Category: Facts

Shame over self-harm does not help people to overcome self-harm, it is much more likely to hinder them. Read more →

Self-harm is short-term solution which causes long-term problems. Read more →

Most people who beat self-harm find that doing so helps them to become much more confident in themselves, in some cases even more so than they were before they experienced their issues with it. Read more →

Although there are multiple triggers for self-harm, the most common by far are a sense of numbness and a sense of being overwhelmed. Read more →

You do not have to be a weak person in order to resort to self-harm, however resorting to it can drain your emotional strength in the long-term. Read more →

Self-harm is a relatively constant issue in human societies, but one which many societies are only now starting to take notice of. Read more →

It is commonly agreed that overcoming self-harm can feel like peeling off a very large band aid. It takes effort a commit to work through the earlier pain of doing so, but becomes immensely rewarding. Read more →

Ignoring the obvious psychological issues self-harm can lead to, even for those people who don’t accidentally cause themselves immediate health issues by inflicting worse than intended damage on themselves self-harm still presents a high risk of long term, accumulative, health issues. Read more →

Although psychological matters are virtually never total absolutes, there is no accepted psychological theory which paints self-harm in a positive light. Read more →

The major danger of self-harm is how quickly it starts to feel like an easy short term solution, all the while causing long-term issues for the self-harming individual. Read more →