So this is a very different blog post and this topic is never discussed much anywhere, especially at schools and it's the topic of Self harm, I don't self harm but I feel this should be talked about.
What is self harm?
Self-harm is when people set out to hurt themselves or damage their health deliberately, sometimes this is done in secret.
Why do people self harm?
People self harm for so many different reasons, for example it could be bullying, depression, stress and the list goes on.
Who self harms?
Anyone and everyone self harm, a statistic is 13-30 years old who tend to self harm more than anyone, and this is done is so many different ways but people tend to cut which is proabilly the most common.
How to people self harm?
People self harm is so many ways, with a sharp object, pulling hair and skin, piercings, tattoos, punching a hard object, breaking bones and the list goes on.
What can you do if your friend self harms?
- Be there for them, by this I mean if they need a shoulder to cry on be that person and just help them in anyway possible.
- Ask if their alright, you can just ask them if their alright this can make them feel like someone cares.
- Tell them all the amazing things about them, when people self harm it may be because they feel worthless and depressed so tell them how much they mean to you, this can help them loads.
- Take their mind of it, you can do this by keeping them occupied and busy , this helps because they aren't thinking about self harming.
- Take everything with a pinch of salt, if they self harm they may be angry and upset and they may say things they don't mean so take everything with a pinch of salt.
Child line is a great website, they have so much things on self harm and they can really help, and if you need someone to talk to they will help and if you just like to learn and you want to help someone they have message boards and it's such a good website I can't strongly recommend it.
I hope this helped you and that you learn't something.
Thank you
Shelby'xo
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