ridiculous, yeah they might have it worse, but their state of mind could be a lot different. I myself have cut since I was thirteen years old, this is the first time I've ever wrote about it on the internet, I'm now 17 and I have scars all over my body, even now I hide them I haven't gone out in public in a short sleeved jumper for almost four years any pictures I take I have to photoshop the fuck out my arms, and I wear a lot of costumes so it's hard. But, whatever way you choose to harm your body, drugs, alcohol etc, this is about cutting it's not destroying your body with drugs/alcohol. This is a serious issue, and for me it gets overlooked greatly because of the amount of people out there that purposely cut, it seems to have become a 'trend' along with covering your face with black hair, that on the other hand sickens me. From the top comments I see that people believe cutting is beautiful? I thought the same thing, I loved the feeling of slicing my skin open, many do it because it feels nice, many do it because they feel the need to punish themselves everybody has a different reason, so who are we to judge that? I say this now, people that don't get help will destroy themselves, whatever dark pit you think you're in you can get out, don't isolate yourself, it's the worst thing you can do.
I really like this photo though, it was honestly hard hitting. Well done.
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i'm recovering. there are scars on my thighs but i'm getting better.
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yeah 
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how very very true, nice artwork
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Aww I remember those dark times :/ sad though that they have a tendency to reappear. 
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this brought back a lot of memories... simple execution, but very powerful.
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I really like this. Not because it's "beautiful" or "disgusting" as some people have been debating, but because it's very honest.
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I clicked on the link and I was wondering is the wearing orange for march 1st/self-harm awareness day only in Canada? Self-harm awareness is something really important to me. So many people think that those who self-harm are just looking for attention or pity, but that's not true. I can't say I know the exact reason for why people hurt themselves because it depends on the person and the situation but what I've learned is some people do it just so they can feel less emotional pain and because they think it will help and it becomes addictive. I don't think self-harm is a good thing but I would never say horrible things about someone who hurts themselves. I don't think anybody deserves to feel so sad or upset that they would have to hurt themselves. To those of you who do cut or hurt yourself in any other way remember there will always be someone there for you no matter what, even if it's not obvious who that person is at the time there is somebody who cares about you and somebody who loves you and wants you to be okay.
Also I think you are very brave for posting something so eye opening and important. Self-harm is a touchy topic so people try to avoid it and not talk about it, but it is important for people to know and understand more about it to prevent it and help those going through it.
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What are you going to do with those clothes you doodled all over? Sharpie stains you know.
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Wash them! It was washable marker.
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You ruined a nice pair of pants
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Washable marker.
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Amazingly strong piece. And very true. It's kind of amazing how people don't notice even when it should be obvious though.
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This picture seems to have triggered a lot of controversy.
I'm glad someone is showing the other side of it.
Not all people who self harm do it physically.
and Not all people cut their wrists.
"Oh you're just doing it for attention!" "Emo!" are most of the statement people who hurt themselves get.
I wonder if some people realize that some of it's not a trend or some attention seeking bullshit.
People like me.
We did it because we thought it would take away our emotional pain even just for a second.
I know everyone doesn't think like this but.. Meh... it's just my opinion.
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It's a beautiful image. I hold mine close and sacred to me.
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absolutely stunning. Excellent example of conceptual photography.
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I LOVE the concept for this.
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So....I was going to post a comment about how I use to do the same because I depressed, but I dont want to get hit with comments I've read like "I cant see how you thought it was beautiful or right!!"
You who made these comments, have made it obvious you have never been to that kind of a low in your life. Dont try to make sense of something you've never been through.
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I used to tell my friends that cut that there are better ways of dealing with problems and talking solves everything. But I've been to the point of cutting, and no one really does understand that sort of desperation until they've dealt with it.
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i can relate to this. mine were on my arms but i wear long sleves and jackets so it wasnt obvious for others cuz i'm cold natured. it was the perfect cover
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sane mind : good but sad.
stupidity- guuuuuurl your hand be tweaking!
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this is beautiful and so are you for bringing this up.
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Thank you *hug*
The title in itself relates to me. While I actually know people who would cut their wrists and arms and would let their cuts show, I was the exact opposite. They seemed to want help, to have the attention but I always made sure to hide it. I ended up having to help myself.
Once again *BEAR HUG*
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Pity that your right. Sorry for frightening you I just you see I uh oh never mind!
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I've had two friends who used to cut, one where it was obvious because there were scars all over his arms, and the other I met long after she stopped and she showed me her scars, they were on her sides where no one could see.
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My ankles and inner thighs have suffered from this. I'm lucky I have no scars. But I've seen them. I've seen both the physical and emotional scars...
I have no orange. But I think I'll try to contact an old friend who I know SH's...
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