What do you know about SH?

Many people dont know a whole lot about self-harm. More people need to begin to talk about self-harm so that people who do SH dont feel like they need to keep it a secret. Im not trying to promote SH or anything like that but I think that people need to become more aware of this and need to be more open and understanding about it so that more people might feel able to come forward and talk about what is going on for them and find ways that they can cope better than using SH.
While I have been learning more about SH I have learned some things that people think about SH that are not true and I think that people need to stop thinking these things and realise that SH can happen to anybody at anytime!
Only a few very sick people SH....This is not true at all. Anybody can SH at anytime in their lives.
Teens who SH are trying to commit suicide.... This is also not true. Many people who SH do it because it is a way of coping. If you self-harm it doesnt mean that you want to die. SH an suicide are two very different things.
People who SH are crazy and should be put in hospitals... NOT TRUE at all believe  me if you SH it does not mean that you are crazy so dont let anybody tell you different. If you self harm you are not crazy and you should not be put in hospital, sometimes it might help to be in hospital but just because you self harm it doesnt mean that you have to be in a hospital.
People who self harm are just trying to get attention... this is also not true because many people who self harm keep it a secret and are ashamed of what  they have done so they hide it and they dont let people know.

More needs to be done to get rid of the stigma that is attached to self harm and they need to stop think of people who self harm as crazy or mental. Its true that not everybody thinks this way about SH and Im glad that my friend do think of me in this way because they know about my self harm. It is time that we become more open about SH and let people know that they can get help and that they dont need to be ashamed! Things need to begin to change now and I am hoping that my blog might help change some ways that people think about mental health difficulties!

Stay strong and things will get better.
xx

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