2. Statistics
● Around 3 people in 1 class at school harm
themselves at some point, but this is hard to tell being
that some cases are unknown.
● 90% of all self harm cases admitted to A&E are
because of Overdoses.
● Girls are more likely to harm than boys as we punch
out at walls. This is still counted as self harm.
● A scary thought is nobody knows exactly how many
people feel like or do harm...
6. My story...
I started harming when i was 13, i did it to escape life, i started because
of what was happening to me, my illness, my school, my friends, more
importantly, my girlfriend. my life was empty... I thought i was on my
own, I couldn't of been more wrong.... I took out a knife, i lashed at my
arms, wrists several times, i did it for weeks, months. i punched walls, i
even had started to just lay on the floor in my room crying, i thought i
was weak, i thought boys don't cry, i cut for that... I never thought there
was a reason, I just thought it was normal, it isn't. It is not good, it does
not work, it will not stop these feelings from happening, it was at least 1
month till i told anyone, i couldn't, what would they do? Laugh? I
couldn't go through that, but the pain that these scars give you is
immense, if i had gone any deeper, i would not of been talking to you
now, I wouldn't have the life i do today, I wouldn't of experienced the
things i have, I would of been forgotten, I felt like a failure to my friends,
teachers, parents... I aren't. But when you are laid there crying, all you
feel is death, i couldn't cope. If it weren't for my friends, my music and
telling someone, who knows where i would be today.
9. Remember: someone will always be
here for you!
No matter who you are, someone will always
be there to listen to your problems, whatever is
wrong!
And always remember, the feelings go, but the
scars do not!
