#SelfInjury

[support]

Everything okay?

If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. There are many support services that are here to help. For 24/7 peer support and other resources, message KokoBot on Tumblr.

If you are in the United States, please try:

National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or dial 988 or (en Español)

The Trevor Project (LGBT crisis intervention) or dial 1-866-488-7386

Trans Lifeline or dial 1-877-565-8860 (en Español)

The National Domestic Violence Hotline or 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Rape Abuse & Incest National Network or 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

S.A.F.E. Alternatives for Stopping Self Abuse or 1–800-DONT-CUT (366–8288)

National Eating Disorders Association

If you are outside the United States, visit IASP to find resources for your country.

For more resources, please visit our Counseling & Prevention Resources page for a list of services that may be able to help.

[reachoutusa]

Support can make a huge difference when someone is hitting a rough patch. Why wait until then to let your friends know you'll be there? Take a stand for Mental Health Awareness and tag someone you care about to let them know you have their back. ‪

[rosesareredandtheskyisthelimit]

□  “was sind das für narben?” ■  “dort haben meine dämonen unterschrieben, dass sie da waren. “

[youmatterlifeline]

[weighted-hearts]

I need a reason to stay here.

Reasons to stay:

1) My Guinea Pigs

2) To prove to my family I can make something of myself.

3) Stop this messed up family cycle.

Reasons not to stay:

1) My presence only hurts people

2) I cant escape my family… not even through getting a job and moving out because that would require me to quit working towards my dream job.

3) I’m stupid and have no adult skills

4) All I do is take up space.

5) Nobody can handle my emotions and I’m im constantly invalidated and gaslit.

6) I’m tired

7) childhood and current trauma take over my life

8) I have very little independence no matter how hard I try to break free.

9) my family will be happier without me.

10) I’ve exhausted all mental health services and been fired by tons of them for being too ill.

11) I can never be in a relationship due to sexual assault trauma…I’ve tried.

12) My insurance will stop this year so no more therapy for me.

13) This world has went to shit.

[monmoss]

"Greenie." A John Frusciante/Anthony Kiedis story - Chapter 15 (on Wattpad) 

Well, this is it. Thanks to everyone who supported this story <3 Hope you’ve enjoyed!

[drrkmishra]

Self-Harm scars never go away completely, by any surgery or procedure! So please think twice before doing self harm. The emotional moments are temporary, these scars are for lifetime. There is no procedure to remove these type of scars completely or permanently. Spread #awareness. #awarenesspost #selfharmscars #selfinjury #selfharm #cutmarks #wristcut #wristscars #scars #plasticsurgery #teens #drrkmishra #mycosmeticsurgery #sipshospital #rkmsips https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPjilDp-I7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[heartitout-posts]

You never know what anyone is really going through. A bright smile can mask the pain, hurt, guilt, and darkness behind a happy-go-lucky facade. 🎭

As we observe Self-Injury Awareness Day, remember to show compassion! Watch the words you use when speaking to somebody. Reach out to that friend who has been closed up and distant from you. Small acts of genuine kindness can be the ray of hope someone needs. ☀️

To those who are going through a difficult time with their mental health or life, you matter. Stay strong, and try to reach out to a therapist at Heart It Out for support.

[thetrevorproject]

[authoremilynicole]

Available February 27th 2023

[shrinksinsneakers]

(via Is Self-Injurious Behavior The Same Everywhere?)

[poachersinyourhome]

tw selfinjury discussion

i believe my mychem obsession made my life worse. a lot worse. i really really loved them but it made me feel so sad and desolated at all times. not a single time did i feel like i was receiving any sort of comfort from them, exclusively sadness being covered as help.

the mars volta on the other hand.. they have been real comfort and they have brought real happiness. no doubt of it.

ithink this is more visible when i take into account my journey with a big long lasting addiction to self injury. when i was into "emo" music exclusively, it was IMPOSSIBLE for me to ever cease. every day i thought i was going to die, every day i was rotting. but changing my music choices ALONE i could do a big change that i couldnt have done in all my life otherwise. ive been clean for more time that ive ever been in about 5 years and it was them who made it 🩷 and i think that matters so much for me.

sometimes i feel so so sad or angry or overwhelmed and i can freely stim with their music or i can freely cry or i can freely smile

with themarsvolta i felt comfort for the first time in my life only through my ears, when i was sad i could listen to sad songs and FINALLY not feel more sadness but instead comfort, help. even when they (quite) dont have lyrics that LITERALLY describe my life, even the nonsense word formations help me 😫 even the weird moaning cedric does gives me comfort even cedrics high whiny vouce comforts me even the minutes of weird noise or silence helps me 😢🙁 and i am just so thankful. the bonding ive beengble to do with them has been so strong ita almost unimaginable

YAP YAP YAP. BYEE.

[moonstonehailstorm]

I recently discovered that I am autistic. I wish I could say I took it calmed and with positivity, but no: it was a mess.

A friend of mine shared a page called Embrace Autism, and I know a lot of people don't value the self diagnosis, but those tests are validated, updated and revised by several doctors and professionals.

When I did the first, my score was high but I laughed. Everybody is a bit autistic, right? This can't be right. Then I took another test, a longer one designed for adults who scape diagnosis due to masking and other conditions. I scored high again. I was not laughing anymore, it started to feel weird. Then I made another, and high again. This couldn't be real... I started to look for information focused on autism in adults and it slowly started to make sense. I couldn't believe it, I didn't want it to be real.

I surely started to cry, because the reality sunk in like million bricks. I've always related to Sheldon Cooper, but that was a joke, right? Well, maybe not so much... And all those times my mom would tell me to sit down correctly, to do or not do certain things, the way I don't understand sometimes social cues, how I learned to smile to people copying one of my cousins because I watched her do so, I never smiled as a kid and nowadays people think I'm too serious... Things like fidgeting, hyperfixate on stuff and having special interests, infodump my friends and be very conscious that I annoy them, categorize things, having misophonia and sometimes misokinesia, being absolutely unable to eat hot food or shower with hot water, and be extremely sensitive if someone pokes my arm... A lot of stuff that people considered exaggerations or calling me straight up crazy now have a name.

It was not easy... It still isn't and I'm still discovering stuff. And it hurts to think that I've changed things due to criticism, or just to fit in. And sometimes I catch myself remembering things and realizing it was my autism. For example, I once said in a job interview that I tend to focus on details a little bit too much as a weakness... It is not appreciated by neurotypicals for us to focus on the little bits instead of the big picture, and that's just wrong, that's rejecting myself and that's not who I am.

It's been a complicated process. And this takes me to another point: no therapist ever told me I may have autistic traits. And all of my problem regarding to selfharm was actually related to my autism. It was selfinjurious stiming. Needless to say I started to cry again when I read an article about it because every single piece that was missing finally found their place and the huge amount of relief that came after was incredible.

This is going to be a long process of self acceptance and discovering. I've spent almost all of my life wondering why anxiety didn't fit at all, or obsessive compulsive traits, things I thought I had and that have been suggested by professionals in therapy. None of them noticed I am neurodivergent. But now that I know, I can take the following steps that I actually need, and finally heal parts of me that were not broken, they were just misunderstood.

[lettersofencouragement-blog]

[apple-coring]

i changed my calender today and saw that tmrw is national selfinjury awareness day so i told my friend cause i thought it was cool and he said i should get special treatment all day tmrw

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