Category: Self Harm
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What do you do when you meet on Social Media, kids who self cut?
I’m done…I want to die…My dad’s too strict…My nightmares are back These are the painful words of a teenage girl I met on Instagram by virtue of the work we do at Defying Mental Illness. Her words were heart breaking yet carried a desperate cry for help. Annette, that’s the assumed name I will call…
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Self Injury Awareness Day
Today is Self Injury Awareness Day. It is a time when people choose to be more open about their challenge with self inury (self harm). If you see someone wearing an orange ribbon today, you now know precisely what it stands for!
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Why would she cut herself?
In the line of work in what we do at Defying Mental Illness, we come across people from all works of life. People from different backgrounds, race, age, culture, are all in the wide spectrum of people challenged with mental illness. Mental illness is indeed what says on the tin; it is an illness. So…